CPs & Mycorrhizae

[Richard Davion]

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For The-Lizardmen Among-You: ...

Having 'Mastered' The-Macro-Function of My New-Camera (Christmas Present-to-Self 2007) ... I've Uploaded The-Six 'Relevant' pages from HALL Regarding STAHL's-Work from Early Last-Century onto My-Website for-You.

There-R about Four other Relevant Sections Within-The-Book Regarding Meredith-Rayner's Work on Heathl'oo'nd-Plants such-as Calluna-vulgaris or Common-'Ling', Soil-Warping, Podzolic-Sites, Fens-&-Heaths etc with Specific references to Rumex (Docks ... Polygonaciae ... 'Reputedly' One of Two-to-Three Genera other than Mustard-Family that-R, (Supposedly), Quote: "A-Mycorrhizal" ['Inherently' A-Mycorrhizal?] >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<) and Drosera-rotundifolia etc..



Not-Pygmalion-likely-it-'Has' ... You-Can 'Find'-it-HERE:

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You Don't-Have 'Such'-Problems on CPUK!!! Just Another Reason The ICPS is Lagging-behind CPUK. ['Not'-Happy-Jan ... Fix-it RICK!!! >(*U^)<]

The Reference to 'Leafmould' is Quite-Interesting for Adrian-Slack was promoting This Idea for Cephalotus in His 'First'-Book ... but Between That, His Article in NATUREWATCH and His Second-Book: "Insect-Eating Plants & How-to-Grow-Them" He Seemingly Did An About-Face.

'Seeing'-the-Photograph in CPN in The Late-Nineties, in-Which He Appears 'Younger' than He-Does in The Naturewatch Article (1981) >(*~*)< ... I-can't-'Seem' to-be-Able to Shift-The-Feeling that He Probably Sold-out ... Either-that or He-was "On" Some Powerful, &-as-Yet, Undisclosed Wonderdrugs!!! >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

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It'll-be Interesting to 'See' How Science Copes in The Coming-Years ... Whether it-Too does an-Equal About-Face or Completely Sells-out!!! >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

[Brian Barnes]

Hey Richard,
Interesting post as usual.. It's great to see you posting again! I enjoy your viewpoints and thoughts...

Yes, I too have read what you're talking about and I do recall what you are saying about Mr. Slack. That is quite interesting indeed.

Happy Growing and Ho Ho Hooooo,
Brian.

[Richard Davion]

The Leaf-Mold Idea was 'Right'-on-The Money ... just that Noone 'Knew' "Why".

I've Learnt How to Turn Peat-into-'Muck', Eyed-up The Vagaries of so-Called: "Acid-'Washed'-Sand, Had-R-Smash at very-Expensive Floral-Foam [Urea-Formaldehyde] as-an Alternative or 'Substitute' for Peat and-am Now, Only 'Now'. ... after ~35 Years of-Slog Coming-out The Other-End-of-The Rabbit-('Worm'?)-Hole:

With-R ... Very-Cheap, Very-UNIFORM Alternative-to-Peat That Has The Lovely Cation-&-Anion Exchange Capcity that Tended to-Make Peat Somewhat 'Unique' in The Biological-World to-Which All-the Relevant Macronutrients can-Be 'Bound' Micronutrients Can-be Added and Have Their 'Bound'-hydroxyle ions Attacked so-they Eventually Become Stable-&-'SAFE' for CPs.

Such that Over This-Summer I-Will-be Able to Sort-out, Once-&-For-All, Which-Micros. Must, ... Logically-rather-than-Theoretically, Come-from The-Prey rather than The-Soil etc. and From-the-'Air'-of-Course in-the-Case of NITROGEN.

