Joe Kelley
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It occurred to me this morning that I have been wrong about some thing around here. First of all, this thread is about remineralizing the earth. You see, Sea Agri is one of the products used by this movement to replenish the earth with lost minerals that have been farmed away or that have not been present in the soil due to geographic location. Remineralizations’ main weapon is "rock dust", a byproduct of the gravel/cement industry. Byproduct is another name for garbage, it is worthless to a producer; they have to pay to get rid of it. Well, it has been discovered that if you add "rock dust" to your garden your plants will go ballistic with growth. The minerals in rock dust are what have been missing in the soil. Rock dust sells for about $0.01 (one penny) per ton. The problem is shipping cost as you can imagine. Since there is no profit in rock dust, industry has no interest in selling it, but they will gladly give you all you want, as long as you take it with you. The more you take the better!
Sea Agri is the same as rock dust, except it comes from the sea. A medical doctor discovered a location (trade secret) where this important mineral accumulates on the ground; it is there for the taking. He discovered that when added to soil, it replaces all the lost/missing minerals within said soil. Sea Agri contains the exact same minerals that are found in human blood, so in effect you are replacing in the soil the very thing that gives you life. Like all things associated with organics, a small amount is very potent; it is not wise to be greedy when applying amendments when organic growing. Sea Agri, as I stated earlier is applied at the rate of 1 (one) teaspoon per gallon of water. You do not soak a plant with the solution, you only mist it very lightly; thus a gallon goes a very long way. I used less than one cup last year, and I have 11 (eleven) plots, the smallest are 50x6 feet. The cost of a teaspoon of Sea Agri is $0.02 (two pennies); you get a lot of bang for your pennies with remineralization. With Sea Agri coming in 40-pound sacks, this bag will probably still be here when I am dead and gone. So, the people who sell Sea Agri will not likely sell me anything again. I paid $40.00 ($1.00 per pound) for the bag, but I did not have to pay shipping since I went to the distributors home and picked it up.
I wonder what all this means to a person that sells fertilizer, organic or chemical? Rock dust, Sea Agri, composting, coffee grounds, and anything else associated with organic gardening sucks! We organic gardeners are perpetual recyclers, we go to the dump and take stuff, not bring anything in. We throw away nothing organic, we collect leaves, save newspaper, seek out manures, hoard coffee grounds, and we are a real problem to people selling anything. And we talk a lot, we tell everybody about the virtues of organics; we are walking talking nightmares to certain industries.
Finally, I get to the part where I have been wrong. I was wrong to say certain people do not know what they are doing and saying around here. They very well know what they are doing, they are trying to stop this threat to their 401K. If organic people find out they can add wood charcoal to their compost and soil, the wood charcoal will last in the soil for 2500 years, and increase there soil fertility x1000 there won’t be too much selling of anything to those crazy people! Add to that the fact that they all have very big mouths and tell everybody who will listen to them and we have a real dilemma on our hands. The only thing to do is discredit the most innovative, tell them to plant noxious weeds in their compost, and get all we can out of them while the "getting is good".
Well, it’s not going to work with ole Blutranes. You might as well go get yourself a case of Pepto Bismol and put on your seat belt, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. I do apologize for being so long-winded, but I didn’t want to let my mistake be left uncorrected. Please keep an open mind, fear not the unknown, or be fooled by those who wish to maintain the status quo. Everything must change, nothing stays the same, nothing and no one stays unchanged. We are the future of this planet, and we will not be moved…
[url=http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:2RS8U43uW-cJ:http://www.seaagri.com/Tsunami_Aided_Crops_in_Indonesia%255B1%255D.pdf+tsunami+aided+crops&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us]http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:2RS8U43uW-cJ:http://www.seaagri.com/Tsunami_Aided_Crops_in_Indonesia%255B1%255D.pdf+tsunami+aided+crops&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us[/url]Last edited on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 11:48 am by Joe Kelley
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