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April 10, 2009
soil testing & phytoremediation?
does anyone have recommendations for 1) someone to test our back yard soil for heavy metals; and/or 2) a landscape or gardening store where they have books and/or can provide advice about phytoremediation? i've seen recommendations over the last few days for "green" gardeners, but we have no budget so are looking for DIY methods that hopefully involve something other than carting the old soil away and bringing in new.
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See the calendar for Old Westbury Gardens: http://www.oldwestburygardens.org/cal_05_09.htm
May 1-3, 2009: Spring plant sale and gardening weekend, free soil testing, and a chance to speak with master gardeners from the Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau County Horticulture Program.
Posted by: vinca at April 10, 2009 4:40 PM
http://www.cee.vt.edu/ewr/environmental/teach/gwprimer/phyto/phyto.html#plant
hers is a list
Posted by: meme at April 11, 2009 11:31 AM
plant list info
http://www.cee.vt.edu/ewr/environmental/teach/gwprimer/phyto/phyto.html#plant
Posted by: meme at April 11, 2009 11:33 AM
thanks. i'll check these both out.
Posted by: i disagree at April 11, 2009 1:58 PM
I had my soil analyzed by Cornell ( http://cnal.cals.cornell.edu/ ) and I think that of the forms (on this page http://cnal.cals.cornell.edu/forms/SubmissionForms.aspx ) the "Environmental" one is the one you'd want to submit for metals.
Posted by: Violet at April 13, 2009 1:41 PM
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