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AZOMITE
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The main reason I stopped using Azomite is because it has 390 ppm of fluorine. Compare that to the 1 or 2 ppm that is added to most municipal water supplies. I prefer Seacrop for a broad trace min supplement. 3-4 apps per crop. Concentrated sea water, 95% of NaCl [salt] removed. -granger
Azomite has nearly 120,000 ppm of Al. And yes, supposedly everything in Azomite is available except for the Al. I say baloney. I have see folks lose a lot of money using their quality using this stuff.
Steer clear, plenty of other good amendements out there including the right form of calcium, whether it is calcium carbonate or calcium sulfate as your source, supplemented with nitrate and lactate (milk amino acids). Calcium is critical. Often I think folks get a big response from azomite just because their crop is dying from so much K and Na in their composts and needs Ca.
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I add it to my compost pile and also to the worm bins in small amounts.
should I stop? I still have some laying around and would hate to waste it. is it better suited to just spread it in my lawn? which ends up in the compost pile anyway, and the compost is used to feed the worms
should I stop? I still have some laying around and would hate to waste it. is it better suited to just spread it in my lawn? which ends up in the compost pile anyway, and the compost is used to feed the worms
I know a grape grower that lost millions due to that garbage.
How is it possible that everything that is good in azomite is available to the plant yet the aluminum and fluorine is not?
The stuff is garbage.
People are willing to add nearly any garbage to their soil and then eat or smoke what they get....
Here is photo of what aluminum does to roots. It does the same thing to your brain! Alzheimers!
How is it possible that everything that is good in azomite is available to the plant yet the aluminum and fluorine is not?
The stuff is garbage.
People are willing to add nearly any garbage to their soil and then eat or smoke what they get....
Here is photo of what aluminum does to roots. It does the same thing to your brain! Alzheimers!
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Yikes! We use it too, sparingly. Seems the hazards outweigh benefits. Will rethink using it in the future.
Aluminum is really caustic to the brain.
Not sure if you are old enough to remember the Morton Salt commercials, "When it rains, it pours!"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1X5qna7vhk
The reason it poured was an aluminum additive. You can still find it in some brand salts, tooth paste, deodorants, bread, pickles and a zillion other things. Reynolds makes a lot more money selling food grade aluminum than they do selling aluminum sheets!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1X5qna7vhk
The reason it poured was an aluminum additive. You can still find it in some brand salts, tooth paste, deodorants, bread, pickles and a zillion other things. Reynolds makes a lot more money selling food grade aluminum than they do selling aluminum sheets!
Yep, know the ad/slogan.
And had several elders that drank grapefruit juice from cans....and they had heavy levels of aluminum in the brain. So, being that it's in numerous products, only stands to reason they had more than acceptable amount....ppm. Sheesh.
So, there are other alternatives than using a "rock dust with micro nutrients".
Thanks for the heads up!
I suggest using real soil analysis and using the rock dusts that balance your soil, like calcitic lime, calcium phosphate, potassium sulfate and others...
Use a good seaweed.... noamkelp dot com is pretty good.
