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Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries in Paradise: Farmer tweaks soil to successfully
- From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries in Paradise: Farmer tweaks soil to successfully
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:05:48 -0700
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That was pretty cool, and I’m happy for the farmer and for
blueberry lovers in Utah. As a biochemist, though, I’ve been getting a bit annoyed
at some reporting I’ve seen lately. Here, “removing
the calcium and magnesium - referred to as carbonates.” Wouldn’t
it seem sensible to someone who’s taken high school chemistry that carbonates
should contain, I don’t know, some carbon? And that calcium and
magnesium per se would not, and exist in forms other than calcite and
magnesite? I understand in this specific case he was removing Calcium and
Magnesium carbonates, but the inference that, therefore, Ca and Mg are “referred
to as carbonates” I’m sure was universally accepted as
blindly as it was assumed and reported. I think the public hears sciencey
or mathy talk and goes, “oh, I don’t understand those things, but I
learned something now – carbonate means calcium or magnesium. So,
let’s see, milk is a good source of healthy carbonates;” or the
brain just shuts off altogether when it hears about somethingates. Yes. I see I’m testy. Will stop complaining
now and drink my coffee. I take it black, no creamer, so no carbonates
for me this morning…. ~ Stephen From:
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Behalf Of Brungardt, Sam Blueberries
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[NAFEX] Blueberries in Paradise: Farmer tweaks soil to successfully,
Brungardt, Sam, 08/05/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries in Paradise: Farmer tweaks soil to successfully, Stephen Sadler, 08/05/2008
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