Allan Balliett wrote:
As everyone knows, I worked in a hellish situation last summer. (I growing food for 160 families on soil that had been supporting no-till conventional ag for the previous 30 years) We needed a lot of lime to reach our Albrecht goals. I bought the finest talc-like lime I could buy. I still had lots of weird plant problems and never ever felt that foliars for CT applications were effective. Graham of Nutri-Tech at ACRES pointed out that I couldn't possibly have adequate accessible lime in one season and that I should have moved to liquid calcium in my situation. I realize that this is not a certificable organic substance, but I also understand that it is considered to be a safe amendment by many responsible sustainable growers, particularly those who push for hi-BRIX plant quality. I'd like to experiment with liquid Calcium in my 2003 gardens. Does anyone know where or how to buy it in the US?Soya beans, dandelion, horsetail (equisetum arvense), horseradish, kelp, valerian root are all high in calcium and other growth essentials. A suggestion is that you make up a BD compost incorporating two or more of these plants, take it right through the worm stage, separate the worms out leaving the castings in, liquefy the compost with fresh water (rainwater or water which has been exposed to the elements is preferable but not mandatory) so there are no large solid particles, dilute by 50 to 1 and spray a test area at a rate of 103 litres per hectare in early spring or after frosts have well and truly gone off. Repeat spray halfway through the growth stage and after harvest.
I'm looking for more advice on buying field lime, also.
roger
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