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  • From: "Sean Albiston" <lab AT physics.umn.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Horn silica
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:42:36 -0600 (CST)

I have no claims against your methods. I have gotten a sunburn that I
have attributed to using a sprayer before. I was just stating the obvious
that water droplets affect light too.

sean

> - I'm a full time farmer and have been for a long time. I don't get
> burned from any of other foliars I put out, or, for that matter, from
> the misting sprayers. Horn Silica is different. You should see how
> 'alert' the plants become shortly after application. Just water won't
> do that.
>
> It's important to always realize that we humans have a very vague
> understanding of how the natural world works. If that isn't apparent
> from working with your own soil and plants, knowing that we only
> recently discovered the function of boron in plant growth, the
> existence of glomalin (sp?) in the creation of soil structure or the
> importance of vit D in human health.
>
> Like I said, biodynamics is well received in the rest of the world,
> particularly in Australia where the farmers are much more pragmatic.
>
> Biodynamic products agriculture is associated with products of a
> higher quality than we commonly see. This perception is validated by
> third parties.
>
> When I find out that my neighbor is winning blue ribbons, I want to
> find out what he's doing that I don't currently do, instead of
> telling him that it's all in his head.
>
> there's no point in discussing this any further. You either get it or
> you don't get it and that's fine with me, either way. The first time
> I got it was by planting peas by the biodynamic calendar. I simply
> couldn't not account for the different germ rate and earlier
> emergence dates I got when I planted according to the calendar. I
> don't expect anyone to realize what they don't know about the world
> by simply thinking their way through it.
>
> -Allan Balliett
> Shepherdstown, WV
>
>
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