James, Please elaborate on how silica (BD 501)prevents thistles from growing.
Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hedley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:28 AM Subject: Re: Lime and Humus > Dear Hugh et al, > Silica is the unsung hero of the BD preps. It was not until using BD 501 > that we observed the real potential of the BD method. It even stops > thistles from growing and what are left are being grazed out in the drought > by the local colony of kangaroos, they know good healthy food when they > taste it. > You have maintained that 501 is an atmospheric prep. From my understanding > you think that it develops the formative patterns in the atmosphere. That > may very well be true but Silica has the unique ability of repairing > functionally impaired cells by enabling them to throw off inimical > substances.It also has in Clarke's Materia Medica [p. 1175]; > "constitutions which suffer from deficient nutrition due to assimilating > power". Even if they never used any other of the BD preps in conventional > farming the use of Silica to dissolve the phosphorus which has become bound > up in silicates should be common practice on all farms. The money in the > Phosphorus bank if released will save many farms from financial ruin.This > has been proved by the CSIRO at Mackay during research work into the control > of Orange Rust in sugar cane. A study of Materia Medica is important to get > the feel of what the realm of activity of substances as could be seen from > study of Silica.. One of the roles of 501 is to allow the plant to > assimilate nutrients from the soil. > Have a great day. > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hugh Lovel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:56 AM > Subject: Re: Lime and Humus > > > > James, et. al., > > > > There's nothing like silica for making lime available. Read pages 30 > > through 33 of Steiner's AGRICULTURE (Lecture Two). Many, many low pH soils > > have limestone beneath them. The previous post (below) seems an inspired > > method for bringing up the lime. Horn clay should also be able to play a > > role in this. It might be a big help, particularly in sandy soils. > > > > I Florida where most of the soils lack clay there commonly is 60 or more > > feet (20 meters or so) of sand at the surface and beneath that are > > limestone and phosphate deposits. This is the result of lime and phosphate > > filtering down through the sand over the eons in this high rainfall > > climate. This happens particularly in winter when minerals have the > > greatest tendency to crystalize and precipitate. In Steiner's words, ". . > . > > if we are dealing with a soil that does not carry these influences upward > > during the winter as it should, it is good to furnish the soil with some > > clay, the dosage of which I will indicate later." > > > > As many of us know, Steiner did not later indicate this dosage, nor any > > more than barely hint at how it might be prepared or administered. There > is > > a brief mention in Lecture Four, page 74 of using orthoclase or feldspar, > > which are parent materials for clay, to make the horn silica remedy, and > (I > > haven't found it now, it may have been in one of the discussions) he also > > mentioned capping off the open end of the horn with clay. Presumably had > > Steiner lived longer this would have come out. > > > > Now, however, we are faced with progressive farmers experimenting with > horn > > clay while stricter Steiner preservationists cry, "Steiner didn't say > > that." and "That's not BD!" Personally I don't care what we call it as > long > > as we elucidate the scientific principles Steiner tried to open our eyes > to. > > > > On one very well run Australian farm in New South Wales the farmer was > > showing me a stratum of sandy limestone an inch or two thick that was > > exposed in a gully and was a meter or a little less below the surface of > > the field. "That didn't used to be there when I was a kid." he said. Well, > > you may imagine NSW, with its occasional heavy rains, could leach the lime > > out of the topsoil and carry it down that far before it hardened into > > stone. If this happened repeatedly just such a layer might form, and do so > > within one person's lifetime. If this can happen, who is to say it cannot > > be reversed, given the right application of dynamic patterns of force? It > > is not unheard of for soils to lose a point in pH in a year through > > leaching. So why not gain a point in a year from the opposite application > > of forces? > > > > Also keep in mind what Robin was saying about not withholding expertise > for > > personal gain. As some know and others are realizing, we can apply dynamic > > patterns over large acreages with radionic instruments and field > > broadcasters, to say nothing of Glen Atkinson's method of using low > potency > > homeopathic combos in high volume spraying. Such progressive methods are > > relatively cheap and easy and the more we do them and succeed the more we > > learn about how best to do. If all applications of Steiner's remedies are > > limited to stirring and spraying we will have quite a struggle trying to > > stay afloat on tiny islands of healthy agriculture in a civilization that > > is going down the tubes all around us. > > > > Best, > > Hugh Lovel > > > > Hugh > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Daniel, > > >Some time ago I wrote of how one of our members had increased the pH of > his > > >soil by using quartz crystals in his flow forms used for stirring the > preps. > > >He was able to increase pH from 5.5 to 6.5 in one year. > > >The secret apparently was that the preps were stirred [running through > the > > >quartz] intermittently for a month before spraying out. this is one way. > > >Regards > > >James > > >Radiasesthesia and Radionic Analysis > > >Radionic Insect and Parasite control > > >Bioethical Agriculture Consultant > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Daniel Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 12:00 AM > > >Subject: Re: Lime and Humus > > > > > > > > >> Are there other ways to make acidic soil more neutral? Is that > something > > >> even to worr about? > > >> > > >> Daniel > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:50 AM > > >> Subject: Re: Lime and Humus > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > In a message dated 8/6/02 2:36:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> > > > >> > << How does lime do this? Why would destroying the humus-building > > >complex > > >> be > > >> > a > > >> > > > >> > problem in forest soils but not agricultural soils? Any ideas? > > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > > > >> > You must be judicious with lime. Lime applied to corpses causes more > > >> rapid > > >> > decomposition. Likewise it causes quick release of organic matter > > >stored > > >> in > > >> > the humus structure of the soil. "SStorchLime makes the father rich > and > > >> the > > >> > son poor". That is an old saying that rings true... > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > Visit our website at: www.unionag.org > > > > >
