OceanSolution contains no additives.
It is an extract of clean ocean water
that comes ready to be mixed one
part OceanSolution to 100 parts
irrigating water.
Ten gallons of "mix" covers one acre.
Ideal for hydroponics and soils well
conditioned to allow nutrients to
reach the roots of plants easily.
It is an extract of clean ocean water
that comes ready to be mixed one
part OceanSolution to 100 parts
irrigating water.
Ten gallons of "mix" covers one acre.
Ideal for hydroponics and soils well
conditioned to allow nutrients to
reach the roots of plants easily.
SeaSolution "P" (also to be diluted)
consists of OceanSolution with the
addition of a proprietary mix of
organic humates called Hybrid Helper
"P".
Fifty gallons of "mix" covers one acre.
Ideal when soils are not in prime
condition, and the roots could
benefit with a "boost" to permit
easier access to the nutrients. "P" is
placed on the seed in the row at
planting time.
consists of OceanSolution with the
addition of a proprietary mix of
organic humates called Hybrid Helper
"P".
Fifty gallons of "mix" covers one acre.
Ideal when soils are not in prime
condition, and the roots could
benefit with a "boost" to permit
easier access to the nutrients. "P" is
placed on the seed in the row at
planting time.
SeaSolution "F" (also to be diluted)
consists of OceanSolution with the
addition of a proprietary mix of
organic carbons called Hybrid Helper
"F".
Sixteen to Seventeen gallons of
"mix" covers one acre. Ideal when
soils are in less than prime
condition. By foliar feeding, "F"
increases the plant’s access to
growth enhancing carbons after
emerging.
All three products available in 1-
quart; 1-gallon; 5-gallon; 55-gallon;
and 275-gallon containers. Available
in larger bulk containers (e.g. 1000-
gallon & up)
Also available is a proprietary 10%
Calcium Plus Product in 275-gallon
'totes'. It is applied anytime at the
rate of three gallons per acre.
consists of OceanSolution with the
addition of a proprietary mix of
organic carbons called Hybrid Helper
"F".
Sixteen to Seventeen gallons of
"mix" covers one acre. Ideal when
soils are in less than prime
condition. By foliar feeding, "F"
increases the plant’s access to
growth enhancing carbons after
emerging.
All three products available in 1-
quart; 1-gallon; 5-gallon; 55-gallon;
and 275-gallon containers. Available
in larger bulk containers (e.g. 1000-
gallon & up)
Also available is a proprietary 10%
Calcium Plus Product in 275-gallon
'totes'. It is applied anytime at the
rate of three gallons per acre.
Testimonials
| TO: OceanGrown, Inc. FROM: Bruce Anderson (Minnesota) DATE: November 2006 "This is my first year using OceanGrown products. I was raised on this family farm, and this year's crops were the best I have ever produced. Before beginning to foliar feed my alfalfa with OceanGrown products (after the first cutting), I had noticed aphids in the fields. Just one day after first applying OceanSolution, the bugs were either gone or dead. The second and third cuttings were the best I have ever had; and the alfalfa looked good going into the winter. My corn yields were significantly better this year, and the ears had fewer and shallower dents than in previous years. Our good soybean fields yielded 62 bu/acre (more than double what I harvested from these same fields last year). The beans were incredibly green and vibrant looking." |
| TO: OceanGrown, Inc. FROM: Greg Luthy (Nebraska) DATE: November 2006 "This is my third year using OceanGrown (products); and I am seeing overall better plant health. For example, while many in the county lost a lot of their corn crop to Southern Rust, I lost just a little at the very end of the harvest. This fall my corn yield averaged 210 bushels per acre with some fields averaging 232. Talking to some of my neighbors, they reported hearing of farms that had averaged yields of only 190 bushels per acre. My soybeans this year averaged 72.5 bushels per acre, and were completely disease free. I am very happy with the yields this year; and I credit this to using OceanGrown's OceanSolution, which produced healthier plants due to the added nutrients applied on the seeds during planting, and through the pivot during late bloom. My agronomist was amazed how good my crops looked." |
| TO: OceanGrown, Inc. FROM: Dean Steeves DATE: September 8, 2006 Before the spring of 2006: The property is located in Rancho Santa Fe, California (San Diego Area). The botanical garden (lawn, palms, trees, potted plants, citrus trees, flowers) is an on going project and a continuous enhancement to the property. The organic garden, which consists of five raised beds (6' x 12'), was started in 2003 and is really the reason why I am writing this testimonial. Let me first tell you a little about our raised beds: The soil: Organic formula topped by 2 inches of worm casting and organic compost. The irrigation system: 8 sprinklers per bed with independent valves connected through food grade PVC pipes to a DOsatron injection box, which dispenses a liquid organic nutrient called Biolink 333. The seeds: Organic seeds, mostly heirloom, from Seeds of Change. It seemed like all the perfect ingredients for a successful garden. It was a good harvest with some crops better than others in spite of the pests that we controlled, as you may have guessed, without chemical pesticide or any other kind of poisons. Spring 2006, and after: It is not until we discovered Ocean Solution Formula that we realized what real potential this gardening adventure had. We hooked the concentrated solution to our Dosatron system (at a 100 to one ratio) and started watering the beds this spring and noticed some incredible changes right away such as: 1. After turning the soil in each bed (post harvest), I could not find a single cut worm, where before the beds were full of them. 2. The quality of the soil itself improved - the color was deeper, richer and looked healthier. 3. The best news was - practically no bugs! Using Ocean Solution resulted in healthier veggies, growing to their full potential and tasting even better. 4. Fruit trees (citrus) - Seem to have twice the amount of fruits - again No Bugs! 5. Flowers - Roses, hydrangeas and impatients increased in growth --- with the hydrangeas blooms tripling this year. And, after cutting, by placing the cut flowers in holding vases containing the same ratio of clean water to OceanSolution as was used to feed them while they were growing (100 parts clean water to 1 part OceanSolution), they stayed fresh-looking up to twice as long as the same variety cut flowers that had been grown without OceanSolution. The 'holding vase mix' was changed once every other day. 6. Potted Plants - Fuller and greener. 7. Palm Trees - after watering a practically dead palm tree for 3 weeks, I was able to revive it and transplant it successfully. We are just beginning our fall planting and we will be experimenting with different dilution ratios to see whether certain crops prefer more or less of the Ocean Solution. But either way, there is no doubt in our minds that Ocean Solution far exceeds any other option that one may have to achieve the best results. |
| March 13, 2006 Mr. Colonel V. Doner Chairman of the Board Children's Hunger Relief Fund Dear Colonel: It has been more that 2 years since receiving the two barrels of "Ocean Grown" (OceanSolution), and I began experimenting with them. In Nicaragua we only have two seasons, our rainy season, which lasts 6 months and our non-rainy season, which lasts 6 months. For this reason there has been a delay with the experimenting we had begun on the grass we use to feed the cattle as well as with the fruit trees. After experimenting 8 months, we were able to verify the following results regarding the oranges, avocados and cattle grass: Phase 1: - The fruit trees produced much more fruit. - The cattle that ate the grass fertilized with Ocean Grown (OceanSolution), experienced faster growth and weight gain. Phase 2: After analyzing the chemical make up of Ocean Grown over duration of 6 months, with the help of a technician that has been working with us, we decided to begin a project using Hydroponics. After much experimenting we were able to verify that the first step would be to extract the juices from the best grasses; Signal and Sorghum Grass. May God bless you, Sincerely, Lic. Mario Jose Avile Saenz |
Frequently Asked Questions...
