Thanks Roger Missed all that first time thru. Most interesting and I will be interested to see how it works on other plants. What is your understanding of how 501 is doing this other than the burn off effect? GA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: BD501 as a Weed Control > Glen wrote: > > >Roger > >Please forgive my lack of attention on this. > >I have looked thru the archive and can not find the post that you outlined > >what you have done and what you achieved. > >As a researcher in this field, we have done several trials of 501 as a weed > >control as early as 1990. > >I would be most interested in the details of what you are claiming to '' > >own'. > > > > All I am claiming ownership of is a procedure I conceived a year ago and > tested last month.The original reference was in my post 'Re: Perfect > Orchard - Calcium' of 23 Dec 02 in which I responded to Allan about use > of chemical fertilisers. In this I stated in relation to 501: > > > I don't hold with everything that Rachel Carson or Tom Hartmann wrote, > > or for that matter Rudolph Steiner. But I do know that 3.8 grams of > > BD501 mixed with 34 litres of fresh water and potentised, and sprayed > > on one hectare of degraded farmland in the evening when the land is > > drawing its nutrients and energies back into itself, will unlock and > > catalyse natural minerals and vitamins. (For the record, in my opinion > > 3.8 grams IS a minute quantity.) The same mixture, sprayed on african > > lovegrass in the heat of the day, renders the seed unviable. Instantly. > > > > 500, 501 and the other preparations are miracles-in-being whose > > greatness, despite the passage of time, has in no way been fully > > realised. Similarly we have hardly explored the energies available to > > us naturally (and I don't mean fossil fuels). The opportunity to do so > > - indeed, I feel I should say 'necessity' - is upon us. From now > > until the bombs start falling, and never mind that the time of year or > > month is 'incorrect', make preparations for the future. After the last > > desperate empirical doomed-to-failure grasp of the 'western' nations > > at world supremacy is over, we will all be too busy chopping wood and > > carrying water! > > > The details of the lovegrass test are in my post 'Perfect Orchard - > Calcium' of 24 Dec 02: > > > Liquid 501 potentised by hedley & hedley & supplied in 20 to 1 > > concentration was mixed with african lovegrass pepper (potentised on > > site by h&h in mid oct) & hand sprayed from a 15 litre clean backpack > > unit directly on to one patch of seeding plants. > > > > Actual (ie powdered) 501 supplied by BACA a year ago was mixed with AL > > pepper at proportionate rate (to match 3.8 grams to 34 litres), > > stirred in recommended manner, sprayed from the same backpack in same > > manner on a separate patch. > > > > Lovegrass was late growing and a healthy green with full seed. > > Pendulum questioning indicated result would be instant and effects > > visible within 15 minutes. We did not believe that was possible but it > > was true. Have 'during' and 'after' photos in digital format but > > unfortunately not 'before' (was going to take some of another patch, > > untreated, but got too hot (me, that is.) Time of spray was mid > > afternoon, temp about 33, place Dalgety TSR. > > The indications are that 501 mixed in a particular way and sprayed in > the heat of the day has an adverse effect on african lovegrass. I am > currently retesting and trialling on other plants. > > As far as other tests of 501 or any other BD preps as weed or plant > controllers used as above are concerned, I have searched internet and > print references extensively without finding anything on the subject. > That being so, I am most interested in hearing the details of your own > trials. > > Cheers Roger >
