----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Diver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 2:36 AM Subject: Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm
> Chromas as intellectual curiosity? > > Chromas are a practical approach to the humus > farmers in Austria and Switzerland, who work their soils > with humified compost, cover crops, spading machines, > rotations, and related humus management practices > to achieve biological health, clay-humus crumb, > and associated mineral availability. Hi Steve I dont think you'd get much argument about the value of chromas as you have described above Lets come back around the circle and look at this again 1 I made some barrel compost using radionically made preps instead of the physical ones - heck I had enough cow manure for two pits and only one set of preps - and I was curious as to what would happen. 2. The stuffs done and visually there is no difference and there was none as it went through the process 3 We tested these two lots energetically with a radionic machine and by dowsing and for practical purposes there was not much difference (the radionic one a little ahead but not that different) 4 Allan suggested a chroma test of produce grown ( vegetables grain or whatever) using radionic and conventional preps as a comparison. I dont have a problem with chromas for this. 5 I questioned how you would do this because any conventional preps used will spread their influence betyond the application area and probably effect the plots using radionic preps (Glen Atkinson tells us that potentised preps will 'stay put' only effecting where they are applied) If we are going to do comparison tests and then draw some qualitative conclusion from them they must be valid comparisons. My thinking from here on in is that a farm to farm comparison is a real good way of comparing the two farms but a completely invalid way of comparing any one treatment used on the both farms because of the other variables we have introduced - and none of us have the time, money, or energy to spare to do enough of these tests to make it valid. If we cant draw some useful conclusions from the simpler tests we are able to do then maybe its better if we dont draw any conclusions at all. Which brings me back around to the start of your message. If these Swiss and Austrian farmers are using chromas effectively to look at the humus quality of their soil then that should be an ideal way of comparing two batches of barrel compost ? - (I favour energetic testing myself but that has already tested out very similar). I spoke to Cheryl Kemp about this yesterday and will send some samples, I'm sure she would be happy to post the chroma pictures to the Biodynamic Agriculture Australia web site for all to see when the tests are done. Cheers Lloyd Charles
