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How’s that?I think this has alot to do with silica
How’s that?I think this has alot to do with silica
Sand?I think this has alot to do with silica
yes, I think the brix is analysed the same way. I had a lot of trouble getting sap out of grass till I learnt that you have to roll it back and forth between your hands till the fibres are very damaged , then you can use pliars to squeeze out a drop of sap onto the refrectometer. Legumes are easier to squeeze than mature grasses.Top signposting, thank you, very interesting. I've been squirting a bit of seaweed juice & molasses around which makes me feel good but with no significant effect! Thinking now adding magnesium & manganese (historical low in soil analysis) plus fulvic acid (if I can find some) and looking at min. three applications (currently two). Would reduce fungicide & pre emergence applications on winter barley to pay for it.
How do I take a brix measurement of a plant leaf? Have got a refractometer I use for honey, if it's the same thing for brix?
I use a garlic press, what is reasonably important is that you roll those samples for about the same time each time, otherwise you end up with the results you wantyes, I think the brix is analysed the same way. I had a lot of trouble getting sap out of grass till I learnt that you have to roll it back and forth between your hands till the fibres are very damaged , then you can use pliars to squeeze out a drop of sap onto the refrectometer. Legumes are easier to squeeze than mature grasses.
Does that mean that breaking the fibers and extracting sap has something to do with how much sugar is in the plant.? Wouldn’t that stay the same however you handled it ?I use a garlic press, what is reasonably important is that you roll those samples for about the same time each time, otherwise you end up with the results you want
Yes, but how you handle it makes a fair difference as to how many cells you burst open,, which affects what drips out of the sample.Does that mean that breaking the fibers and extracting sap has something to do with how much sugar is in the plant.? Wouldn’t that stay the same however you handled it ?
according to Hugh Lovel (rip,) we can increase the effect of our solar energy by having the right amount of silica available to our plants, it splits and multiples the light to make the plant cells more productive, or something along those lines. Take a look at his tribute page ,his wife posts many of his discussions on it for our benefit, he had a unique understanding .How’s that?
Epsom salts or keserite could work and the sulfur would strengthen the cell walls to combat fungal infection.Top signposting, thank you, very interesting. I've been squirting a bit of seaweed juice & molasses around which makes me feel good but with no significant effect! Thinking now adding magnesium & manganese (historical low in soil analysis) plus fulvic acid (if I can find some) and looking at min. three applications (currently two). Would reduce fungicide & pre emergence applications on winter barley to pay for it.
How do I take a brix measurement of a plant leaf? Have got a refractometer I use for honey, if it's the same thing for brix?
One of the biggest problems in soils is availability ,so we may have enough in our soil but is unavailable to our plants, often this is governed by a natural chemical or biologic action, but our biology by is damaged by our actions so we need to learn the sequence of activation and solution to soil problems.. so we can have plenty sand but little or no silicaSand?
Yes, well explained. Silica, oxygen, aluminium are basically what the crust of the Earth is mainly made of.One of the biggest problems in soils is availability ,so we may have enough in our soil but is unavailable to our plants, often this is governed by a natural chemical or biologic action, but our biology by is damaged by our actions so we need to learn the sequence of activation and solution to soil problems.. so we can have plenty sand but little or no silica
There's a reason that they put it in deodorant - it kills the microbes/fungi that cause 'stinky pits' and affects the supply of a lot of plant nutrients that are only available via biological processes or supplying the plants from aboveI was always taught if Al is giving problems then available Ca is low.
Yip it's pretty effective at tightening the soil and helps buggering the 80-20% supply of nutrientsThere's a reason that they put it in deodorant - it kills the microbes/fungi that cause 'stinky pits' and affects the supply of a lot of plant nutrients that are only available via biological processes or supplying the plants from above
thanks for the recommendation, what an interesting read, not that far into it downloaded it at lunchtime. Now I'm late getting back to work!I've had a book come at me from out of nowhere that I bought on the back of a tweet this morning. It's called The Psychobiotic Revolution and features our relationship to our gut microbes, how they influence our thinking and disposition to depression and other illness. I'm only maybe 4 chapters in yet I can say, buy it.
Can you give an idea of how your system works financially? Is it simple keep days or liveweight gain or something else as well?View attachment 926682
Having a bit more horsepower is handy!View attachment 926683
"accidentally" grazed around the duckpond View attachment 926684
and away to eat more weedy stalky rubbish
Only by someone taking things too far, do we know how far we can take things."disruptive"
...actually, there are some really good things that come out of this thread, because of the 3 principles linked in lately;
1. the cascading/compounding effects of putting likeminded people in a group (or likeminded people joining in, to be more accurate)
2. the diversity aspect, because we're all different, have different goals
3. ....and you being disruptive ? because sometimes we forget to push the boundaries, get out of the comfort zone, because of our nature - one of forming habits, to save us from thinking all the time
You made me think for a while.... you'll miss some stuff, but we live in the present and we aren't going backOnly by someone taking things too far, do we know how far we can take things.
fallen behind a bit... will I miss much if I skip 167 pages?