From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduSun Jun 2 23:01:10 1996 Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 09:10:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture Subject: Fwd: Gypsum Info Wanted- try microbials (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 10:03:51 -0400 From: Troy Bogdan To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu Subject: Fwd: Gypsum Info Wanted- try microbials (fwd) >Subject: Re: Gypsum Info Wanted- try microbials > >Troy, > >There is a book titled "Science in Agriculture" By Arden Anderson that >discusses >issues with clay soils. His suggestion, and a very good one at that, is to >use >microbials to increase activity in clay soils, and in fact change their >makeup. Note: I forgot to mention that I am currently using a microbial soil activator called "Restore," made by Agrestore. So far I have made one application of all my fields this past March. Also, I forgot to mention that I am looking for mined Gypsum, not the same Gypsum that is an industrial by-product (mostly from the drywall/fiberboard industry I think). Since my farm is certified organic, we are not allowed to use anything other than pure mineral Gypsum, because of the glues and other possible toxins in the residue. Thanks for all the responses so far, Troy -- Troy Bogdan - Organic Farmer Pure Earth Organic Farm Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, USA troybogdan@usaor.net http://www.agriculture.com/user.pages/zenfarmer.html