1) Question:
Why is OceanSolution now marketed in a liquid form instead of in crystals as
discussed by Dr. Murray in Sea Energy Agriculture?
Answer:
Dr. Murray started his "sea agriculture farm" using ocean water — not
crystals. As time progressed, the Gulf of Mexico water from which he
sourced his solution became too toxic for vegetable growing, and he
discontinued it. He then researched and developed the use of crystals, but
admitted that this product was not as good as the former liquid solution as
he felt that the crystal version lacked certain elements that the liquid
version retained.
OceanGrown, LLC, has perfected a method of extracting all vital elements
from ocean water so that it is again possible to supply growers with the
best version of nutrient fertilizer: all the elements plus the aerobic bacteria
remain intact. To order Dr. Murray's book, Sea Energy Agriculture, go to:
http://www.acresusa.com
Question:
Should you add NPK to your OceanSolution?
Answer:
In certain situations, yes. When you are dealing with hybrid plants, they are
bred to demand excess NPK. However, open pollinated plants and seeds
are aligned with nature, and generally do not require extra NPK.
Question:
How many gallons of OceanSolution should be put on one acre of grass?
Answer:
For grass crops, you may begin with a mix ratio of 100 parts water to 1 part
OceanSolution. Ten gallons of this "mix" should cover approximately one
acre. Then, adjust accordingly based on the response you get.
Question:
How often should crops be fertilized with OceanSolution? Also, Does the
type of soil make a difference in my use of OceanSolution?
Answer:
This depends on the type of soil and crop, and the stage the latter is in.
First, if the soil is heavy (such as clay), we recommend fertilizing only two or
three times a year. If the growing area is sandy loam, one could feed the
plants daily or weekly. Hydroponically, we feed the roots OceanSolution
twice a day from seedling through full crop.
Question:
How do you get the salt out of the OceanSolution?
Answer:
Because our process is so precisely balanced and consistent it is not
necessary. The sea salts in OceanSolution act in a synergistic and beneficial
way with the other 90+ elements and natural bacteria in the Solution; they
are an integral part of the total nutrition required for optimum plant health.
Our process has been engineered and tested so as not to overdose on salt.
Question:
How can seawater be used to grow any kind of plant life — won’t the salt in
OceanSolution hurt plants?
Answer:
Our process is naturally balanced so that it will not hurt plants — unless it is
applied excessively. Although ocean water, which contains all of the known
elements (which are inorganic), is not suitable for human consumption —
when these elements are extracted properly from ocean water, they are
suitable for plant consumption. Plants add a carbon atom to the extracted
inorganic elements to make them organic, which humans are designed to
absorb.
Dr. Maynard Murray stated that sodium in the organic form is "buffered" by
surrounding elements in the plant to the extent that, as a practicing doctor
of internal medicine, he allowed his heart patients to eat as much celery
(known to be high in sodium) per day as they wished — realizing that just
one stick a day is all that the body requires to function properly.
Humans have yet to find a way to add the all important carbon atom to
inorganic elements; we still must rely on living plants to do this for us.
Question:
I am on a salt restricted diet; will that affect whether I can eat food that
has been grown with OceanSolution?
Answer:
Salt that has been processed (like common table salt) is inorganic, and
generally harmful to your body. However, salt that is processed through
plants is not toxic or harmful, because plants convert inorganic salt to
organic salt. However, check with your doctor to obtain their opinion.
Question:
How do you make OceanSolution?
Answer:
This is proprietary information. We can say that it is done without heat or
chemical processing. No chelates are used.
Question:
Can OceanSolution be safely used for foliar feeding?
Answer:
Generally yes, however, delicate flowers like orchids should not be fed in
this way.
Question:
Is it possible to purchase shares in the company that processes and
markets OceanSolution?
Answer:
Yes. The opportunity to purchase shares of equity (non-voting) of
OceanGrown, LLC (the company that produces and sells OceanSolution) is
presented periodically to potential investors. If you have an interest, please
e-mail us at
investor.relations (at) oceangrown.com
for information about upcoming offerings.
Question:
What is the shelf life of OceanSolution?
Answer:
We belief that un-opened it will be indefinite but we are doing long term
stability testing to verify shelf life. We recommend storing the Solution in a
cool, dry, covered area. Once opened it is suggested that the contents be
used within 2 years.
Question:
How do I purchase OceanSolution, and how much does it cost?
Answer:
You can order OceanSolution on our Order page Question:
How do I know it works, and is a good value?
Answer:
See our testimonials on this page to read what people have to say about
OceanSolution and the crops grown with it.
Question:
What are the names of all the identified elements and aerobic bacteria that
OceanSolution?
Answer:
Pure unadulterated seawater contains 90+ elements in an inorganic
crystalloid solution ready to be absorbed by a plant’s roots.
Click Here To Order OceanGrown products and tell them you were
referred by Mike Snyder at The Raw Diet.com , or call OceanGrown at
941-921-2401
Thank you and God Bless,
Mike Snyder
author of The Raw Diet newsletter
1) Question:
Why is OceanSolution now marketed in a liquid form instead of in crystals as
discussed by Dr. Murray in Sea Energy Agriculture?
Answer:
Dr. Murray started his "sea agriculture farm" using ocean water — not
crystals. As time progressed, the Gulf of Mexico water from which he
sourced his solution became too toxic for vegetable growing, and he
discontinued it. He then researched and developed the use of crystals, but
admitted that this product was not as good as the former liquid solution as
he felt that the crystal version lacked certain elements that the liquid
version retained.
OceanGrown, LLC, has perfected a method of extracting all vital elements
from ocean water so that it is again possible to supply growers with the
best version of nutrient fertilizer: all the elements plus the aerobic bacteria
remain intact. To order Dr. Murray's book, Sea Energy Agriculture, go to:
http://www.acresusa.com
Question:
Should you add NPK to your OceanSolution?
Answer:
In certain situations, yes. When you are dealing with hybrid plants, they are
bred to demand excess NPK. However, open pollinated plants and seeds
are aligned with nature, and generally do not require extra NPK.
