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trate the earthly growth forces in the manure. It promotes roots, encourages lush growth,
and aids germination — all most important in the early stages of plant growth.
Finely ground quartz is packed in a cow horn and buried over summer for prep 501.
This enhances plant maturation. It promotes flowers and fruits, flavor, color and storage
— more important in the later stages of plant growth.
To create a remedy for spraying on the garden, the material in these preparations is
stirred into water, changing directions to make a vortex in one direction and then in the
other, back and forth, for an hour. There are also six preparations to be used in compost
and one herbal preparation of horsetail to prevent fungus and help toughen plants, due to
the high silica in the horsetail. You can learn to make all of these preparations, but for
most gardeners, it may be better to buy them.
There are other non-biodynamic products called “energizers” which also often work us-
ing very dilute doses. Examples I've used successfully are Penergetic products to improve
compost, water quality and plant health, and GSR Calcium to provide small, yet powerful
doses of calcium into the garden.
Though some people think the biodynamic movement has ignored mineralization and
balancing soil nutrient ratios just as much as the organic movement has, I believe biody-
namics will be an important part of our gardening future. The great news is that we can
draw on all of these different disciplines that people have put together to form a holistic
approach that integrates the best of them. Two of my favorite topics that look at biody-
namics and energy are Secrets Of The Soil by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird and A
Biodynamic Farm by Hugh Lovel.
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