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["Marsha Hanzi" <hanzibra@svn.com.br>]

There is a strong movement here in NE Brazil of using rocok dust as a soil
ammendment for micro elements ( our soils are ancient and very poor here in
these...)  Some do use granite dust, others basalt, but now there is a
commercial product made of a combination of two exceedingly rich stones:
macaxita and serpentinita ( name in Eglish), which, between them , have
virtually all the micros, including a good portion of silicia , which
apparently is very important for plant health ( I am not well-versed in this
yet).  I do know that using a combination of this rock dust and  rock
phosphate ( which we have here available), and a fermented "soup"of manure ,
herbs, and these rock dusts, farmers are being able to get off chemicals
immediately with virtually no production loss...

Marsha Hanzi
Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia, Brazil
http://www.geocities.com/oliarte

----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <london@metalab.unc.edu>
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 4:13 PM
Subject: granite fertilizer? (fwd)


>
> Anyone familiar with the book "Bread From Stones"?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 13:17:28 EDT
> From: Dupreemax@aol.com
> Subject: granite fertilizer?
>
> My name is Dudley Cates, and I was curious to find out more about the
> little-known German agricultural chemist Julius Hensel. Apparently his
book,
> "Bread From Stones," explains how pulverzed granite is a great fertilizer.
Do
> you know anything about him or his theories? Are there any products that
are
> close to plain pulverized granite on the market at this time? I got to you
by
> initially doing a search on AOL Netfind for "Julius Hensel," which got me
to
> an orgainic gardening links page through which I found your e-mail link.
TIA
> for your input.
>
> Dudley
>
>
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