"WardNA" > wrote in message
...
> >get your soil tested before you plant anything. Mine
>>turned out to be full of lead.
>
> Shouldn't matter: the lead isn't absorbed by the plant. If it were, no
> urban
> garden would be sound.

I think you might want to revisit basic high school chemistry lessons. Any
water soluble salt of lead or any other heavy metal, or any other metal of
any kind, can be absorbed by plants.

Scott.