Question:
How many gallons of OceanSolution should be put on one acre of grass?
Answer:
For grass crops, you may begin with a mix ratio of 100 parts water to 1 part
OceanSolution. Ten gallons of this "mix" should cover approximately one
acre. Then, adjust accordingly based on the response you get.
Question:
How often should crops be fertilized with OceanSolution? Also, Does the
type of soil make a difference in my use of OceanSolution?
Answer:
This depends on the type of soil and crop, and the stage the latter is in.
First, if the soil is heavy (such as clay), we recommend fertilizing only two or
three times a year. If the growing area is sandy loam, one could feed the
plants daily or weekly. Hydroponically, we feed the roots OceanSolution
twice a day from seedling through full crop.
Question:
How do you get the salt out of the OceanSolution?
Answer:
Because our process is so precisely balanced and consistent it is not
necessary. The sea salts in OceanSolution act in a synergistic and beneficial
way with the other 90+ elements and natural bacteria in the Solution; they
are an integral part of the total nutrition required for optimum plant health.
Our process has been engineered and tested so as not to overdose on salt.
Question:
How can seawater be used to grow any kind of plant life — won’t the salt in
OceanSolution hurt plants?
Answer:
Our process is naturally balanced so that it will not hurt plants — unless it is
applied excessively. Although ocean water, which contains all of the known
elements (which are inorganic), is not suitable for human consumption —
when these elements are extracted properly from ocean water, they are
suitable for plant consumption. Plants add a carbon atom to the extracted
inorganic elements to make them organic, which humans are designed to
absorb.
Dr. Maynard Murray stated that sodium in the organic form is "buffered" by
surrounding elements in the plant to the extent that, as a practicing doctor
of internal medicine, he allowed his heart patients to eat as much celery
(known to be high in sodium) per day as they wished — realizing that just
one stick a day is all that the body requires to function properly.
Humans have yet to find a way to add the all important carbon atom to
inorganic elements; we still must rely on living plants to do this for us.
Question:
I am on a salt restricted diet; will that affect whether I can eat food that
has been grown with OceanSolution?
Answer:
Salt that has been processed (like common table salt) is inorganic, and
generally harmful to your body. However, salt that is processed through
plants is not toxic or harmful, because plants convert inorganic salt to
organic salt. However, check with your doctor to obtain their opinion.
Question:
How do you make OceanSolution?
Answer:
This is proprietary information. We can say that it is done without heat or
chemical processing. No chelates are used.
Question:
Can OceanSolution be safely used for foliar feeding?
Answer:
Generally yes, however, delicate flowers like orchids should not be fed in
this way.
Question:
Is it possible to purchase shares in the company that processes and
markets OceanSolution?
Answer:
Yes. The opportunity to purchase shares of equity (non-voting) of
OceanGrown, LLC (the company that produces and sells OceanSolution) is
presented periodically to potential investors. If you have an interest, please
e-mail us at
investor.relations (at) oceangrown.com
for information about upcoming offerings.
Question:
What is the shelf life of OceanSolution?
Answer:
We belief that un-opened it will be indefinite but we are doing long term
stability testing to verify shelf life. We recommend storing the Solution in a
cool, dry, covered area. Once opened it is suggested that the contents be
used within 2 years.
Question:
How do I purchase OceanSolution, and how much does it cost?
Answer:
You can order OceanSolution on our Order page Question:
How do I know it works, and is a good value?
Answer:
See our testimonials on this page to read what people have to say about
OceanSolution and the crops grown with it.
Question:
What are the names of all the identified elements and aerobic bacteria that
OceanSolution?
Answer:
Pure unadulterated seawater contains 90+ elements in an inorganic
crystalloid solution ready to be absorbed by a plant’s roots.
Click Here To Order OceanGrown products and tell them you were
referred by Mike Snyder at The Raw Diet.com , or call OceanGrown at
941-921-2401
Thank you and God Bless,
Mike Snyder
author of The Raw Diet newsletter
| FROM: A. Filsinger Canada December 6, 2005 "To Ocean Grown Mineral Rich - In 65 years of farming all types - animals, vegetables, fruit, grain, etc. - am fully convinced that complete balance is the ultimate in nutrition for all. As early as 1936, Dr. (Charles) Northern proved it in Orlando, Florida.. Read article 'Modern Miracle Men'; an article by Rex Beach, Senate Document 264. In late part of 2003 became aware of Ocean Solution and a way we could apply it to our soil so as to grow better food.. I sprayed it over the orchard soil; also to the foliage in separate areas. This year I am amazed as to definite improvement in color, flavor, and ability to not drop off tree until fully ripe. The leaves were so much better even to freeze-up time. I am definitely going to keep using OceanGrown's (OceanSolution)." Mr. Filsinger (an organic grower), has just celebrated his 50th year in business. |
| FROM: G. Korvne New York October 21, 2005 Solutions Drawing PO Box 20604 Sarasota, FL 34276 Dear Sir or Madam: As someone who successfully oversaw greenhouse projects in a large public university (greenhouse), my use of Oceangrown brand solution put many horticultural experiments over the top. Utilizing proper controlled practice methodology, I can forcefully attest to its ability as a superior fertilizer. For example our green rubber plants grew at least twice the rate of control, with much larger leaves and whose coloring developed a rich green. I would recommend this product to professionals and amateurs alike. Test and be convinced. Yours with enthusiasm, G. Korvne |
| FROM: A. Newhouse California November 2005 Dear Ocean Grown Team, We did a 1/2 acre garden for the first time this year and our Sweet Keeper squash averaged 12 to 23 lbs. in size with excellent taste and color. Typically these are 8 to 10 lbs. in size. We are also trying it in our Hydroponics system and so far it seems the salad greens are greener, tastier and hardier than in commercial hydroponics solution. We did have to add KNO3 it seems as we are using Fl seeds. It was a mix up as the source was thought to be a heritage store. Thank You! A. Newhouse |
| Testimonial: FROM: B. Gunzenhauser Iowa 11/30/2005 Hello, I'd like to submit this testimony of using OceanGrown Solution for the drawing mentioned in the recent newsletter. This year I grew a field of soybeans here on my farm in south-central Iowa. The variety was Garst 3624RR/N, a Roundup-Ready variety. On 7/9/2005, when the soybeans were at R1/R2 stage (just blooming), I sprayed three rates of OGS on the soybeans in one part of the field. I mixed the OGS with the water at 1 gallon OGS to 100 gallons of water. Here is some information: Date: 7/9/2005 Time: 6:30 - 7:30 AM Air temperature: 75 degrees F Water beginning TDS PPM: 215 Water after being mixed with OGS, TDS PPM: 1300 Strip Rate PSI Yield, Bu/Ac Acres Check #1 None 0 63.8 5.5 Rate #1 10GPA 25 65.0 6.8 Rate #2 15GPA 40 64.4 6.8 Rate #3 20GPA 40 64.2 6.7 Check #2 None 0 61.8 4.8 As you can see, OGS provided a 2 bu/ac increase over the check strips with no treatment. At $6.00/bushel, this is $12/acre for an application that cost a third of it. This illustrates that OGS can provide benefits to non-specialty crops. Thank you for your consideration, B. Gunzenhauser |
