Market Farming

[<sunnfarm AT netscape.com>]

Gary. There is a fine line between good soil amendments and snake oil.
I always start by assuming my soil has plenty of minerals and its just a 
matter of
releasing them to the plants. Deep rooted legume cover crops in a long 
rotation 
worked for me. There is nothing wrong with adding rock dusts. Back when I was 
farming only organically I used a lot of greensand marl, phosphate rock and a 
granite 
dust product called Hybro-tite. Its ok if you only have a small garden plot 
but can
get very expensive when you get into acres. Every winter I go to seed company 
sponsored dinners
where in exchange for a free meal I get bombarded with all manner of salesman 
selling 
all kinds of miracle soil products...Bob
Sunny meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.


>At the MOSES organic conference there was someone from SeaAgri who gave a 
>talk about remineralization.  I'm wondering if there has been anyone from 
>this list serve who has ever amended their soil with either rock dust from a 
>gravel pit or has purchased the SeaAgri product. If so, what has been the 
>result?   Information about remineralization can be found at 
>http://www.remineralize.org
>--Gary 




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