Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-13 Thread James Hedley
- From: "Gil Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 10:37 PM Subject: Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm > Hi! James and Lloyd, > I am out of action at the moment with health probs. But picke

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Allan Balliett
Looks like Google quit indexing my home page, since it is no longer publically-accessible. Apparently it made an impact or two, when it did exist. "Rhizosphere II - Incredible Web page by Steve Diver - worth while visiting if you are interested in organic farming" http://www.avocadosource.com/links

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Diver
Looks like Google quit indexing my home page, since it is no longer publically-accessible. Apparently it made an impact or two, when it did exist. "Rhizosphere II - Incredible Web page by Steve Diver - worth while visiting if you are interested in organic farming" http://www.avocadosource.com/lin

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Lloyd Charles
> >My paper on Luebke compost has all the details > >on humus testing methods used by the European > >farmers. But you have to click on Google cache to > >get it. > > Sorry, Steve - Can you give better directions on how to locate this? > Thanks _Allan > Me too please Lloyd Charles >

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Allan Balliett
My paper on Luebke compost has all the details on humus testing methods used by the European farmers. But you have to click on Google cache to get it. Sorry, Steve - Can you give better directions on how to locate this? Thanks _Allan

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Allan Balliett
Lloyd - The Albrecht soil tests of what I found to be rather savorabley imbalanced soil I distributed last week were done on soils that have been heavily amended by Luebke-formula compost made under the guidance of Mr George Leiding of Imants. George, I believe, was a domestic in the Luebke h

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Diver
Lloyd - As usual you understand the finer points of soil management and soil testing. I'm in agreement as to the value of the Albrecht soil test, with extra attention to trace element analysis and the "balance" or "ratios" between them. Yet, you ask what makes the mineral balancing soil test irr

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Lloyd Charles
From: Steve Diver > > The typical NPK > soil test, even the Albrecht soil test, is largely irrelevant from > this humus perspective. Hi Steve I would like to pursue this a bit. Maybe I think a bit different to most but I reckon the main benefit of a proper soil test (a good Albrecht type analysis)

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Steve Diver
Chromas as intellectual curiosity? Well, let me just add these comments from a general perspective. 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

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: James Hedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:04 AM Subject: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm > Dear Lloyd, > I agree with you that a commercial farm is not really t

Re: Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-11 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! James and Lloyd, I am out of action at the moment with health probs. But picked up on your post concerning Copen's Agricultural methods. Did you start with the rates in his Ag Rate Book? I was going to buy it several years ago, but now they seem to have with-drawn it from all their sites. I

Electronic homeopathy for plants. Was Re: late winter farm

2003-03-10 Thread James Hedley
Dear Lloyd, I agree with you that a commercial farm is not really the place for doing chromas. How many BD farms or CSA's supply food with a certificate of quality backed up by chromas. To me they are only of intellectual interest to check how your farm is going overall. but really how do you defin