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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Success in Brazil with Citrus and Ornamentals
In 1992, as a young citrus consultant and agronomist, I observed in an orchard that was doing very poorly in Dourado (SP), Brazil that on a particular parcel the orange trees developed more quickly and had more fruit than the other trees on the property.
In the area where the citrus trees were thriving, the ground was very flat with splintery "rusted" rocks that had a dark, almost black color. On researching further I did mineral analyses and began to do practical experiments in the field. I began to research various rock deposits in the region and studied variations in ...
Remineralize Soils to Optimum Elemental Balance
SeaAgri, Inc. introduces SEA-90, a 100% water soluble, natural, non-synthetic, mined mineral fertilizer approved for use by certified organic farmers is avaiable in North America. SEA-90 is a remarkable new product containing 90+ essential elements.
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SEA-90
Remineralize Soils to Optimum Elemental Balance
SeaAgri, Inc. introduces SEA-90, a 100% water soluble, natural, non-synthetic, mined mineral fertilizer approved for use by certified organic farmers is avaiable in North America. SEA-90 is a remarkable new product containing 90+ essential elements.
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1994 USDA Symposium on Remineralization
Soil Remineralization An Essential Environmental Action
On May 24, 1994, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Beltsville, MD), the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) (Washington, DC), the National Stone Association (NSA) Washington, DC), and the National Aggregates Association (NAA) (Silver Springs, MD) cosponsored a forum on "Soil Remineralization and Sustainable Agriculture" at the USDA Agricultural Research Station in Beltsville, MD. That forum could represent a milestone marking officially-sanctioned efforts to implement long overdue action of fundamental importance to ...
Revisiting the 1994 USDA Symposium on Soil Remineralization
Soil Remineralization
An Essential Environmental Action
By Frederick I. Scott, Jr.
On May 24, 1994, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Beltsville, MD), the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) (Washington, DC), the National Stone Association (NSA) Washington, DC), and the National Aggregates Association (NAA) (Silver Springs, MD) cosponsored a forum on "Soil Remineralization and Sustainable Agriculture" at the USDA Agricultural Research Station in Beltsville, MD. That forum could represent a milestone marking officially-sanctioned efforts to implement long overdue action ...
