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Herbicide-Contaminated Garden Soil: Bioassay with Tomato

New "garden soil" caused poor growth. Test for herbicide residue: mix suspect soil 1:1 with potting soil, plant tomato. Tomatoes show herbicide damage within a week. Details at xrl.us/bioassay.

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