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- From: dc_ags@ac.nsac.ns.ca (Don Christie)
- Subject: Re: Returning nutrients to the soil
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.140244.3935@nstn.ns.ca>
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- Reply-To: dc_ags@ac.nsac.ns.ca
- Organization: Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Nova Scotia, CANADA
- References: <1992Nov13.160029.16345@ornl.gov>,<1992Nov16.104212.22503@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:02:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.104212.22503@leland.Stanford.EDU>, spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:
- >Dave Sill writes
- >> *Most* conventional fertilizers don't have trace elements,
- >> don't improve/maintain soil condition, and often leave
- >> substantial salt residues. Not *all*, *most*.
- >>
- >> ... isn't [it] possible that some as-yet "undiscovered"
- >> element/compound is missing? Of course certain organic
- >> mendments might also be lacking some trace elements, but with
- >> the pot pourri of minerals in natural products, there's a
- >> least a possibility they might be there.
- >
- >Why do you assume all such minerals-we-don't-know-about, whether
- >trace or otherwise, would always have a beneficial effect (either on
- >crop growth or on the health of anybody ingesting them)?
-
- Right on, Stefano... and furthermore, Mr. Sill demonstrates another of the
- characteristics of the organic movement... they don't trust anyone's knowledge
- who differs from their point of view. How else could one come to the conclusion
- that there wer `undiscovered' elements/compounds necessary to plant nutrition?
-
- Seems that anything chemical must, by definition, be bad. It's like
- dihydrogen monoxide contamination in potato chips... its a helluva thing
- and scary too, until one realizes that dihydrogen monoxide is more commonly
- known as `water'!
-
- //Don
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