| FROM: L. Carrico Indiana 8 Dec 2005 It all started out reading "Sea Energy Agriculture". Must have read it at least three times. Dr. Maynard Murray was looking for something, and I feel that he found it. Then came "Fertility from the ocean deep" by Charles Walters. It had me convinced, and I don't convince easily. Have been pasturing a herd of colored cattle in a cow calf operation. Was so convinced that it was the thing to do, I didn't even experiment. I sprayed 235 acres of hay and pasture with a drum of "Ocean Grown Solution" in early April. The cows seemed to be quite content when I moved them each day to a new patty, (observation no.1). It was a very dry summer, and I couldn't bring myself to put "Solution" on a 2nd and 3rd crop. Late Aug. couldn't hold out any longer. I put on the 2nd. drum of "Ocean Grown Solution". The calves got very sociable, 'nozy', and inquisitive beyond what I felt was normal. They would come up and almost let me pet them. (observ no.2). Last of Sept. weaned calves they didn't go through the 'Spoke' stage that happened in past years. (obsev 3). We were feeding a small amount of grain and excellent 3rd crop alfalfa that had not been sprayed with "Solution". I remembered Dr. Murray's trial about mixing conventional crops with "Ocean Grown" crops, I put in a l000# round bale to 70 calves of 1st crop grass. Approximately 9 hours later the bale was all gone, (obsev no, 4). They were sold Friday following Thanksgiving. They loaded and handled very nice and handled remarkably well. No climbing walls, going under gates, nobody got kicked, no sick calves all summer, and no Pink Eye, which is a first (obser. no.5). My neighbor Walt, a retired farmer with 4 acres of hay and pasture, was grazing 5 head of Jersey and Guernsey steers to butcher in the fall. He was feeding a small amount of corn. They would push him out of the way to get at it, one day pushing him in the manger. Had a small amount of "Ocean Solution" left in sprayer, that I sprayed on his 4 acre hay and pasture. A day or two later, Walt stopped to tell me that what ever that stuff was it made them very docile. When going out to feed them, they were in no hurry to get up or run over to the corn. They were very leisure about the feed situation. By the end of the summer they started reverting back, to their 'aunary' state. I sprayed the pasture again in Sept, and they reverted back to their docile life style, (obser no.6-7) "Ocean Grown" and Dr. Murray have convinced me. The secret "92 plus elements" all in perfect balance with one another. It is a very simple (solution) to our health and the health of the livestock at a very reasonable price. Next year everything gets sprayed, with observation that are going to get better. Dr. Murray unlocked the secret to the "FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH". |
| FROM: J. Lack Canada January 2006 Now that the weather is lousy, I thought I would write to you with some of my experiences with the Ocean Grown solution I bought earlier last year. We are a mixed farm, certified organic of some 28 acres in southern British Columbia, growing some 37 crops on a seasonal basis - anything from asparagus to zucchini. We grow in the field and in 2 unheated greenhouses (5,400 sq ft.). All crops in the greenhouse (except spinach) are grown from transplants, and all crops for the field are direct sown. We are low tech, hands on people, and the farm is worked by my wife and myself and we make a good living. I make no pretence at being a scientist, and the reason for trying Ocean Grown solution is that it just seemed 'correct'. I was brought up in the Far East, and subject to typhoons (hurricanes to you) and always the best crops in the low lying areas were always planted after an inundation by storm surge. So we tried it on a few things this year: Lettuce: We grow lettuce in the spring and early summer - about 5,000. We've done the same for a few years so we knew that the optimum trans-planting / seeding schedule for us was 25 days. We use 128 cell trays with soil less organic mix and surface sow seeds, spray misting them to ensure contact with the damp soil.. Each tray is covered by a clear plastic dome and placed under lights with temperature of 60n/70d. This year we decided to use Ocean Solution - both to moisten the soil and to mist the seeds. We were screwed! The seeds surface germinated in 18 to 24 hours, a day quicker than normal, and we had to transplant in 14 to 16 days. This allowed us to grow one extra crop of lettuces this spring. However, maybe a stress health warning on the bottle would be advisable, as we had to completely reschedule our planting program on the fly this year. In addition, all plants were drip irrigated and every 2 weeks Ocean Grown was applied. We used the same seed as the previous year, and we definitely noticed an increase in marketable heads (4.9%), an increase in average head weight (3.1oz.), and a "cleaner" fresher taste. Bug damage was the same - maybe slightly less. Question: Would we use it again on this crop? Yes, the benefit was direct to our pocket to the tune of an extra $327 over the previous year in a year that had far worse growing conditions. Spinach: We grow spinach for bagged leaf (about 8,000 bags) and a small amount for bunches. We tried Ocean Grown on some of the spinach grown for leaf in the greenhouse this year. The variety was Tyee and it was direct sown 4 inches apart, 3 lines to a bed 14" wide, 95 ft long. All beds (5) were direct sown on the same day, all were drip irrigated and one bed in the middle was given Ocean grown at double concentration by watering can. Every 2 weeks we did the same. The OCT (Ocean Grown Tyee) appeared above ground 3 days prior to the other 4 beds. We picked the OCT bed 10 days prior to the others. The other 4 beds were picked for leaf 3 times and the OGT bed 4 times before the plants started to show signs of bolting -interesting that they all started to bolt at the same time. Leaf yield per picking were similar so the extra picking for the OGT was 33%. (39.2 IBS.). We also did the same for over wintered spinach - planted in October for picking (God willing) starting in February. Again the same seed, Ocean Grown put down at planting on one bed, irrigated one in November, and not touched since. We grow without heat so we expect about 20% winter kill (this is Southern B.C.). To day is the 12th January. We have 4 beds with about a 5% winter kill (It's been a bit warmer this year), and the rest of the plants looking as we would expect them at this stage. However, the OGT bed requires picking and is being picked today, right in the middle of our one month off a year. Question: Will we use it again this year? Absolutely yes.... and all plants that have over wintered will be converted to Ocean grown plants as soon as I can put the stuff down. I was going to write about Radishes and Broccoli as well and the small test I did on the sheep pasture, but I've got to go and pick Spinach. |
| Dear OceanGrown, Over the last 15 years I have had great interest in the nutrition of myself, my family and those closest to me. In my lifelong quest for perfect nutrition, I have been introduced to OceanSolution. The first time I heard the Ocean Water concept, it immediately made perfect sense. We are constantly looking for the magic 'supplement' or perfect 'diet' for our bodies. We literally have to look no farther than our own back yard. Mother Nature is an amazing force, which provides us the resources in abundance – we just have to recognize and use what she has already given us so generously. I have been an orchid grower for 15 years. Aside from the nutritional benefits of OceanSolution, I was anxious to try them on my plants. I reduced the solution to 600 ppm, as orchids are very sensitive to mineral build up. I am proud to say, that I have more blooming plants, plants in spike (bud) and the healthiest new growth I have ever had. My plants immediately responded to the OceanSolution, and have put on strong healthy growth over the last year. I have had plants bloom that I had given up on – they had not bloomed in the last 10+ years, and now have beautiful flowers. OceanSolution is an amazing resource that everyone should be taking advantage of. After all, you can't do any better than Mother Nature! Sincerely, Dawn V., Ontario, Canada |
