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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... Rusty Hinge 2 wrote: The message from "Mike Lyle" [...] Sounds like a waste of money. If your soil is lacking something, you find out what it is, and replace that, not a whole lot of other stuff. But you probably don't need anything you wouldn't get from the usual gardening processes: compost, bonemeal, etc, seaweed if you can get it, and a bit of ordinary fertiliser if you need it. There's no magic in volcanoes: the best thing for improving soil is growing things in it. It isn't a waste of time: in fact, in trials it has proved spectacularly effective in increasing crop yields. It was featured on (IIRC) one of the R4 science programmes. I can't unforget the details, except that I think the initial experiment was carried out in Perthshire. OK, I'll accept that -- unfortunately missed the prog. So how does it work? And has it worked in other places? I can see that from time to time a depleted soil might need trace-mineral replacement; but surely that's a rare case? I'm assuming that the experiments were carried out with the usual controls, in order to avoid what I think of as "the reading-scheme phenomenon" (impressive results achieved with a new teaching method, but turning out to be just because of the extra attention received by both pupils and teachers). -- Mike. I think your original statement "Sounds like a waste of money" was spot on, however, for those who want it here is the price schedule Rock Dust comes in 20 kg. bags which will cover approximately 40 sq. yds as an annual application, prices are as follows:- 1 bags £15.99 each 2 to 4 bags £14.50 each 5 to 10 bags £12.99 each Prices INCLUDE delivery and VAT |
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