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by Mark
31 Oct 2024, 13:48
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: SKL meditation
Replies: 0
Views: 256

SKL meditation

Cosmic Forces & Earthly Substance - revisiting the plant, further meditations on the Agriculture Course

STEWART K LUNDY
OCT 7 2024


Matter as we know it is always a precipitate out of what was formerly dynamic energy. As dew condenses from the atmosphere and wood grows up out of the earth, there ...
by Mark
27 Oct 2024, 20:36
Forum: Biodynamics
Topic: Healthy BD potatoes
Replies: 0
Views: 327

Healthy BD potatoes

COMPARISON OF QUALITY INDICATORS OF EDIBLE POTATOES, GROWN ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT FARMING SYSTEM

Abstract

Potatoes is one of the most common land plants in Lithuania. Potatoes are grown as food and as important high-quality source of starch. This vegetable have an average moisture content of ...
by Mark
27 Oct 2024, 20:31
Forum: Biodynamics
Topic: Isotopic profiling distinguishes BD produce
Replies: 0
Views: 312

Isotopic profiling distinguishes BD produce

The Role of Isotopic Profiling in Identifying Organic and Biodynamic Practices in Vitis Labrusca Grape Cultivation

Leonardelli L, Leonardelli S, Schwambach J 2024

Abstract
This study investigated nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen isotopes to differentiate fertilizers used in grape cultivation. The ...
by Mark
27 Oct 2024, 19:46
Forum: Agrohomeopathy
Topic: Leo's strawberries recast
Replies: 0
Views: 314

Leo's strawberries recast

The use of mineral dynamised high dilutions for natural plant biostimulation; effects on plant growth, crop production, fruit quality, pest and disease incidence in agroecological strawberry cultivation

Strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) are one of the most important fruit
crops worldwide. Most ...
by Mark
27 Oct 2024, 18:54
Forum: Biodynamics
Topic: Indore Radishes
Replies: 0
Views: 300

Indore Radishes

Effect of biodynamic package with azotobacter on growth, yield, quality and economics of radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

Ruchika, Swati Barche, Anvita Sharma, Aarti Rathore and Yogendra

Abstract
A field experiment was conducted to assess the impact on growth, yield, quality and economics of ...
by Mark
27 Oct 2024, 18:27
Forum: Biodynamics
Topic: 500 - esoteric quakery
Replies: 0
Views: 310

500 - esoteric quakery

Uncomfortable knowledge in sustainability science: essays in honor of David Pimentel (1925–2019)

Zanardo et al. address the controversial “horn manure” (Preparation 500) used in biodynamic
agriculture. They studied the changes during the manure maturation of the fungal
and bacterial communities ...
by Mark
27 Oct 2024, 18:20
Forum: Biodynamics
Topic: Increase in grain production with Indian preps
Replies: 0
Views: 292

Increase in grain production with Indian preps

Optimizing bio-organic preparations and Sharbati wheat varieties for higher organic wheat productivity and profitability

In JNKVV, Jabalpur, a research was conducted to examine the effects of
biodynamic preparations in the context of comparisons of conventional,
organic, and biodynamic systems ...
by Mark
26 Oct 2024, 14:44
Forum: Preparations: potentised and traditional
Topic: Prep making
Replies: 0
Views: 287

Prep making

Masson: where prep making is described and discussed

Wilhelm SPIESS: Einblick in die pharmazeutische Technik, soweit diese für die Mitglieder des Versuchsringes zur Herstellung von Präparaten von Nutzen sein kann, Lecture of January 8, 1926 – Meeting of anthroposophical farmers in Dornach ...
by Mark
25 Oct 2024, 22:50
Forum: Preparations: potentised and traditional
Topic: Masson - Our reponsibility
Replies: 0
Views: 272

Masson - Our reponsibility

Understanding and practical work with the biodynamic preparations, a view on history and present situation
V Masson 2024

We observe that biodynamic preparations made and applied according to certain criteria offer impressive results in terms of evolution of soil structure and fertility, but also ...
by Mark
15 Oct 2024, 17:45
Forum: Preparations: potentised and traditional
Topic: Clay preparation
Replies: 11
Views: 24420

Re: Clay preparation

Sorry - some confusion in the upgrading of the system means I lost the post about Easter horn clay.


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The theory is that the clay brings up the silica forces in a soil that doesn't manage this easily itself. I was playful with this and the easter period - the rising ...
by Mark
15 Oct 2024, 10:30
Forum: Preparations: potentised and traditional
Topic: Clay preparation
Replies: 11
Views: 24420

Re: Clay preparation

The Heart of Clay

Dennis Klocek
AB # 13, Fall 1995


It has been said by soil scientists that, by working the soil, it is possible to do in a few years what would take nature thousands of years to accomplish. Intensive soil cultivation and the addition of proper soil amendments can aggregate sandy ...
by Mark
14 Oct 2024, 18:00
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: A science of beings?
Replies: 0
Views: 349

A science of beings?

Is a Science of Beings Possible ?
Craig Holdrege

The wolf does not become a lamb even if it eats nothing but
lambs all its life. Whatever it is that makes it wolf, therefore,
must obviously be something other than the “hyle,” the
sensory material, and that something, moreover, cannot
possibly be ...
by Mark
14 Oct 2024, 17:50
Forum: Scrapbook
Topic: Holdrege What Forms an Animal?
Replies: 0
Views: 318

Holdrege What Forms an Animal?

What forms an animal?

A likely answer these days is “genes.” Or perhaps: “genes and envi- ronment.” Such high-level abstractions reveal how little we actually know and tend to discourage further inquiry. When I hear “genes and environment” I yearn for something more concrete, something I can ...
by Mark
14 Oct 2024, 10:03
Forum: Agrohomeopathy
Topic: Damned statistics
Replies: 0
Views: 288

Damned statistics

Statistical tools for alternative research in plant experiments

Maurizio Brizzi , Lucietta Betti 2010

In this paper we describe the set of statistical tools applied for evaluating a series of experiments concerning the effects of homeopathic treatments in simple plant models, involving wheat ...