| Dear OceanGrown, Dane and I wanted to personally thank you for giving us some valuable insight on plant physiology and nutrition. We, being among the brainwashed in traditional, conventional and commercial methodologies of plant health, have benefited greatly from the knowledge you have generously shared with us. It is quite an amazing thing to be in the citrus business for over 30 years and not be aware of the quickest and healthiest way to grow a citrus tree. By taking your advice and following your instructions, we achieved some fantastic results. Sincerely, Dane and Kip Scofield Half Circle L Ranch Partnership |
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| Dear OceanGrown, I have followed a vegan diet, and been a daily consumer of fresh vegetable/fruit juices for the last several years — but I had not been consuming wheatgrass juice. After growing, juicing, and consuming my own wheatgrass the last three weeks (4-8 oz. of juice daily), I have noticed a significant difference in three areas: weight control, appetite suppression, and energy. First, at age 55, even with eating right and exercising, I have noticed a tendency for my weight to creep up past my ideal of 170 lbs. But since drinking wheatgrass juice daily, my weight has stabilized at 170. Second, I don't eat as much, and have noticed an absence of cravings. The wheatgrass juice seems to satisfy my nutritional demands. Third, I have noticed a welcome change in my energy level. I don't get drowsy during the day and seem to need a bit less sleep. When growing my wheatgrass for juicing, I have watered it with OceanSolution, and can only theorize that the additional minerals in the OG Solution are 'empowering' the wheatgrass. I plan to make wheatgrass juice (grown with OG Solution) a regular part of my nutrition regimen. William Kruidenier Charlotte, NC |
Trace Elements in Nature's Balance
by Maynard Murray, Ph.D.
Reprinted from Acres USA; January 2003 • Vol. 33, No. 1
The pioneering work and legacy of Dr. Maynard Murray was examined in
our November 2001 issue ("Sea Energy in Agriculture: Renewing the Soil
with Sea Solids"), but readers looking to examine Murray’s findings in more
detail have met with a problem: his book, Sea Energy Agriculture, has been
out of print for more than 25 years.
In an effort to make this important work available for a new generation of
eco-farmers, Acres U.S.A. has completed arrangements to publish a new
edition of Murray's groundbreaking work. The following excerpt from Sea
Energy Agriculture explains the core of Murray’s startling theory: that sea
solids — mineral salts remaining after water is evaporated from seawater
— are the perfect trace element supplement. Salts on cropland?
Read on. . . .
Approximately 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans and
other collections of water. Protruding from these vast waters are pinnacles
of land called continents. Over an estimated 2 billion years, the land has
been worn down by rainfall, which washes the various soil elements out to
sea. Thus, it is apparent that the sea is an enormous receptacle of the
former chemical richness and balance that once supported life on land.
Although it is not possible to know the exact rate of chemical denudation of
the land masses over geological time or even at present, from recent
estimates it has been determined that the rate ranges from six tons per
square mile for Australia to about 120 tons per square mile for Europe. On
a worldwide basis then, about 4 billion tons of dissolved material are
carried to the sea by rivers each year.
The most soluble elements are first picked up by rainwater and that is the
reason why sodium chloride (common table salt) is so scarce on land, yet
abundant in the sea. In several million more years, nature will succeed in
completely eroding the land masses so that the sea will once more cover
the earth and the cycle will be complete.
Concurrently, geological forces will again raise land masses which will
exhibit the rich chemical balance of the present seawater. This new state of
balance will be temporary when taken over an extended time span since
the same cycle of erosion would begin again.
Seawater is the most ancient natural solution on earth and, in my opinion,
it is the most ideal physiologically.
The disease resistance of plants and animals in the sea is remarkably
different from disease resistance in land animals and comparisons between
animals of the same or similar species are most interesting.
For example, freshwater trout all develop terminal cancer of the liver at the
average age of 5 1 / 2 years; cancer has never been found in sea trout. It
is also known that all land animals develop arteriosclerosis, yet sea
animals have never been diagnosed as arteriosclerotic.
Investigators have also established the startling absence of disease in the
sea, citing not only the absence of "chronic" disease forms, but especially
the general vigorous health of sea animals that has apparently lengthened
life many times in comparison to similar land species. These longevity
differences are especially evident in such sea mammals as whales, seals
and porpoises who have identical physiological systems with the majority
of land animals important to man. And the major differences between sea
and land life appear to be attributable to the superior food chain of the sea.
The topsoil of land is characterized by elements in a colloidal state, defined
as "a gelatinous substance which when dissolved in a liquid will not diffuse
readily through animal or vegetable membranes." The sea is characterized
by elements in a liquid crystalloid state, defined as "a crystallizable
substance which when dissolved in a liquid will diffuse readily through
vegetable or animal membranes."
Unlike the colloid state of topsoil on land, the liquid crystalloid of the sea
retains only the amount of each element that maintains a consistent
chemical balance. Hence, excessive amounts of any given element(s) will
drop to the bottom of the ocean, where it can be taken up only if the plant
and animal life have depleted that element from the seawater solution.
Thus the chemical balance is maintained. The colloidal state of the land
causes the opposite effect. When an element is leached from land, the
resulting imbalance causes either a blocking of the other elements present
so they cannot be taken up by the plants, or a substitution of some other
element (for the one leached) takes place. As more and more of the topsoil
elements were leached away, man began to put back manure, decayed
foliate and dead animals for fertilizer.
In the process he had returned the elements to soil in the same proportion
as they had been cropped out. In modern times, agriculture has begun the
process of adding the basic elements of nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium plus lime (calcium chloride) in large amounts which initially has
caused the yield from crops to increase. As has already been pointed out,
however, there is a growing evidence that excessive buildup of these four
elements blocks the uptake of vital trace elements.
In essence this means that leaching away of elements and excessive
application of the four macro elements to crop reduced soil have seriously
weakened our physiological food-nutrition supply to the point where it is
amazing that we are able to function at all.
