----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Shade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 4:34 AM Subject: Re: Perfect Orchard-Calcium
Chris Allan et al., >. With cal nitrate , Ca(NO3)2, you are applying > two nitrates for every calcium, so if you used alot, > you would soon be a chemical fertilizer. Exactly correct! Dont want you all to get the idea that I am pushing for Calcium Nitrate to be on the organic input list - we use it - non certified - get great results - BUT I expect that our soils will progress to the stage that it becomes unneccessary - there are probably other ways of doing the same thing organically - but when I go visit organic grain farms I often see a whole bunch of the same weeds, strangling the crop and ruining the yield, that I can easily get rid of using this material. And again I dont use much - 2 pounds to the acre in an application - I'm sure there would be organically acceptable alternatives that dont have the disadvantage? of nitrate attached. What is happening in the soil system is far more important here than the actual material used to make it happen! Cheers Lloyd Charles
