Ella said:post 106769 Tara, what has your soil been contaminated with? Don't give up on nurturing your plot. Microbes and worms do a wonderful job in bioremediation. It also depends on pH of the soil whether the contaminate is bioavailable to the roots of the plant. Have you been quoted on the soil tests?
Mainly lead, possibly also arsenic.
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Others have said 5000-7000 for fairly comprehensive lead tests. I could get a couple of samples analysed for less, but apparently you can get high and low readings quite close to each other, so a couple of readings wouldn't be all that reassuring.
We are currently only eating fruit from the garden, because they apparently don't pick up as much of the lead. If I stay where I am, I think I will either get the soil tested, or build a raised bed or two.
Do you know what kind of pH is best for minimising lead uptake?
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