It is no wonder that disease constantly attacks the various land organisms,
including humans, in an attempt to naturally recycle the elements so that a
fresh start can be made.
In the sea, by the very nature of its liquid crystalloid state, there is no
occurrence of blocking or need to substitute elements. All elements of the
atomic table are in a solution of consistency, balance and proportion,
available to all sea life. The sea plants that ingest inorganic elements and
thereby begin the food chain always have the same chemical solution to
feed on so that their chemical analysis is always identical from one sample
to the next.
The extreme opposite is true on land, where even plants that are grown a
few feet apart exhibit chemical differences, especially evident in the micro
or trace elements. Given the consistent chemistry of the sea plants, there
is never a need to attempt developing "disease resistant strains" as in
land seed hybrids because sea plants are always disease resistant.
Further evidence of this consistent chemistry is found throughout the food
chain in the sea when we note that animals feeding on a sea plant diet are
also consistently balanced. These facts are rendered conclusive when
comparisons are drawn between sea and land life.
In land animals, for example, the range of iodine numbering in fat is
tremendous and packing houses have found differences in animals from the
same as well as different farms. In addition, while chemical analysis of
muscle tissue of the whale and porpoise is always the same, the same
analysis on land animals varies considerably from animal to animal.
An article appearing in Science News (Vol. 100, August 14, 1971) entitled
"Trace Elements: No Longer Good Versus Bad," indicated the dramatic
changes in interest in the topic of trace elements and health by the
scientific community over the last ten years. This article points out that only
a dozen or so trace element laboratories existed in the United States by
1966.
Dr. James Smith, Chief of the Veterans Administration Hospital Trace
Element Research Division in Washington, D.C. now estimates that there
are over 50 laboratories in the U.S. devoted to working on trace elements
and their role in physiology. Research is also being conducted in various
European countries, the Soviet Union, Egypt, Iran and Australia.
One of the breakthroughs of major proportions has been in the awareness
that a particular element can be essential to physiology at a minimal level
although it can be toxic at a higher level. Until just recently all of the
research emphasis was placed on determining if an element was toxic and
on symptoms of toxicity rather than on considering the quantitative amount
and chemical state of the element when it was ingested.
As is well known, sodium chloride is used universally as table salt in the
inorganic form. Equally as well known in the scientific community is the fact
that an excessive amount, such as four or five teaspoons of table salt,
ingested at one time is potentially lethal to human life.
The use of salt was a recognized method of committing suicide practiced by
the Chinese in ancient times.
Additionally, it can be shown that an excessive amount of any element is
toxic and even a small amount, if ingested by humans in inorganic form,
may very well be toxic. As earlier described, people can utilize inorganic
salts or elements only by having plant life in their intestines in the form
of bacteria to hook up the inorganic element with a carbon atom so it
can be transformed into an organic form.
It is also interesting to note that many pregnant women and often people
with heart disease, etc., are restricted to a salt free diet by physicians.
Although one stalk of celery has as much sodium chloride in it as one would
normally use at a given meal time through the salt shaker, salt free diets
do not exclude celery. The obvious reason is that sodium chloride, per se, is
not toxic; it is only sodium chloride in the inorganic state that produces
toxic effects.
Crops and Soil Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 7, April-May 1961) carried an article
entitled "Animal Health" by W.H. Allway, ARS, USDA, Ithaca, New York, from
which the following quotation was taken: "Thus it may be more effective
and efficient to supply certain trace elements to the livestock through the
fertilizer-soil-plant route, rather than add these nutrients directly to the
animal feed."
This statement was based upon the observation that "increasing evidence
indicates that various chemical compounds in which the trace elements may
occur vary in their effect on animals." Although only twenty elements (or
minerals) are known to have a specific role in human physiology, several
more are known to have beneficial effects in the physiology of plants and
animals. The heavy metals, i.e., lead, silver, gold, cadmium, mercury,
antimony and aluminum among them, have a suspected positive role and
even known poisonous elements such as arsenic can be beneficial in some
animals if they are ingested in organic form and in the trace amount.
Finally, the Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 201, No. 6,
August 7, 1967) has reported that William H. Strain, Ph.D. and Walter J.
Pories, M.D. of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
are investigators who champion the position that no element presently can
be ruled absolutely unessential to humans. In short, specialists in trace
elements generally agree that more trace elements await discovery as
dietary essentials in various animal species and possibly in man.
Since it is true that major work is being done on the physiological role of
trace elements and no element has been ruled out as possibly being
important in physiology, why then did I become interested in the use of
whole seawater as a fertilizer?
The answer lies, at least partially, in the fact that while some 20 elements
have been determined as having a role in physiology, there remain the
additional 72 elements which make up the atomic table. It has been
estimated that a definite physiological role for a particular element is newly
discovered on an average of one every 10 years. Thus, it is apparent that
we may have to wait for five or even six hundred years before all are
discovered unless the rate of discovery is markedly increased.
The very nature of the scientific method precludes that the researcher is
not a generalist so the process only allows isolation of one variable at a
time in order to identify that variable’s specific role. I am not seeking to
disparage the work of men in such fields as soil science, plant physiology,
animal husbandry and medicine in general, however I am suggesting that
we simply cannot wait for the inferred number of years for every remaining
element to be identified and its role in physiology to be specifically defined!
For example, since only a few of the enzymes have had their necessary
trace elements identified, only around nine trace elements are listed under
"Recommended Dietary Allowances." However, since thousands of enzymes
have been identified, there are undoubtedly thousands more enzyme-trace
element joint functions remaining that must be isolated and described.
The article "Trace Elements: No Longer Good Versus Bad" describes such
action as follows: "A trace may stick to an enzyme like a sidekick and alter
its structure, or it may help carry glucose through the cell membrane as
part of its function." Our health simply cannot wait for the exact role of
each element to be discovered.
If a cell exhibits the complete chemistry that should occur, and the food
which has been ingested was grown in seawater or on sea solid fertilized
soil, the cell will most probably be just as resistant to disease as the cells
of plants and animals are in the sea.
If our present diet does not permit us to take in a complete chemistry, then
our cells are incomplete and are subject to invasion by foreign organic
matter such as bacteria, virus or fungus. What is even more insidious is
that, although we may not have a known or diagnosed disease, we may be
suffering from the "disease of dilution," characterized by an organism that
malfunctions by comparison with its potential.
It is always interesting to read the tremendous amount of research that
has been done on disease resistance or the effects of medication and note
the statistics. One is constantly faced with the fact that a certain
percentage responded and a certain percentage did not. The question
"why" is prompted when one is faced with the results of these tests and
the answer is that the test subjects' chemistry was obviously different,
comparatively speaking.
If one were to analyze the food that was eaten by the animal and/or
human subjects in the experiments, one would find that their food intake
varied tremendously in elemental composition and, therefore, nutritional
value as a direct result of the chemical imbalances of our soil.
