Hello Wayne, would you mind ellaborating on your methods of growing tomato and corn? I am very interested. Thank you, Rex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Fugitt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:56 AM Subject: CS>Soils depleted for sure. ( Plant Nutrients )
> Morning Ode, > > >> At 06:24 AM 8/6/2006, you wrote: > > I don't disagree with your thesis on plant nutrition. > While is it a slightly different view, it appears to come from experience, > observation, and study. > > Many of us believe a lot alike but often state it differently. > > My observations and study have been closer to the commercial trend over the > years while dealing with greenhouse growers, vegetable scientists, and > horticulturists. > One of these people told a friend that I was the best outside tomato grower > he had ever seen. > > When I give tomatoes to an 80 year old farmer and he says, they are the > best he has ever eaten in his life, and then says the same about corn I > have grown, I can produce the flavor and taste. > > I won't say the best tasting produce has the most nutrients, but there must > be some relationship. > > This year was the first time in 26 years I have not grown any produce where > I live simply because I was out of state during the spring. > > When I got home, all my friends gave me tomatoes. The taste and flavor > varied greatly. One source is the most technical growers around. I > taught him the basics and he has now passed me in knowledge. He grows both > outside and in greenhouses. > > He uses one of the most scientific nutrients available and his tomatoes > were best. > Another, somehow, grew almost tasteless tomatoes with no acid. Others > were somewhere in between. > > I have sent tissue samples to the state college several times and they > always come back with the same report, ........ "No deficiencies". > > Then there is the story of the chemistry professor that assigned his > students the task to find the Vitamin C in oranges. After a series of > tests, the students were getting worried. > Finally he told them, "There is no vitamin C in the oranges". > > I certainly hope the depleted nutrients in foods is not as bad as some > stories sound. > > Dr. Joel Wallach has a recent CD release that puts specific percents on > nutrient depletion. > It also covers some very old people around the world and how little decent > food they eat. > > One of my original ideas, ....... I think. > "What you don't eat is more important that what you do eat". > "What you don't drink is more important that what you do drink". > > I think we would all agree, the nutrient content of virtually all foods > have declined. > Our biggest problem is that we don't eat enough food, compared with our > ancestors. > They worked hard and often ate 10,000 calories per day. We must > acknowledge they were mining nutrients from this large quantity of food. > > The low calorie diet of most people today simply cannot supply an the > needed nutrients. > > Wayne > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/410 - Release Date: 8/5/06 > >
