In a message dated 2/26/02 4:02:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The theory is that these grains (as well as Equisetum, Cassuarina, and stinging nettle) bind mineral silica organically, and then upon decomposition, realise the organic form (cf. mineral silica as in sand) for uptake by other plants, thereby strengthening cell walls and assisting in fungal resistance. >> What we are seeing is that equisetum tea used on an agar plate grows the most beautiful beneficient fungus with the nicest fattest hyphae of any other inoculant. These are the type of things we need to see in our soils to suppress the pathogenic fungi...sstorch
