Dear lloyd, Thank you for your very well thought out reply. It is getting late tonight so will try to reply within the next few days. Kind regards, James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Charles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 12:24 AM Subject: Re: Vitality and fertility ofsoils
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Hedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:37 PM > Subject: Vitality and fertility ofsoils > > > > Dear Lloyd, Steve and fellow list members, > > In Bruce Copen's Agricultural rates there are the rates for soil testing > > with Carey Reams techniques. Amongst these rates is one for testing the > > vitality of the soil. 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 that some of you who have experience of Reams techniques > > may be able to enlighten me, or head me in the direction of further areas > of > > study of his methods. > > > > Lloyd knows our property, red basalt soil, 3200 cgs on average, averages > 6% > > organic matter, high mineralisation and a dream soil for anyone to start > > with. There is only one problem, when you test the soils in our > cultivation > > paddocks radionically it gives a reading of about 10% vitality, and the > same > > for fertility. My definition for fertility is the ability of plants grown > to > > reproduce true to type with maximum viability, which is a true reflection > of > > the fertility of the soil. In other words they need to have inbuilt > vitality > > and an inbuilt toughness. > Hi James > Some of the followers of Carey Reams ideas would tell you that those really > good soils like yours are often very difficult to manage when they get out > of shape, they are strongly fertile and highly buffered and they resist our > efforts to change them in whatever direction we are meaning to move. They > can be exploitatively farmed for a long period but then restoration takes > equally long, trace element imbalances that dont appear that serious can > take a lot of effort to correct etc. When we look at the bush in your area > there is a marked lack of diversity compared to poorer soil types nearby, > this is something we see all over Australia, in the most fertile soil areas > the natural vegetation appears as almost a mono culture (the mitchell grass > plains or the riverina floodplain covered with redgum) whereas in the > poorest soil types there is an unbeleivable diversity of species (west > australias sand plain country or the pilliga for example) maybe this lack of > diversity in the original vegetation also supports a restricted microbial > species range that makes it difficult to grow some introduced crop plants > even with the high mineral fertility that is there? > > > My question is what is vitality and what enlivens it in the soil. > James when we get that figured out we will be able to retire on the > proceeds. > Seriously though I have a couple more questions to add > When we test radionically for GV just what are we measuring? > And (this one has been rattling around my head for quite a while) Is it > really the best thing to treat a crop or seed or whatever so that we wind > the GV reading up to the absolute maximum we can get? I guess I am thinking > about balance - can we have too much vitality and not enough substance? See > I have this picture of a fine bred arab horse that will run until it dies in > mid stride - the vitality of spirit is far in excess of its physical > ability. > Cheers > Lloyd Charles > > >