Azomite?

[Guest guest]

Can someone tell me where I can get this?

Thanks Shari

[Guest guest]

> If you go to the Azomite site (Azomite.com) they have a list

> of major and trace elements. It should be noted that Azomite

> is sold for the purpose of application to soil for

> agricultural purposes. It is referred to as " rock dust " .

> Plants grown on such soil would be full of the major

> and trace elements from the Azomite. Eating those plants

> would provide a better nutrition than if the Azomite had

> not been used

Hi -=mark=-:

Since aluminum is one of the major elements in Azomite, then I guess

that " Plants grown on such soil would be full of... " aluminum. How

much aluminum do we need in our food for good health?

I went to the site and looked at the mineral content of Azomite. In

Azomite Testimonials I read 'Michigan Student " Discovers " Alternative

Fertilizer'. The story is about Milarch and his experiments

with Azomite. Interestingly, I have a copy of the same picture of the

potted plants shown in the article. If you read the article, you

might think the picture is a comparison of pots with and without

Azomite. In fact, it is a picture of no treatment and a treatment

that included Azomite. had found that when he added another

ingredient with the Azomite, this combination worked better and more

consistently than Azomite alone. This was reported in a first year

college experiment that did. That is where the picture is from.

Even the local PBS TV station covered the experiment at Northwestern

Michigan College.

In the same experiment a research assistant at the college tested the

college's recommended turf grass treatment against 's Azomite

combination. The Azomite combination worked better than the college's

recommended turf grass treatment. This also was duly covered by PBS.

As a result, as you would expect, the research assistant was removed

from his position as research assistant in the lab. The reason

apparently was that he preformed an experiment without permission of

the college, and the experiment caused the college embarrasement.

There has been no change in what the college recommends for turf

grass treatment, as far as anyone knows. Neither has there been any

follow-up experiments to see if field experiments would confirm what

was shown in the greenhouse experiment. Hmm, I wonder why not. I hope

everyone continues to have confidence in what experts tell them based

on " the latest scientific evidence " . Hahaha.

Chi

[Guest guest]

At 02:54 AM 3/29/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Since aluminum is one of the major elements in Azomite, then I guess

>that " Plants grown on such soil would be full of... " aluminum.

I am no expert in plant nutrients and how they take up trace and major

elements. It may be possible you may have stumbled into a non sequitur via

your statement above. Anyone on the list know something about plant trace

elements?

Regards,

-=mark=-

[Guest guest]

> I am no expert in plant nutrients and how they take

> up trace and major elements.

Hi Mark:

In your previous post you said, " Plants grown on such soil would be

full of the major and trace elements from the Azomite. " In view of

the fact that you are not an expert in plant nutrients and how they

take up trace and major elements, do you wish to withdraw or modify

that statement?

> It may be possible you may have stumbled into a non sequitur via

> your statement above. Anyone on the list know something about

> plant trace elements?

It may be possible that I am not the one who has stumbled here. If no

one on the list knows something about plant trace elements, you may

want to read the " Acres, U.S.A. Primer " or some similar book to learn

something about it yourself.

Chi