I began my research 35 years ago because I felt that we should put all of
the elements back into the soil in the same proportions that they are found
in the sea. I felt strongly that the plants should have the opportunity to
take up any element they might need. The possibility also exists that a
plant may take up certain inorganic elements that, while not critical for its
own physiology, are required by animals in an organic form and only plants
can perform the necessary transformation.
Experiments indicated that land plants will tolerate from 400 cc to 1,000 cc
of seawater to one-third cubic foot of soil. When seawater is dried by
evaporation, the remaining sea solids can be administered as regular
fertilizer to the land in the amount of 500 to 3,000 pounds per acre.
It was also noted that unless serious rain water runoff occurred, this single
application would last four to five years. Corn, wheat, oats, barley, bay,
fruit trees, all vegetable crops and other plant life were raised on seawater
or sea solid treated acreage. The tolerance experiments indicated that the
sea can be recycled back to the land masses and the resulting color,
disease resistance, taste and production yields were outstanding. A
summary of my research findings is presented in this book.
Maynard Murray’s Sea Energy Agriculture is now available from the Acres U.
S.A. bookstore for $16, plus $3 shipping in the U.S. (see back page for
international rates). For credit card orders, call toll-free 1-800-355-5313, or
visit our website at www.acresusa.com
OceanGrown Sea Solids are available from the official OceanGrown
website:
http://www.oceangrown.com/
Further Reading: Soil Remineralization with OceanGrown Sea Solids
by Maynard Murray, Ph.D.
Reprinted from Acres USA; January 2003 • Vol. 33, No. 1
The pioneering work and legacy of Dr. Maynard Murray was examined in
our November 2001 issue ("Sea Energy in Agriculture: Renewing the Soil
with Sea Solids"), but readers looking to examine Murray’s findings in more
detail have met with a problem: his book, Sea Energy Agriculture, has been
out of print for more than 25 years.
In an effort to make this important work available for a new generation of
eco-farmers, Acres U.S.A. has completed arrangements to publish a new
edition of Murray's groundbreaking work. The following excerpt from Sea
Energy Agriculture explains the core of Murray’s startling theory: that sea
solids — mineral salts remaining after water is evaporated from seawater
— are the perfect trace element supplement. Salts on cropland?
Read on. . . .
Approximately 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans and
other collections of water. Protruding from these vast waters are pinnacles
of land called continents. Over an estimated 2 billion years, the land has
been worn down by rainfall, which washes the various soil elements out to
sea. Thus, it is apparent that the sea is an enormous receptacle of the
former chemical richness and balance that once supported life on land.
Although it is not possible to know the exact rate of chemical denudation of
the land masses over geological time or even at present, from recent
estimates it has been determined that the rate ranges from six tons per
square mile for Australia to about 120 tons per square mile for Europe. On
a worldwide basis then, about 4 billion tons of dissolved material are
carried to the sea by rivers each year.
The most soluble elements are first picked up by rainwater and that is the
reason why sodium chloride (common table salt) is so scarce on land, yet
abundant in the sea. In several million more years, nature will succeed in
completely eroding the land masses so that the sea will once more cover
the earth and the cycle will be complete.
Concurrently, geological forces will again raise land masses which will
exhibit the rich chemical balance of the present seawater. This new state of
balance will be temporary when taken over an extended time span since
the same cycle of erosion would begin again.
Seawater is the most ancient natural solution on earth and, in my opinion,
it is the most ideal physiologically.
The disease resistance of plants and animals in the sea is remarkably
different from disease resistance in land animals and comparisons between
animals of the same or similar species are most interesting.
For example, freshwater trout all develop terminal cancer of the liver at the
average age of 5 1 / 2 years; cancer has never been found in sea trout. It
is also known that all land animals develop arteriosclerosis, yet sea
animals have never been diagnosed as arteriosclerotic.
Investigators have also established the startling absence of disease in the
sea, citing not only the absence of "chronic" disease forms, but especially
the general vigorous health of sea animals that has apparently lengthened
life many times in comparison to similar land species. These longevity
differences are especially evident in such sea mammals as whales, seals
and porpoises who have identical physiological systems with the majority
of land animals important to man. And the major differences between sea
and land life appear to be attributable to the superior food chain of the sea.
The topsoil of land is characterized by elements in a colloidal state, defined
as "a gelatinous substance which when dissolved in a liquid will not diffuse
readily through animal or vegetable membranes." The sea is characterized
by elements in a liquid crystalloid state, defined as "a crystallizable
substance which when dissolved in a liquid will diffuse readily through
vegetable or animal membranes."
Unlike the colloid state of topsoil on land, the liquid crystalloid of the sea
retains only the amount of each element that maintains a consistent
chemical balance. Hence, excessive amounts of any given element(s) will
drop to the bottom of the ocean, where it can be taken up only if the plant
and animal life have depleted that element from the seawater solution.
Thus the chemical balance is maintained. The colloidal state of the land
causes the opposite effect. When an element is leached from land, the
resulting imbalance causes either a blocking of the other elements present
so they cannot be taken up by the plants, or a substitution of some other
element (for the one leached) takes place. As more and more of the topsoil
elements were leached away, man began to put back manure, decayed
foliate and dead animals for fertilizer.
In the process he had returned the elements to soil in the same proportion
as they had been cropped out. In modern times, agriculture has begun the
process of adding the basic elements of nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium plus lime (calcium chloride) in large amounts which initially has
caused the yield from crops to increase. As has already been pointed out,
however, there is a growing evidence that excessive buildup of these four
elements blocks the uptake of vital trace elements.
In essence this means that leaching away of elements and excessive
application of the four macro elements to crop reduced soil have seriously
weakened our physiological food-nutrition supply to the point where it is
amazing that we are able to function at all.
It is no wonder that disease constantly attacks the various land organisms,
including humans, in an attempt to naturally recycle the elements so that a
fresh start can be made.
In the sea, by the very nature of its liquid crystalloid state, there is no
occurrence of blocking or need to substitute elements. All elements of the
atomic table are in a solution of consistency, balance and proportion,
available to all sea life. The sea plants that ingest inorganic elements and
thereby begin the food chain always have the same chemical solution to
feed on so that their chemical analysis is always identical from one sample
to the next.
The extreme opposite is true on land, where even plants that are grown a
few feet apart exhibit chemical differences, especially evident in the micro
or trace elements. Given the consistent chemistry of the sea plants, there
is never a need to attempt developing "disease resistant strains" as in
land seed hybrids because sea plants are always disease resistant.
Further evidence of this consistent chemistry is found throughout the food
chain in the sea when we note that animals feeding on a sea plant diet are
also consistently balanced. These facts are rendered conclusive when
comparisons are drawn between sea and land life.
