The Content of Copper in Soils of Allotment Gardens in Zielona Góra, Poland

In this paper, the total and phytoavailable form of copper in allotment garden in Zielona Góra are presented. Soil samples were collected from eight places in the allotments gardens and two samples from outside in the neighbourhood. The total content of copper varied from 2.58 to 16.23 mg · kg^-1. The form of copper potentially avail-able for plants varied from 0.2 to 3.85 mg · kg^-1. The total content of copper meets the requirements of Directive by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the 21^st March 2002 on the acceptable content of heavy metals in soils and Directive by the Minister of the Environment of the 9^th September 2002 on the standards of soil quality and the standards of land quality