Dear Mr. Lloyd,
Our experience is that when you get the Calcium to Magnesium ratio
close to its "primordial design" values, then the elementary forces
start to bring it home. Accuracy and precision then only become a means
to bring it home faster where monetary concerns are important.
Right now in one situation, we have 5 growers, 1 acre each, in a 5
acre plot. We have done the same to each acre, and yet each acre is
different. Why? In the first acre, the grower did not apply his
material for planting appropriately. Then, when his plants didn't
respond quite as well as the others, he applied his "comfort zone"
chemicals, which actually hurt the natural system. After that, one of
the other acres is doing "wonderfully well", and the other three acres
are doing "all right". The growers want to know why the difference.
Now, I don't know if anyone reading this e-mail has read The Secret
Life of Plants, but plants and soil and nature respond to our mental and
spiritual states. This has been documented. We mentioned this to our
growers. Interesting, these growers are Mexican and they have a
tradition of understanding these things. They picked up quite readily,
as they do when we have them apply their materials by the cycles of the
Moon.
Impressive observation, Mr. Charles - the trace minerals "are" the
main cost. I don't know if Cecilia Harmon from our office mentioned it,
but our lab does 10 different extractions to get all of the traces.
Anyway, thank you for your e-mail. We also thank you for this
website and all the wonderful people that it seems to attract.
Timothy Hollingsworth
Lloyd Charles wrote:
>>If you test your soil through a reputable lab, make sure they give
you the
Calcium and
> >Magnesium base saturation levels. Calcium should be about 68% and
> >Magnesium should be about 13.5%.
>
> That example is 5 to 1. My recollection is Albrecht said 7 to 1 is
the
> ideal. 9 to 1 is high.
> Dave Robison
Dave your correct with your math but again this depends on who does
the
testing My experience is that if you get to 68/12 (with everything
ELSE in
correct proportion) for our soils on a perry USA test your are home! -
that
same soil sample is probably going to show 75 /10 from a Brookside
analysis.
This is not saying one is right and the other wrong just that we need
to be
aware of differences and alter the numbers where necessary. Also means
that
changing labs partway along is not going to help much
Regards the original Green Gold message - any old lab over here will
get you
workable base saturation numbers -I have yet to see a paid for soil
test
that has not got this info on it- what costs us the money is a proper
trace
element analysis
All the best
L Charles
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