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To: fanfan; Tax-chick; sionnsar; Monkey Face; Red_Devil 232
"Question: If I grow spinach in soil which contains no iron, will my spinach still contain iron?

If so, where does the iron come from?"

Earth has an iron core. The spinach has to grow very long roots.

1,511 posted on 05/23/2009 6:34:13 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Error is patient. It has all of time for its disturbing machinations.)
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To: NicknamedBob; fanfan; LibreOuMort
Earth has an iron core. The spinach has to grow very long roots.

And very heat-resistant. But hey, look what it does for Popeye: interesting article on Why Donald Duck Is the Jerry Lewis of Germany (he quotes Goethe! Maybe I am living in the wrong country).

1,514 posted on 05/23/2009 6:49:33 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: NicknamedBob

LOL!


1,517 posted on 05/23/2009 7:15:04 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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