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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7290226" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>Yes, well explained. Silica, oxygen, aluminium are basically what the crust of the Earth is mainly made of. </p><p>Lose the Si or O from the soil and you're in trouble. Too much free Al and you're in trouble. </p><p></p><p>This is why the ag service industry keep pushing salt/acid fertilisers, because it keeps the soil in trouble, and keeps farmers coming back every year for more. </p><p></p><p>Hence why the old guys used a lot of slag or sands to remediate tight soil, now it's pretty much scoffed off because people are too clever to be smart - just ask [USER=473]@Derrick Hughes[/USER] . </p><p>If you have soil with air in it, (when I went to school air was 78% N) then you have a nitrogen supply.</p><p>Silica (in an available form) is an incredible input because it doesn't "supply nutrients" but rather unlocks pathways where nutrients become available . </p><p>Hence the biodynamic prep "horn silica" is like waving a magic wand sometimes, a few grams per acre and the place wakes up from being suffocated</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7290226, member: 63856"] Yes, well explained. Silica, oxygen, aluminium are basically what the crust of the Earth is mainly made of. Lose the Si or O from the soil and you're in trouble. Too much free Al and you're in trouble. This is why the ag service industry keep pushing salt/acid fertilisers, because it keeps the soil in trouble, and keeps farmers coming back every year for more. Hence why the old guys used a lot of slag or sands to remediate tight soil, now it's pretty much scoffed off because people are too clever to be smart - just ask [USER=473]@Derrick Hughes[/USER] . If you have soil with air in it, (when I went to school air was 78% N) then you have a nitrogen supply. Silica (in an available form) is an incredible input because it doesn't "supply nutrients" but rather unlocks pathways where nutrients become available . Hence the biodynamic prep "horn silica" is like waving a magic wand sometimes, a few grams per acre and the place wakes up from being suffocated [/QUOTE]
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