In land animals, for example, the range of iodine numbering in fat is
tremendous and packing houses have found differences in animals from the
same as well as different farms. In addition, while chemical analysis of
muscle tissue of the whale and porpoise is always the same, the same
analysis on land animals varies considerably from animal to animal.
An article appearing in Science News (Vol. 100, August 14, 1971) entitled
"Trace Elements: No Longer Good Versus Bad," indicated the dramatic
changes in interest in the topic of trace elements and health by the
scientific community over the last ten years. This article points out that only
a dozen or so trace element laboratories existed in the United States by
1966.
Dr. James Smith, Chief of the Veterans Administration Hospital Trace
Element Research Division in Washington, D.C. now estimates that there
are over 50 laboratories in the U.S. devoted to working on trace elements
and their role in physiology. Research is also being conducted in various
European countries, the Soviet Union, Egypt, Iran and Australia.
One of the breakthroughs of major proportions has been in the awareness
that a particular element can be essential to physiology at a minimal level
although it can be toxic at a higher level. Until just recently all of the
research emphasis was placed on determining if an element was toxic and
on symptoms of toxicity rather than on considering the quantitative amount
and chemical state of the element when it was ingested.
As is well known, sodium chloride is used universally as table salt in the
inorganic form. Equally as well known in the scientific community is the fact
that an excessive amount, such as four or five teaspoons of table salt,
ingested at one time is potentially lethal to human life.
The use of salt was a recognized method of committing suicide practiced by
the Chinese in ancient times.
Additionally, it can be shown that an excessive amount of any element is
toxic and even a small amount, if ingested by humans in inorganic form,
may very well be toxic. As earlier described, people can utilize inorganic
salts or elements only by having plant life in their intestines in the form
of bacteria to hook up the inorganic element with a carbon atom so it
can be transformed into an organic form.
It is also interesting to note that many pregnant women and often people
with heart disease, etc., are restricted to a salt free diet by physicians.
Although one stalk of celery has as much sodium chloride in it as one would
normally use at a given meal time through the salt shaker, salt free diets
do not exclude celery. The obvious reason is that sodium chloride, per se, is
not toxic; it is only sodium chloride in the inorganic state that produces
toxic effects.
Crops and Soil Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 7, April-May 1961) carried an article
entitled "Animal Health" by W.H. Allway, ARS, USDA, Ithaca, New York, from
which the following quotation was taken: "Thus it may be more effective
and efficient to supply certain trace elements to the livestock through the
fertilizer-soil-plant route, rather than add these nutrients directly to the
animal feed."
This statement was based upon the observation that "increasing evidence
indicates that various chemical compounds in which the trace elements may
occur vary in their effect on animals." Although only twenty elements (or
minerals) are known to have a specific role in human physiology, several
more are known to have beneficial effects in the physiology of plants and
animals. The heavy metals, i.e., lead, silver, gold, cadmium, mercury,
antimony and aluminum among them, have a suspected positive role and
even known poisonous elements such as arsenic can be beneficial in some
animals if they are ingested in organic form and in the trace amount.
Finally, the Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 201, No. 6,
August 7, 1967) has reported that William H. Strain, Ph.D. and Walter J.
Pories, M.D. of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
are investigators who champion the position that no element presently can
be ruled absolutely unessential to humans. In short, specialists in trace
elements generally agree that more trace elements await discovery as
dietary essentials in various animal species and possibly in man.
Since it is true that major work is being done on the physiological role of
trace elements and no element has been ruled out as possibly being
important in physiology, why then did I become interested in the use of
whole seawater as a fertilizer?
The answer lies, at least partially, in the fact that while some 20 elements
have been determined as having a role in physiology, there remain the
additional 72 elements which make up the atomic table. It has been
estimated that a definite physiological role for a particular element is newly
discovered on an average of one every 10 years. Thus, it is apparent that
we may have to wait for five or even six hundred years before all are
discovered unless the rate of discovery is markedly increased.
The very nature of the scientific method precludes that the researcher is
not a generalist so the process only allows isolation of one variable at a
time in order to identify that variable’s specific role. I am not seeking to
disparage the work of men in such fields as soil science, plant physiology,
animal husbandry and medicine in general, however I am suggesting that
we simply cannot wait for the inferred number of years for every remaining
element to be identified and its role in physiology to be specifically defined!
For example, since only a few of the enzymes have had their necessary
trace elements identified, only around nine trace elements are listed under
"Recommended Dietary Allowances." However, since thousands of enzymes
have been identified, there are undoubtedly thousands more enzyme-trace
element joint functions remaining that must be isolated and described.
The article "Trace Elements: No Longer Good Versus Bad" describes such
action as follows: "A trace may stick to an enzyme like a sidekick and alter
its structure, or it may help carry glucose through the cell membrane as
part of its function." Our health simply cannot wait for the exact role of
each element to be discovered.
If a cell exhibits the complete chemistry that should occur, and the food
which has been ingested was grown in seawater or on sea solid fertilized
soil, the cell will most probably be just as resistant to disease as the cells
of plants and animals are in the sea.
If our present diet does not permit us to take in a complete chemistry, then
our cells are incomplete and are subject to invasion by foreign organic
matter such as bacteria, virus or fungus. What is even more insidious is
that, although we may not have a known or diagnosed disease, we may be
suffering from the "disease of dilution," characterized by an organism that
malfunctions by comparison with its potential.
It is always interesting to read the tremendous amount of research that
has been done on disease resistance or the effects of medication and note
the statistics. One is constantly faced with the fact that a certain
percentage responded and a certain percentage did not. The question
"why" is prompted when one is faced with the results of these tests and
the answer is that the test subjects' chemistry was obviously different,
comparatively speaking.
If one were to analyze the food that was eaten by the animal and/or
human subjects in the experiments, one would find that their food intake
varied tremendously in elemental composition and, therefore, nutritional
value as a direct result of the chemical imbalances of our soil.
I began my research 35 years ago because I felt that we should put all of
the elements back into the soil in the same proportions that they are found
in the sea. I felt strongly that the plants should have the opportunity to
take up any element they might need. The possibility also exists that a
plant may take up certain inorganic elements that, while not critical for its
own physiology, are required by animals in an organic form and only plants
can perform the necessary transformation.
Experiments indicated that land plants will tolerate from 400 cc to 1,000 cc
of seawater to one-third cubic foot of soil. When seawater is dried by
evaporation, the remaining sea solids can be administered as regular
fertilizer to the land in the amount of 500 to 3,000 pounds per acre.
It was also noted that unless serious rain water runoff occurred, this single
application would last four to five years. Corn, wheat, oats, barley, bay,
fruit trees, all vegetable crops and other plant life were raised on seawater
or sea solid treated acreage. The tolerance experiments indicated that the
sea can be recycled back to the land masses and the resulting color,
disease resistance, taste and production yields were outstanding. A
summary of my research findings is presented in this book.
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