Table 7. Heavy metal content (mg/kg dry weight) initially and at 60 days in Mine land 1 and Miracle-Gro soils.
Mine Land 1 | |||||||||||
Elements | Initial | Outdoors | Greenhouse | ||||||||
Fedora 17 | Felina 32 | Ferimon | Futura 75 | Santhica 27 | Fedora 17 | Felina 32 | Ferimon | Futura 75 | Santhica 27 | ||
As | 8.65 | 9.6 | 8.98 | 8.97 | 8.77 | 9.09 | 8.19 | 8.91 | 7.89 | 8.11 | 8.41 |
Cd | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
Ni | 12.83 | 13.96 | 13.77 | 13.64 | 13.51 | 13.34 | 12.88 | 13.47 | 13.31 | 13.27 | 13.26 |
Pb | 13.74 | 15.94 | 15.22 | 14.07 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 14.01 | 15.45 | 13.74 | 13.51 | 13.78 |
Hg | 0.043 | 0.046 | 0.056 | 0.046 | 0.045 | 0.046 | 0.048 | 0.046 | 0.046 | 0.045 | 0.049 |
Miracle-Gro | |||||||||||
Elements | Initial | Outdoors | Greenhouse | ||||||||
Fedora 17 | Felina 32 | Ferimon | Futura 75 | Santhica 27 | Fedora 17 | Felina 32 | Ferimon | Futura 75 | Santhica 27 | ||
As | 1.75 | 1.04 | 1.21 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 1.15 | 1.49 | 1.86 | 1.53 | 1.39 | 1.25 |
Cd | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 | < .25 |
Ni | 8.62 | 4.08 | 3.81 | 5.39 | 4.82 | 4.93 | 7.27 | 8.14 | 9.67 | 6.78 | 6.07 |
Pb | 4.18 | 3.69 | 3.96 | 4.52 | 3.95 | 4.13 | 5 | 5.47 | 4.83 | 4.66 | 4.82 |
Hg | 0.073 | 0.057 | < .034 | < .038 | 0.047 | 0.042 | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.041 | 0.034 | 0.035 |