Hi Allan Chicken litter is strong on nitrogen so it will make any crop you
plant grow rapidlyand hence prone to insect attack . Before spading in
spread some humic powder over chicken manure and also spray with some
molasses. This will soak up some of the excess nitrogen and hold it for next
Is anyone using t-tape to get BC out in the root zone on a regular basis?
Hi Allan Yes i have being putting all the preps through both trickle and
over head irrigation. All my liqiud fertiliser brews have BC in them and are
fed to crops on a weekly basis . It is a quick and efficient way of
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From: aballiett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: Drip Tape
What tape/hose are you using for drip
T tape That drips at every 20 cm.
and what sort of injector/siphon?
A Mazzei fertiliser injecter. I sent the
Hi all I am way behind the eight ball at the moment.My old computer died of
memory loss . So i had to buy a new one. Been away to my sons hockey
tournement. They won the tournement Cup and i have just come out of hospital
after having a hernia operation. my apologies if this is abit late.
I
- Original Message . I gathered
some slugs (quite a few) into a bottle of alcohol and, absent minded, left
them on the front porch for a couple of months in the sun.When their
mates decided to eat all my wifes strawberries and I went looking for the
bodies for cremation
-
Subject: Re: Insect peppers
Hi all had a slug problem way back in 1994 They were
decimating a quarter of an acre of daffodils. So one night at full moon I
collected about 100 slugs /snails placed then into a container with
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From: Chris Shade [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: Nettle water: its proper use length of fermentation
Allan,
.
Chris
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the strangest are .5inch long worms
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From: Allan Bballiett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: Nettle water: its proper use length of fermentation
Thanks much for this info, Tony. I've still got them in the black
brew. At Chris' encouragement, I
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From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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. Right now, I'm looking for conservative,
practical answers or for reminders for the things I've forgotten due
to the fury and flury of CSA farming.
-Allan
Hi Allan. Look at using Potentised Preps
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From: Liz Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 9:20 AM
Subject: EM in Australia?
Learnt a great deal from every farm
I went to, but was most inspired by Effective Micro-organism, natural
farming. Having only just started to
Hi allan Before you dismantle anything. Check the nozzle and the spray jet.
It is a simple job just to undo the cap at the end and you may find your
blockage is in the spray tip. Just poke it out with a pin. If it is a new
sprayer it may be just some rubbish left in the sprayer by the
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Dear Allan,
I will be in Australia and New Zealand from January 13th 2003 until
February 27th, 2003. Are there any connections you know of where I could
learn more about BD down'under? All the best Ferdinand
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From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: Taking another step.
At the Mid-Atlantic BD conference you will receive exposure to
leading farming ideas that lie just outside of the ring of
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From: Liz Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 8:27 AM
Subject: Organic Inputs
Hi all
Was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for some
info
needed for an exam. It's a soil exam and I'm s tired of
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From: tachung_h [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:28 PM
Subject: RE: Nutrient blockers
What are the experience from members of this list in using Humic Acid to
buffer the negative impact of inorganic fertilizer such as NH4
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From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: Nutrient blockers
Thanks, Tony. Would you mind being more precise with your
recommendations, especially in regard to the humic acid? (I guess I
Once we get that far then active
organic matter and microbial activity can do a lot to retrieve the
situation, the soil critters have a huge capacity to buffer pH, sequester
(tie up) nutrients that are in oversupply, and to release those that are
lacking. This takes time and my opinion is
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From: Liz Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:38 AM
Subject: Thanks
Now to do some trial plots of various soils and also some mulches and
attend
some workshops, such as Stoneage Farming and radionics. How was it Tony,
Title: Re: WENDELL BERRY: The Agrarian Standard
My only information on biodynamic gardening is
from the Jeavons books. Anything else I should be reading?
Rose
Hi Rose Please excuse the long post but this is a
collection of postsfrom the last few years that I have
Hi folks here is what the scientists are TRYING? to do in New Zealand un
successfully it seems. Trying to modify cows milk for human .
Cheers Tony
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Subject:NZ HERALD Cloned animals dying at
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Date sent: Tue, 17 Dec
Lloyd wrote
2. If your result at Dalgety was a quarter as good as Rogers description
of
it we could use 501 mid day to flatten those regrowth weeds that cause us
to
have to cultivate our fallow - we could even take stubbles through to
another crop - no till BD!!
Hi Lloyd are you thinking
I made a flame weeder about8 years
ago,runs on propane gas . 40kg of gas covers about 1 acre.
Brillent on annual seedling weeds not
so good with grasses and perennial weeds. Best results where achieved on the
afternoon of a leaf dayduring the week of full moon.I use mind 3 or
4 timesfor
If you are trying to establish wildflowers, then you
should think twice and then three times about the
DeWitt Sunbelt Weed Barrier. As I said, I can
guarantee that you will have a successful planting.
Hi Merla I have been using this method of weed control for about 5 years.
It has been
I will put the tower of power on hold for
awhile. I have the plans for Hugh's broadcaster and have not had the time to
assemble one. Would like sources for plans of other devices, pyramid sounds
interesting. All suggestions and info is appreciated.
Thanks, Dwayne
Hi Dwayne Try
How do I find out the details on Steve Storch's
recipe for sequential spraying?
