----- Original Message ----- 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 > clay, unless you are trying to collect a little concentrate horn clay > fungi. That fungi is what you want, in aces and spades. It is one of the > chief keys to how horn clay operates. And thanks, Tony, for making such > wonderful horn clay. What have been your experiences in using it? > Dear Hugh That horn clay was made from our own clay, which is a yellow sticky clay and had been buried for about 16-17 months as I had forgotten to lift it up that autumn it was going to be 12month horn clay . I have been using it ever since at first with the 500 stir . I then had Peter Bacchus potentise it for me to use along with Glen and Peters Garuda range of potentised preps. Last spring in September I started to use all the preps in a sequential spray programme from Steve Storch modified a little to suit my own conditions.I am spraying every 2 months and I am very pleased with the results especially when we have been experiencing some dramatic 30 year weather cycle we have gone from the coldest wettest spring to the hottest and driest summer . it is predicted to go on for about another 4-5 weeks which means for us a 100 year drought . Anyway my fern crops which I harvest all year round are doing extremely well . The size of the crop has improved, production is better and so is the qualility. I have not had any complaints for several months. I have also noticed that my usual summer pest problems are less this year. Also a small amount of horn clay is mixed withall the preps 500,501,BC and spinled over the worm farms and the leachate is use as liquid feed on a weekly basis applied through the irrigation. Soon I will put down an autumn spring horn clay and then a spring -autumn ho rn clay this will be for my more seasonal crops. The horns that were still buried were new horns that I had been given and were buried to get rid of the insides All these horns have been lifted covered with a white fungal growth Hopefully these will make some good 500, horn clay etc as they came from a convential cow herd. Thanks for reminding me. Best regards Tony R
