James Hedley wrote>
> The genesis of the concept that high potency peppers were able to destroy
> viability of weed seeds should be able to be found in the archives when I
> reported on the results of the years research work. This work is in the
> third year of testing and shows promise as a tool in weed control. There
are
> many other posts in the archives regarding the development of the use of
> high potency remedies in Agriculture.
Gooday James
Just to add to your info above - we harvested some wheat - got a little more
back than we planted - and took an economic decision to abandon some -
easier to give it to the sheep on site than smash our equipment up getting
it only to turn it back as sheep feed a month later - the point being most
annual plants that germinate will find a way of producing at least the
amount of seed required to ensure a start to next years growth even in very
adverse conditions, natures survival plan is pretty good. We are two years
into our program of peppering weeds, using homeopathic potencies that we
make in our sprayer tank when putting out the liquid calcium / molasses
spray (also aimed at weed control). Annual ryegrass germinated this year and
because of the extreme moisture shortage it affected the crop to some
extent, however the wheat and barley did manage to make some seed - more
than required to replace itself - the ryegrass never got past the mid
tillering stage, we had several hundred acres where it got to about three
inches of spindly growth (lots of plants) and then died without even putting
out a seed head, while the wheat went on to make viable grain. There are
several nutritional tactics involved in this also but none of it is
expensive or difficult to do. Potentising the tank is so simple its a joke,
I have used one small vial of ash for all of it, the instrument cost about
the same as spraying 25 hectares of herbicide. Perhaps there is light at the
end of the tunnel? (or is that a train I hear coming?)
Cheers
Lloyd Charles
