Hi Mick W and Tad,
Just wanted to say thanks, very informative.
Dan in Ct Zone 6A Where I was hoping I would have a hand scanner that I c=
ould run the results through a microbial recognition software program by no=
w, to do my own soil sample testing but all I have this $20 pH meter.
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Tad Hussey <tadhussey_at_...> wrote:
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> http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/jan10/scientists_find_negative_impa=
cts_of_GM_crops.php
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> ________________________________
> From: Mick & Kirsty Wettenhall <mickandmackie_at_...>
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 1:41:20 AM
> Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Soil microbes and Round Up [1 Attachment]
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>
> [Attachment(s) from Mick & Kirsty Wettenhall included below]
> Hi Dan,There has been a bit of work done on the effect of glyphosate in t=
he
> soil, apparently it is a strong inhibitor of nitrogen fixers among other =
soil
> life but is also a very strong chelator of metals in the soil , so much t=
o the
> extent that it is its actual mode of action is the inhibition of metals f=
or
> enzyme function and disease protection. I have attached a paper for your=
> perousal.
> Mick W
>
> From:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On =
Behalf
> Of Dan
> Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2011 1:15 AM
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [compost_tea] Soil microbes and Round Up
>
>
> Hi Group,
> I was wondering as a home gardener if anyone had done a quick look throug=
h their
> microscopes to see if Round-Up had had any effect on soil microbes or kno=
w of
> research that has been done on this subject.
>
> Dan in Ct Zone 6A
>
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