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- From: "Allan.Balliett" <allan.balliett AT gmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:24:57 -0500
Dorene - As a long time biodynamic farmer myself, I'll take gamble here and ask you the important question. Do you see anything about the Kimberton Garden or dairy, the plants and livestock, that would give you reason to believe that the biodynamic preps are more than elements of belief?
(I have a fall back position: anyone following wine is familiar with prominent wine critic Robert Parker's lavish praise the last dozen years for biodynamic wines in THE WINE SPECTATOR. The use of the preps is a necessary element of biodynamic practice. )
Horn Silica/Horn Quartz (the same thing) is an atmospheric spray that improves photosynthesis. When a maturing fruit crop on properly prepared and prepped biodynamic soil is sprayed with horn silica, the BRIX increases and the fruit has a deeper, more complex flavor as a result. The proof of the pudding for me in horn silica applications, though, has been that, although when I make a sprayer full of it I use as little as a match head of the quartz prep, if I spray too late in the day (close to 10 am), blow back from the sprayer (mist) has caused my forarms to become red with light sunburn! (A human reaction to how quartz in the air organizes sunlight to improve photosynthesis.)
If you want to learn more about biodynamics and you are willing to ask questions of an experienced group to learn what you want to know, you can join us at the Yahoo! group "bdnow" the international biodynamic food and farming discussion list.
Allan in WV who would have never brought this up on his own
Dorene who lives 3 miles away from Kimberton Hills Camphill Village in Kimberton, PA
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Re: [Market-farming] Looking for determinate Tomato reccomendations,
John and Katy Ehrlich, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Looking for determinate Tomato reccomendations,
E C GRANATA, 01/27/2010
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[Market-farming] Horn silica,
John and Katy Ehrlich, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica,
Willie McKemie, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica,
Bill Bradshaw, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica,
John and Katy Ehrlich, 01/27/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica, Alliums, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica, Allan.Balliett, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica, Sean Albiston, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica, John and Katy Ehrlich, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica, Kate Halstead, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] The Magic of Horn silica, Maggie Palmer, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] The Magic of Horn silica, Bill Bradshaw, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] The Magic of Horn silica, BarbaraJ, 01/28/2010
- [Market-farming] Biodynamic Planting Calendars, Allan.Balliett, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] The Magic of Horn silica, BarbaraJ, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica,
John and Katy Ehrlich, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica,
Bill Bradshaw, 01/27/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica, Allan.Balliett, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica, Sean Albiston, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica,
Willie McKemie, 01/27/2010
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[Market-farming] Horn silica,
John and Katy Ehrlich, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Looking for determinate Tomato reccomendations,
E C GRANATA, 01/27/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] Looking for determinate Tomato reccomendations,
John and Katy Ehrlich, 01/27/2010
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