Ecuador farm sanctuary

[DMAN]

Originally Posted by asteram

I'm not sure that I understand. How do you test the soil for mineral content? I send a sample to a soil testing laboratory.

And yes, I'm aware of the work with fungi that eat up oil spills and decontaminate soil, but surely you are not trying to grow food on a soil contaminated with oil?

Some people get land and don't not what has been dumped. And yess if you watch the levels of hydrocarbons. Ive seen 2500ppm go down to 200ppm in 3 months. So yes with a little work you can reclaim your land. Oyster mushrooms will do this, and from what I know I would have know problem eating them. Many other things do this as well so if you have the right combination of spores you can really do wonders.
As for testing I have a probe with a little water I can see almost everything in there. There are a few test though, and they can all be done at home. heres a link, though this is not the tool I use, they some it up .http://www.lamotte.com/pages/soil/index.html We can do these things and much more. WHy even work on the land if you could not fix it, and eat, and live?! the key word is RECLAIM
build your own kit http://soils.usda.gov/SQI/assessment/test_kit.html
http://www.farmnetservices.com/direc...esting-Probes/