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Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 months agoMost plants that we eat are excellent at taking up heavy metals too - potatoes and herbs especially.
Comment on Compost
Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 months agoMost plants that we eat are excellent at taking up heavy metals too - potatoes and herbs especially.
JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I didn’t know that! Thanks for sharing that info.
I was really into growing culinary mushrooms for awhile was cautioned about my compost choices and to avoid fish based ones because mushrooms absorb mercury(and others like cadmium) particularly well. I didn’t know potatoes and herbs did that too