Hi Steve Diver The following are post i have kept from S Storch, the one i
used i have lost due to a computer failure. I have it on hard copy it should
be in BDNOW archives as
SFW Compost Tea for Fertility dated
Title: Re:Re [Humore]Theory of Everything these daze
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From:
Moen Creek
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 4:50
PM
Subject: Re:Re [Humore]Theory of
Everything these daze
Hi Markess Thanks for this good chuckle. Our
Hi Markess Thanks for this good chuckle. Our organic group has
just gone through and experience with our local council in an
effort to get the organics industry acknowlegded in there District
plan. They turned us down as they did not want to be seen us
picking
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From: Garuda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: Help with Our Feathered Friends
We have a bird scare spray which has shown good results on various crops.
Hi Glen. What species of birds?
Thankyou Tony R
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From: Garuda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: Subscriber exodus
I wish to support this being a BD agriculture list and not a political
hotbed ( to which I have added from time to time)
GA
ME Too It is
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From: Garuda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: Help with Our Feathered Friends
Tony
It does not seem specific, just any eating the crop that is sprayed.
G
Glen I have had a major problem with birds this
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From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:18 AM
Subject: TONY R: Off topic posts
Hey, Tony, help me here. I don't really understand your objection to
posts that you consider off topic
. is it the bit weight of
Hi Lloyd I have made a small 50Litre brewer made from an old stainless
steel LPG cylinder with a couple of air stones an air pump it cost me about
$60. I have used worm compost worm leachate, comphrey tea with some
equisetum
and barrel compost,humic acid, hydroslated fish kelpand rockdust to
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From: Lloyd Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 2:24 PM
would use the brix meter on crop.
Hi Lloyd I have been testing my brews for pH, ergs, brix and temp.
As I spray in the evenings I have not done a leaf brix test,I
Hi folks This may be of interest to
grape growers. It is a 4 year study on organic mulches in vineyards from the
Marlborough Research Centre. NewZealand.
Report can be downloaded from: www.hortresearch.co.nz
Cheers Tony Robinson
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From: James Hedley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. Vitality of the soil seems to not get coverage on
BDnow.
Maybe one of the reasons is that until I started to research this concept
I
had never heard of vitality as being measurable parameter of soil. I write
this in the hope
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From: James Hedley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
claim that food is better if
grown biodynamically. I love my plants and take great delight in growing
plants that have a look of vitality about them. Although they may appear
to
be very vital plants, each year the seed loses
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From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Help
What sort of experiences have you (anyone) had with using 501 in a
greenhouse? I think that Grotzke advised that it is too strong for
use in a
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From: Hugh Lovel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.
chief keys to how horn clay operates. And thanks, Tony, for making such
wonderful horn clay. What have been your experiences in using it?
Hi Hugh sorry for the delay . It has been a very busy week as well as my
wife has been
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From: Hugh Lovel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: Help
Incidentally, in making horn clay, when you take it out of the horn, DON'T
scrape off the fungi and dispose of this before drying and grinding the
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From: Hugh Lovel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'd be including David von Pein and Des Whatley in on this discussion but
I
don't have their e-mail. Anyone help with this?
Best,
Hugh
Hi Hugh Last time i was in contact with David he was not on email .
He can be
Hi James
I was just looking up some notes in Phil Wheeler book when I came across
3-4 sections on crop vitality and how it can be measured and how it can be
changed using Albrecht/Rheams.
he also mentioned Dr Arden Andersens other book
' The Anatomy of life and Energy in Agriculture.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
In the agriculture lectures Steiner refers several times to keeping the
work on the farm
Hi Steve, Alan
This is what I like about
Hi to NZ BD subcribers this is the programme for Hugh
Lovel's visit to NZ in July.
Hope to see you all there.
Regards Tony Robinson
Agricultural Remedies.
How to Make the Biodynamic
Preparations Work Better.
Hugh Lovel is the principal of the Union Agriculture Institute
Hi Glen
Ihaven't finalized Hughs NZ itinary yet. He
is speaking in KiawakaSat19July, Waikato Wed 23, Hawkes
BayFriday 25, Levin Sunday 27th.
He has free days Sunday to Tues at the moment.
Cheers Tony Robinson
Hugh
Apologies, e's senttoyour personal
email addresskeeps coming back
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From:
Eric Myren
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 3:17
PM
Subject: RE:Voodoo/Hamilton Willis
. Is anyone wondering why Hugh Lovel has been silent on this issue
perhaps it is because he would agree that Radionics is
Hi folks I belong to a group of 20 growers that grows a flower crop
called Gentians for export from NZ to Japan, USA and Europe. It is the most
fabulous Blue flower i have ever known. it is also a very new crop to the
world.
Below is bud count analysis from 2 convential growers and my BD
Hi Allan Hugh's web has a new website address
Visit our website at: www.unionag.net
Which he has been posting on the bottom of his emails.
Some swedish firm has grabbed his address to sell sex toys.
Cheers Tony
Land Down Under
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From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL
Hi liz and Di Steve Diver posted this about strawberries some time ago.
Cheers Tony
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From: Steve Diver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: companion planting + Marvin Pritts + organic
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