Micro Elements and Nitrogen - The Ideal Soil 2014 - page 60

Freshly ground rock may also increase the paramagnetic qualities of the soil.
Paramagnetism is a rather new aspect of agriculture having to do with a soil's
ability to interact with the Earth's magnetic and electrical field.The author has done
trials with highly paramagnetic basalt from Canada with very good results. Many
soils, especially older agricultural soils, are deficient in paramagnetism.Adetailed
discussion of the subject is beyond the scope of this chapter, but those intrigued
should check out the work of Phil Callahan PhD, starting with his topic
Paramagnetism . Oxygen is the most paramagnetic element of all, and simply
getting Oxygen into your soil will go a long way toward increasing its energy level.
Glacial rock dust does not come from glaciers, at least not directly. The big buzz
on glacial rock dustbegan with the publication of John Hamaker and Donald
Weaver's topic The Survival of Civilization in 1982. Hamaker and Weaver argued
that the last time the planet's soils had a good dose of fresh minerals was when the
glaciers melted at the end of the last ice age, around 10,000 years ago, and
deposited the loads of boulders, gravel, and fine rock dust that they had picked up
while moving toward the equator from polar regions. The popularity of glacial rock
dust is no doubt also due to Dr. Robert McCarrison's 1921 topic Studies in
Deficiency Diseases , where he described the long-lived and healthy people of the
Hunza valley in the Himalayas. Their fields and gardens were irrigated from
mountain streams running off of glaciers, and the water was milky-colored from the
amount of rock dust suspended in it.
What is marketed today as glacial rock dust is crusher dust from a quarry, but the
quarry is located on or in a glacial till or moraine, a large deposit of rocks left
behind when the glaciers retreated. Once again it is generally a waste product from
the crusher operation and should not be terribly expensive. The advantage of
so-called glacial rock dust is that the moraine consists of a mixture of rocks, some
perhaps carried from hundreds of miles away, and will have a wider range of
minerals than the dust from a quarry crushing local bedrock.
More recommended micro mineral sources:
Azomite Volcanic Rock Powder:An ancient deposit of volcanic ash that later
became a sea bed,Azomite is a superb source of 67 naturally chelated minerals.
Azomite stands for "Ato Z Of Minerals Including Trace Elements."Azomite is
mined from the “pink” hills of Utah.
Tennessee Brown Phosphate: Tennessee brown phosphate is highly reactive
and highly available, and is a good choice for soils above pH7. Total phosphate
content runs from 21 to 25%. Tennessee Brown phosphate contains more than 50
micro elements.
Colloidal Clay Phosphate, soft rock phosphate, SRP, CalPhos :Asoft, powdery
phosphate, Calcium, and micro element source from Florida. High exchange