hiddentruths
08-03-2009, 09:59 PM
I've become convinced from what I've read that Worm Castings are the absolute best compost you can use in your garden, and recent research proves that they also repel many species of insects.
Worm Castings have chitinase-producing organisms in them, and chitin (what the exoskeleton of insects is made of) is dissolved by chitinase. There are even chitinase-producing organisms that live inside plants, and their numbers increase when worm castings are used. Insects have ways of detecting the concentration of chitinase in plants and soil, and when the levels are high enough the insects will avoid them and find food elsewhere! Here are some good links about Worm Castings.
http://www.organicrosecare.org/articles/worm_castings.php
http://www.soilsecret.com/FAQs/
There are scientists that are trying to genetically engineer plants to produce chitinase. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3741/is_n7_v42/ai_15634165
One more thing. You can place seeds on either the North or South pole of a magnet (of 1500-2500 gauss) for several days to a week and then plant them within 24 hours. The plants will end up growing larger, stronger, with a higher yield and they will even be more nutritious.
I've done it several times already and it absolutely works. Some species prefer the South pole and others the North pole, and sometimes you can magnetize a variety with both the North and South poles and both groups of plants will show improved growth over plants grown from seeds that weren't magnetized. This is certainly the case with Sugar Baby watermelons. The North pole plants grew the largest, followed by the South pole and then the unmagnetized seeds. I put both groups of magnetized seeds on the magnets for five days. Magnetized seeds can actually grow deeper roots, so they would be more resistant to drought. One pole would result in plants with deeper roots, while the other would result in plants with more shallow roots. You can also magnetize water and water the plants with it to get even greater improvements in growth. These are just a few of the discoveries of Albert Roy Davis and Walter C. Rawls, Jr.
Worm Castings have chitinase-producing organisms in them, and chitin (what the exoskeleton of insects is made of) is dissolved by chitinase. There are even chitinase-producing organisms that live inside plants, and their numbers increase when worm castings are used. Insects have ways of detecting the concentration of chitinase in plants and soil, and when the levels are high enough the insects will avoid them and find food elsewhere! Here are some good links about Worm Castings.
http://www.organicrosecare.org/articles/worm_castings.php
http://www.soilsecret.com/FAQs/
There are scientists that are trying to genetically engineer plants to produce chitinase. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3741/is_n7_v42/ai_15634165
One more thing. You can place seeds on either the North or South pole of a magnet (of 1500-2500 gauss) for several days to a week and then plant them within 24 hours. The plants will end up growing larger, stronger, with a higher yield and they will even be more nutritious.
I've done it several times already and it absolutely works. Some species prefer the South pole and others the North pole, and sometimes you can magnetize a variety with both the North and South poles and both groups of plants will show improved growth over plants grown from seeds that weren't magnetized. This is certainly the case with Sugar Baby watermelons. The North pole plants grew the largest, followed by the South pole and then the unmagnetized seeds. I put both groups of magnetized seeds on the magnets for five days. Magnetized seeds can actually grow deeper roots, so they would be more resistant to drought. One pole would result in plants with deeper roots, while the other would result in plants with more shallow roots. You can also magnetize water and water the plants with it to get even greater improvements in growth. These are just a few of the discoveries of Albert Roy Davis and Walter C. Rawls, Jr.