permaculture

[FranksFarm@aol.com]

Good day:)

In a message dated 9/18/02 4:35:09 AM, georg@websuxxess.com writes:

<< mushrooms are known to store heavy metals, so if these

are present in the water hyazint growing medium, they will end up on the

consumers plate? >>

Glad you brought this up Georg. I've always wondered about how utilization of 
plants that are known to store heavy metals affects compost, food grown from 
that compose etc.

Persons who advocate such use often offer little scientific proof. The best 
hope is that in the process of breaking these things down somehow the heavy 
metals are either converted to a harmless form or are somehow used up.

As you can see I don't have a clue about the actual process:)  Frank