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olgraybear




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Join date : 2011-05-18

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PostSubject: Paramagnetic Rock   Paramagnetic Rock EmptyWed Jul 27, 2011 1:08 pm

this is an excerpt from a post blog from a fella named Calvin Bey, there is also a link provided to read his full bio and thread about paramagnetic rock.

Briefly, he discusses about the typical growing season here where we live but this particular discussion is about a 95 day sweet corn heirloom Country Gentleman,

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"Here are the results. In three days after planting, the corn was up and it began to grow. In 30 days the corn was 6 feet tall, in 40 days it was 9 feet, in 50 days it was 12 feet, and on the 59th day from planting, we ate sweet corn with a Brix reading of 20. A few days later, the harvested corn had Brix values from 24-30. Any gardener would be happy to have these results. So what is the explanation for my corn reaching maturity in 59 days?
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the link to the story -


http://harmonygardens.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-06%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-06%3A00&max-results=19
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MorningSong

MorningSong


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Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 60
Location : Lombardy, Italy

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PostSubject: Re: Paramagnetic Rock   Paramagnetic Rock EmptyThu Jul 28, 2011 7:19 am

WOw! that sounds like some powerful stuff!

Especially good for places where the season is short...like where I live. Neat!

Thanks for this info!
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olgraybear




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Join date : 2011-05-18

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PostSubject: Re: Paramagnetic Rock   Paramagnetic Rock EmptySat Jul 30, 2011 1:49 am

I have taken that leap!
I went down to the local Nitron store (Just the company name) and picked up 50 pounds of paramagnetic rock.
The folks there were nice enough,
It kinda sounds like a lot, but it was only a 5 gallon bucket of mineral.
When I got home with it I really was surprised to the fact that it
really is magnetic. I dropped a magnet into it and rock stuck to it.

It looks like black sand, Paramagnetic Rock Dsc01814
They said this mineral was trucked in from Canada,

I have tomatoes and marigolds that are about 2 weeks old that I had started and set out for the fall season, I spread the sand on top of the mulch and watered it in, it measured out to be about a cup around each plant. I use all organic methods of gardening, no commercial or manufactured chemicals or fertilizers. But I have several compost piles of varying ages which is blended in during the initial planting, and then watered in with a compost tea. (How British, eh)

This is essentially day 1 of this venture.Paramagnetic Rock Dsc01812

I have found that if you click on the pic, it will enlarge to view better.
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