Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite?
Yes, gelignite is an explosive that is a relative slow burner as explosives go, certainly much slower than T.N.T. tri nitro toluene. I'm not sure where you would get it in the U.S. Anyway it would be good to get a qualified practitioner to do the job. If you ar e using it and wipe a contaminate hand across your brow you get a headache like you wont forget in a long time. To use it for the purpose of loosening soil or blowing ditches out one bores holes with an auger just a little bigger than the plug. Usually for loosening soil hlf a plug is put in each hole with a detinator and a length of rapid burning fuse. Connect as many fast fuses together as is possible as the effect is cumulative. To all the fast fuse joined to gether attach one slow fuse or use a detinator like that used in a quarry. It is important to asses the depth of each charge and the distance between them to just achieve the optimum fracturing of the pan. There should be no soil or stones flying around. The soil should lift between one to two inches then settle back. All the holes need to be well packed. Once more I suggest this is a job for an expert, and only to be used when more gentle methods are inadiquate. It is not part of the biodynamic method! It can be extremely effective when expertly executed. I have farmed land that has had a pan formed by a high water table. This is one of the reasons for adequate drainage. The objective of all this is to get an active soil life that will keep the soil free enough to allow good root penetration. A couple of auger holes under each plant filled with compost or a mix of soil and compost may be all it takes to achieve your objective while the biodynamic method gets on with dissolving the pan over time. Best wishes, Peter. - Original Message - From: Doug Jay Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:43 AM Subject: Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite? What is gelignite? How is it used? Where is it obtained?
Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite?
HI ALL gelignite n?, for the explosive farm, fun apart what do you do whit it. And more problem is the terrorist issue, If one is planing to have this on the field I suggested to have Federal permit. Thanks Per Garp/NH - Original Message - From: Aurora Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 02:47 PM Subject: Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite? Sometimes the dictionary is just what we need: Gelignite n. An explosive mixture, comprised of nitroglycerine, guncotton, wood pulp, and potassium nitrate. [GEL(atin) + Lat. ignis, fire + ITE.] Would probably work nicely to loosen soil, eh? Woody at Aurora Farm. the only unsubsidized, family-run seed farm in North America offering garden seeds grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods of spiritual agriculture. http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora -Original Message- From: Doug Jay Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite? What is gelignite? How is it used? Where is it obtained? DS From: Peter Michael Bacchus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:49:03 +1300 If you really do need to loosen the subsoil mechanically I suggest that you look at gelignite, I have seen it used to good effect under trees that were stunted by hard pan. In this way the topsoil would remain on top. _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite?
What is gelignite? How is it used? Where is it obtained? DS From: Peter Michael Bacchus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:49:03 +1300 If you really do need to loosen the subsoil mechanically I suggest that you look at gelignite, I have seen it used to good effect under trees that were stunted by hard pan. In this way the topsoil would remain on top. _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite?
Sometimes the dictionary is just what we need: Gelignite n. An explosive mixture, comprised of nitroglycerine, guncotton, wood pulp, and potassium nitrate. [GEL(atin) + Lat. ignis, fire + ITE.] Would probably work nicely to loosen soil, eh? Woody at Aurora Farm. the only unsubsidized, family-run seed farm in North America offering garden seeds grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods of spiritual agriculture. http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora -Original Message- From: Doug Jay Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Perfect Orchard - gelignite? What is gelignite? How is it used? Where is it obtained? DS From: Peter Michael Bacchus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:49:03 +1300 If you really do need to loosen the subsoil mechanically I suggest that you look at gelignite, I have seen it used to good effect under trees that were stunted by hard pan. In this way the topsoil would remain on top. _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
