Dmitri Garik

Just found a neat new organization that is having lots of conferences and they put a lot of stuff on YouTube to watch. Looks like they need some more views, so just spreading the word a bit if anyone finds it interesting.
http://bio4climate.org/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhQvTItE7QkMCC-QnlwbRA/videos

Conferences 2015
Bristol Community College
Cambridge
Tufts
Washington, DC

Is this the only thread on root knot nematodes? I really would like to hear more people's experience on this. RKN are said to be one of the worst pests globally causing decreased yields.

Somebody mentioned earthworms, I googled, and according to this new study they actually do not kill nematodes and actually spread them! What!
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/comm/news/2014/Nematodesmoveviaearthworms.php

I am skeptical too; the only thing that caught my eye is that the poster is very clear in saying that it is ONLY those carrots the goat refuses to eat, as opposed to other carrots. Actually what piqued my interest is that there was another person saying their dog wouldn't eat non-organic produce but likes to eat veggies from their garden. Maybe it's just poor taste

BUT, if it's marble, it's not a good rock dust, and if it's granite, it's still not as good as the volcanic azomite rock dust, and another big BUT, you have to check what abrasive they use for cutting, because you may end up with a metal contaminant in your soil! I remember reading somebody was using this dust and indeed ended up testing high in the metal!

I have been very curious about this too and have done lots of research. The trace minerals are VERY dilute in ocean water, you have to use a lot. Some companies are using proprietary methods and locations to concentrate these into much less dilute products, although in the end they still have a high percentage sodium chloride. The most concentrated and best value product I so far have found to be SEA-90, with a price similar to Azomite per 44 pound bag or so. SO, it makes for an interesting comparison of their Certificate of Analysis, which can be hard to find from many companies, but I did find some info from Sea-Agri (SEA-90).

I don't remember the exact details, but if I remember correctly, I came to this conclusion: Azomite appeared to be much better rounded in most of the minerals, some which were extremely low in SEA-90, and on average was 2x or more better value on mineral content than SEA-90. Therefore I concluded since I would have to ship tons and tons of sea water or spend 2x+ the amount of money on sea mineral products, I might as well just buy good ol azomite or other rock dust. Maybe sea minerals can fill some gaps, but, yeah

Hi, just joined the forum. Found an interesting blog post.

I recently acquired a package of their conventionally grown bagged whole carrots, so I decided to see if my goats would like them. They are being raised with no pesticides or GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Well, I may as well have been holding a skunk in my hand because they would have nothing to do with them. Fiona was raised on a porch and hand fed for a good portion of her life. She eats everything out of my hand. Except those carrots… Red is a good eater also, and will eat just about anything on the ranch. Except those carrots…

http://farmwars.info/?p=9631

Anybody have a similar experience? Interesting, isn't it.