Rocks for Crops
Rocks for Crops
From humble beginnings in Tanzania in 1984 to the establishment of a course at the University of Guelph, to the official opening of an Agrogeology Centre in Indonesia, the field of agrogeology is gaining wider global interest and exposure. The first Rocks for Crops International Conference took place in Brasilia, Brazil on November 7-14, 2004. Visit their website, Rocks for Crops , for abstracts of papers from the conference. Remineralize the Earth is working on the development of a large research database that will include agrogeology research from all ...
Azomite Rock Dust as a Cure for Citrus Blight Disease
Azomite Rock Dust as a Cure for Citrus Blight Disease
J.F.L. Childs
As written in a letter to Remineralize the Earth Editor, Joanna Campe
J.F.L. Childs used Azomite brand rock dust to cure trees affected with Citrus Blight Disease. To his knowledge, those cured are the only ones that have ever recovered from the disease which was reported in Florida in 1870. According to his research, this disease occurs wherever citrus trees are grown, although the name is different in different countries. He has reported research on this disease as follows:
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The Importance and Effects of Rock Dust in Orchards and Gardens
The Importance and Effects of Rock Dust in Orchards and Gardens
Closeup of tomato roots - Remineralized plant on the left.
Fritz Leipold
Germany
Fritz Leipold has over 25 years experience with the application of basalt rock dust, especially in orchards, fruit, and vegetable gardens. He is a retired garden landscape consultant and has experience in education and teaching.
He was head of the Department for Tree Nurseries and Landscaping at the Research Training Institute, and now Technical College in Weihenstephan, and has been a teacher and advisor for vegetables, fruit, ...
The Effects of Basalt Rock Dust Emissions on Trees in Germany
The Effects of Basalt Rock Dust Emissions on Trees in Germany
Fritz Leipold
Germany
The slope beside the basalt quarry was created during the years 1952-1965, and on this slope the natural effects of basalt emissions on spruce trees were discovered. The material utilized consists of the layers of rock dust that were situated above the basalt and could not be used for production. From 1-6 meters depth of soil and clay were taken out. The planting of the hill with spruce trees began in 1972 and the forester of the region was very skeptical and did not tend the trees.
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Men of the Trees in Western Australia
Men of the Trees in Western Australia
Field and nursery trials directed by Barrie Oldfield, President.
Interpreting Results:
Five times the growth for the same species of trees.
The potting out time has been shortened from five months to six weeks.
The fineness of the dust particles is more important than the actual mass of the dust material.
With dust of which 61.9% of has a particle size of 75 microns or less, the beneficial plateau in these trials is in the region of 15-20 tons/ha. At 12 tons/ha the plant growth was markedly inferior.
Men of the Trees plant ...
Forest Growth Increased with Rockdust on Grandfather Mountain near Asheville, North Carolina
Forest Growth Increased with Rockdust on Grandfather Mountain near Asheville, North Carolina
Dr. Robert Bruck
North Carolina State University
500 five-year-old red spruce and fraser fir trees were treated with Planters II rock dust applied at the following rates: 50-gram/pot, 25 g/pot, 10 g/pot, and 0 g/pot. After a 6-month period, observations were made on root color, diameters, height-growth, and survival.
Survival rate of all rock-dusted trees was 100%, versus 87% of fraser fir and 77% of spruce of the controls.
Growth rate increases:
Red spruce were 37, 18, ...
Remineralization and Increased Nutrient Density for Corn
Remineralization and Increased Nutrient Density for Corn
John D. Hamaker, co-author with Don Weaver, The Survival of Civilization
Michigan, 1976-1977
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Four Times the Timber Volume for a Forest in Central Europe
Four Times the Timber Volume for a Forest in Central Europe
Von u. Sauter and K. Foerst
The Barvarian Research and Experimental Institute for Forestry, Munich, Germany, 1986.
Summary of the four page German study translated by Christian Campe. The original German version is available in the Forestry Research Packet through mail order.
This report contains information on fertilization with rock dust and its practical application. The widely used term "gesteinsmehl" refers to pulverized silicate rocks.
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The Eco-Logic of Vermiculture
Each organism has a role and occupies a niche. In fact, shown by the Russian ecologist, Gause, about 30 years ago that each niche has only one organism with its specific food. If another organism is introduced, it either gets wiped out or creates its own micro-niche by living symbiotically with the first, for example, by using the waste matter of the first organism as food.
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People Planting Paradise: Stephan Reeve on Maui
In October 2001 I made my 3rd trip to Maui to visit my good friend, dedicated horticulturist, and tree planter, Stephan Reeve, who, like me, is a long-time health and raw-organic foods enthusiast. His "Fruition" orchard-farm project is an inspiring ecological model.
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