Timothy Hollingsworth wrote: >Nutrients absorbed from the soil are dependent on the life force of the soil, ....., one being the sacred geometric ratios between minerals, cation exchange capacity, and companion minerals.> I wondered if you could elaborate on this, Timothy? Thanks Ron Poitras -----Original Message----- From: Green Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: Re: Albrecht System and plant brix testing
>Hi, > >One can use plant sap analysis mainly to determine what nutrients to use in >foliar spray applications. This can be especially important in >transition while building the soil to higher energy levels, but not >always necessary. > >A Brix meter can be an indicator. And plant sugar is just one thing >that we are after. The thickness of the interface line between the >refracted and not refracted liquid is an indicator of minerals. Another >concern besides just having materials present, is also what energies are >stored in the materials, structure of the molecules, and cosmic strength >of constituent components, etc. > >Nutrients absorbed from the soil are dependent on the life force of the >soil, which may be indicated by several parameters, one being the sacred >geometric ratios between minerals, cation exchange capacity, and >companion minerals. Earthworms, microbes, myccorhizae and all natural >entities "naturally" implement their primordial design to bring about >these ratios. > >One does not necessarily have to do soil testing, the report of which is >a dynamic, changing photograph. It may speed up the transition >progress, however, where monetary considerations are important. The >most important factor in Agriculture from our perspective is the >realization and bringing about the energies needed, and also, the >Spiritual transformation of those involved. > >Timothy Hollingsworth >Green Gold International >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Lloyd Charles wrote: > >> Allan wrote >> >> ". Brix can readily be affected by foliar applications can't it? >-Allan " >> >> Above is the most important little snippet of information thats been >on this >> list for ages >> >> I know that (but dont understand why) a lot of organic and BD >certified >> producers are philosophicaly opposed to foliar nutrient applications. >When >> farmers are in the situation where we dont have our soils in balance >yet, or >> something else is wrong that has put our system off the track for a >while >> and we are suffering insect or disease attack, or poor plant growth >due to >> some nutritional disorder then is when we can make a major improvement >in >> quality of produce by using the brix meter to monitor the crops >response to >> a range of available foliar nutrients. And there are plenty of nice >things >> to use this includes the BD preps, fish emulsion, kelp, worm juice, >compost >> teas, manure teas, molasses, sugar, vinegar, etc etc as well as the >host of >> proprietary brand stuff, and the so called nasties from the chemical >> companies ( we often use small quantities of say calcium nitrate -1/2 >to 1 >> kg per hectare -combined with molasses and fish emulsion or 300 to 500 >ml of >> food grade phosphoric acid with a molasses - kelp - fish - homebrew >tea ) >> >> I use four small pump spray bottles from the supermarket to test for >crop >> response - mix the different brews in the exact proportion that will >be put >> out with the field sprayer, spray a meter square plot of each and >measure >> the brix response half an hour later, you will often get a down >response >> from a perfectly good material that is just not appropriate at the >time - >> whichever bottle mix gives the best crop response (increased brix of >crop >> and decreased brix of any weeds) is the one to use and less quantity >is >> usually better than more >> >> The crop response (yield and quality ) that can be achieved at low >cost >> using this method can be truly amazing. We have had several times >where >> brews that ran around a dollar an acre material cost have given >several >> bushels per acre more wheat as well as lessening the vigour of weeds >in the >> crop >> >> This is not rocket science and its not new either >> I read the brix mans online book this morning and would recommend it >to >> all - and while it seems written more for the consumer than the >producer - >> its good information - as also the book by Arden Andersen that is >referred >> to there >> >> For those having difficulty finding instruments at a reasonable price >in >> Australia or New Zealand David Von Pein in Queensland is the most >cost >> effective supplier of this gear that I have seen (dont know how this >bloke >> makes a profit he's heaps cheaper than most) - OK thats a plug but I >have no >> financial connection ! >> >> After we get our soils properly balanced and remineralised to >Albrecht >> standards and get our biodynamics working right and everything else is >good >> then I suppose what I have written here no longer applies - in the >mean time >> its another tool we can all use to grow better quality produce at >less >> expense for the good of all - and I know at least one feller that >needs to >> make a profit from his farm in the short term. >> >> Best to all for the new year >> Lloyd Charles > >-- > >_______________________________________________ >Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com >http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > >1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! > >http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http:/ /www.getpennytalk.com >
