Re: Lot's of questions
>Pumpkin People,
>Now I just read Brocks mention of Chris Andersen's soil test in 97 had a
>calcium reading of 6000 PPM? Was all this readily available to the roots
>you think? Really? where is the balance in all this? maybe there is no such
>thing as balance in this case. If the elements are in a soluble form , does
>this mean it's available for uptake by the pumpkin plants root system? If
>there is excess, is it just washed away past root zone? Sort of like humans
>when they get too many Vitamins of B & C..we pass it in out in urine and
>it's not harmful. ( well some people do develop stones) but drinking ample
>amts. of water can prevent that when taking mega doses of water soluble
>vitamins..but when we take on too much Vit. A D E or K ( all fat soluble
>vits) it can be toxic to us, as increased water consumption doesn't help
>with those. Do the books from A&L or any other source, tell which elements
>are not harmful in excess and which ones are the killers to the plant?
>lots of questions here and no answers... anybody?
>It's a pleasure and enjoyable reading this list again! Great topics!
>Shellie
>
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Shellie,
Shellie you have some good questions I have wondered about that for a
while. I read the book Chris is recomending. And it was tough to understand
parts and Chris has a better grasp of the whole picture than I. thank God
hes here really have missed his input....So What amounts are toxic? I
think it is relative. That its not fixed. Take for example the my calcium
at 2400 ppm I was very high rating.......but then Chris shares his numbers
and i went wheres the top 6000 thats not TOXIC. All the books I have read
say you have to be careful with calcium that too much is not
good.........So what gives??............and the best I can come up with is
using your great Vitamin analogy is each case(plant) has a different
metabolism and demands,soils have different availability levels not
necessarily shown in soil tests. Another example might what happens during
the day may cause different demands.......But the soils test also give a
base saturation and rating this is tied to is the Cec. the higher the CEC
the higher you can have your Magnesium,potassium,Calcium...........Why is
this ?? Chris?? anyone??
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