Optimum Plant Health
Through years of interested study, Dad (Rod) has discovered many
varied ways of providing the best atmosphere for our growing plants. You
would have heard that talking to your plants increases their growth &
strength... well, that does have it's place in the method & end result
admittedly, but we now use a multitude of other methods...
We have found that sometimes, for no immediately apparent
reason, all predators will attack one plant, leaving the other healthy ones
alone - why is this? Through extensive reading & study of our own gardens, we realized that when a plant is in distress (for many
possible reasons), it puts out a 'distress signal'... kind of like an unhappy
face. All predators sense this & go for the kill! There's a lot
more to plants than we first realized!
So, to minimize this potential problem, we endeavored
to provide
an environment where all plants are able to live without dis-ease... & here
is what we did...
Firstly, we balanced the Health of the
Soil, then we
provided all needed nutrients i.e. Mulched organic
matter, water, sun etc., then
we looked at how to provide health-giving atmosphere - the Air??? ... Yes, the
Air! J
We live in a beautiful secluded valley, basically untouched by
modern civilization & it's pollutants - so our Air is basically fresh
& clean.
We then started with Music (plants do
have ears) by playing
firstly Classical Music, but after discovering Shenai
Music in the form of the
Ancient Raga's, we played them regularly... and still do. This Music originated in ancient
India, & is specially composed & played to enhance the Earth's natural
Energy & Health. Not only the Earth, but Humans as well. Our plants took off, amazing us in their growth, strength & taste
- they
had the right environment! Needless to say, this comes from a Balance
of a positive atmosphere... This might sound pretty cooky, (it does to us) but
it did help :-)
We also discovered 'Biodynamic
Preparations'... made on a farm
in our District - everything comes to us at the right time. These wonderful
preparations are similar in nature to Homeopathic remedies, being potentized or
'energized'. They are made only from natural ingredients. They work in
perfect harmony with the Earth's Energy, enhancing & balancing all the
necessary ingredients needed by individual plants.
For instance, there is a well-known saying used in Gardening,
which goes like this.... "You don't have a slug problem, you have a duck
deficiency!" Meaning that instead of looking at our abundance (even if
it is Slugs!) as a problem, we can instead choose to see an alternative method -
the Ducks! Not to say that you need Ducks. J
Try these healthy balancing methods - Nature has it all figured out to start with,
and doesn't need any foreign chemical additives to provide us with bountiful
& nutritious food. WE simply need to tune into HER natural processes! 
If you'd like further details on any of the
above, or have some suggestions of your own, please don't hesitate to email me... see below
J
See
also:
Soil
Health
