Sorry to have misinterpreted you words Bob, I in fact use the cooler earth system but I just call it mulching. How's that for frigging smart Storchy? David C
----- Original Message ----- From: "panamabob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2002 2:07 PM Subject: Re: Hydoponic BD 2 > perhaps I should start again and see if I can word the procedure better... I > am simplifying here, so bare with me :-) > > As I understand it, plants are basically a thermo engine, using warm leaves > evaporating moisture to create the "sucking" to pull up the nutrients > absorbed by the cooler roots. The greater the temperature difference (delta > T) between roots and leaves, the more sucking there is. The more nutrients > the plant can ingest, the healthier the plant. A brix reading of the plant > seems to bare this out. The higher the brix, the healthier the plant seems > to be...the healthier the plant the more "umph" its product have ( fruit, > flowerettes, leaves, etc). It seems that the higher the health level of the > plant is, the less disease, parasites etc. it has. Essentially disease , > bugs etc. attack low health plants to make way for better plants; thats > there job. SO to minimize these detriments all you have to do is have a > basic well nourished plant. > > Most plants seem to have the greatest spurts of growth in Springtime when > soil is still relkatively cool and the Sun is warming the young leaves. So > it would seem that duplicating this condition, i.e. warm leaves and cool > roots, would help maximize the plants ability to use nutrients and grow. > > Experimentation has proven out that this does indeed work. Concern then > would be to enrich the soil so that the plants can get the maximum > nutrients without running out of "gas" so to speak. > > Herein lies my interest in what BD may do. Since the procedure above is not > chemical in nature, rather it utilizes the normal thermo dynamic process. > > Someone suggested or perhaps they miss understood the procedure I described > thinking it was a hydroponic system. I of course was open to discuss this > twist on the cold ag system I was familiar with and the concept of blending > it with hydroponics. > > I appologize for seeming to be interested in a water process rather than > earth process (which actually is NOT the case). > > I appreciate those in the group that have considered the hydroponics (even > though I myself did not introduce that idea :-) > > My interest is to help assemble and desiminate a more sustainable and > healthy method of agriculture for the tropical zones for improvement of the > quality of life... > > as always curious of BD > > Bob > SLF > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D & S Chamberlain" <Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:58 PM > Subject: Re: Hydoponic BD > > > Hi Panama Bob > > > > > > > > > My question is if BD may possibly be integrated into a production > > system > > > > > that sprays cold nutrients onto roots or is soil temperature need to > > be > > > at > > > > > certain level to encourage micro organisms activity which produce > the > > > added > > > > > umph to plant health.... Would it be possible to make a nutrient > > liquid > > > mix > > > > > leached out of a compost bed that utilized the micro organism > > activity? > > > > > > > > Yes While am am not a hydoponics grower I am familiar with what you > are > > > > doing. I have some ideas how to make this work. I use foliar spraying > as > > > > a rescue method to over come a serious nutrient imbalance on an all > year > > > > round cut foliage nursery under plastic. > > > > A combination of liquid teas,sequential spraying,and potentised preps > is > > > > what i have in mind. It would not be able to be certified as organic > but > > > > certainly would get you away from growing waterfilled chemical food > that > > > > tastes like crap. > > > > > > > > > > The higher than normal brix levels intrigue me, and the subsequent > > > natural > > > > > defense against parasites.... > > > > > > > > This is an area that really does interest me also. It ties in with > Hugh > > > > Lovels idea of growing corn as a suppler of nutrients to the soil. > Also > > > > with DR Carey Reams work as written by Dan Skow in 'MainLIne Farming > for > > > > the 21st Centary and William Albrect work " The Albrect Papers" vol > 1-4 > > > > and "Weeds with Poisons" written by Charles Walter . > > > > They all refer to achieving high brix levels to ward of insects and > for > > > > weed control. > > > > Any way when i have cleared my backlog of work[it has rained on 17 > days > > > > this month and it is the middle of summer for us]I will post you my > > > > thoughts. > > > > Seasons geeeting and blessing to the new year. > > > > Cheers Tony Robinson > > > > New Zealand > >