We-R of-Course Working with R 'Bach'-ground of Theory that Alreadly Suggests that Since Symbiont-X is Highly-likely to-Be a: "Red-Tide" Type-of Cyanophyta Residing in The Leaf-Bases and Roots of CPs Possessed with 'Red'-Roots ... that Copper Probably Interferes with This Organism and is Probably The Reason It-Appears to Be Departmentalised in The Leaf-Bases of species such-as Drosera-capensis and it's Larger-Relative: "Regia" [Arcturi & Stenopetala?] Next-to-The Meristematic-Regions of The plant Where it Can 'Fix'-Nitrogen from The Atmosphere very-Near to Where Growth Occurs (Cf Root-Cap / Root-Tip Colouration) without being Impeded from Copper Being Acquire from Insect-Prey [Insect "HAEM"] for 'Normal'? Plant Metabolism. I-Say 'Normal' for STAHL Has Already pointed-out that CPs and Related-Plants are More-often-than-'Not': "Glycophytes" and Glucose being-R-Reducing-Sugar along with The Chelating Organic-Acids of Serpentine and other related-Plants probably plays a Key-Role Here as-Well in Protecting One from 'tuther, so-to-Speak.

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Mn / Mo

I-'Still' Wonder-about Molybdenum ... for Although One-Would 'Think' it Would-be Require-by a Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont ... Cobalt that-is Soo-important to Rhizobia (Bacterium compared to Branched Actinorhizae [Frankia-Biology]) and Soo-Stable R-Micronutrient [cf Nickel] and Abundance in-Serpentine Soils 'Why' is-it Soo-Detrimental to teh Growth-of-CPs!!!

Perhaps Mo is Being Confused, in-the-Case of CPs, with Mn ie Manganese? Next-Letter in-The-Alphabet and obvious-Candidate for-R so-Called: "Typo"!!!

Yes, ... Puzz'eling Detrital-Extrania that Can only-be Resolved 'Rapidly' with a Well-Define Medium ... just as The-'Shape" of the Final-Pieces in any-Puzzle can-Often be Determined Ahead-of-Time and their Picture-Faces 'Surmised' in-Advance ... it's 'Not' Until They are Finallly in-Place that You "REALLY"-'See' The Final-Picture and Have-the-benfit of Hangin-it-on-R-Wall, Affixing-it to-R-Cupboard-Door, Arranging-it-on-R-Table, Adorning-it To-R-Tablecloth, Languishing-it on-R-Bedspread or Propping-it-up On-the-Mantlepiece While-You're 'Stoking'-The-Fire or Cleaning-out The Grate / Harth. >(*U^)<

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PREDICTIONS:

No Theory Worth-it's Salt is without Predictions.

Once You've Past-through Stages of Accuracy-&-Precision, Built-Benchmarks Languished-in-Watersheds for-R-While You Eventually Start-to-'See' The-Bigger-Picture.

The-Real, 'Power'-of-Science is-its Predictive-Capability that-can Cross Displinary-Boundaries ... such-that R-Person in One-Field Can Make A-Relevant Advance-or-Impact in another, Totally-Unrelated, Area-or-Field of Endeavour or Study.

(1) The so-Called 'Anthocyanin' Regions of CPs and other Related-Plants [Rhubbarbs-&-Rumex for-Example] will-be, be-able, to-be 'Made' so-Dark-Red that They will 'Appear' BLACK' to-the-Naked-Eye, without closer-Inspection ie BLACk Red-Tubes, BLACK Red-Capes and BLACK Cephs. Etc..

(2) The "Red-Tide"-like Organism ... Assuming it Really-IS ... R-Cyanophyte [Blue-Green Alga] 'Should' be able to be made to Return to it Normal Blue-Green or "GLAUCEOUS" Form ... thus Imparting Many CPs and Glauceous-Appearance ... similar to plants that Natural Grow Around-Them and in Specific-Case of CPs that Are Already Naturally Glauceous in Regions Close-to-The Growing points (Meristematic-Regions / ie Buds) ie Drosera-gigantea, Sarracenia-flava, Drosophyllum etc should-be able-to-Be made to turn: "TURKQUOISE" in These Regions.

(3) Growth, Generally, will-be Dramatically Improved such that-R Venus-Flytrap with Four-Inch Traps will Eventually Adorn The Front-Cover of International-Geographic. >(*U^)<

[Aidan]

Dec 4, 2008 6:47:35 GMT Richard Davion said:

The Reference to 'Leafmould' is Quite-Interesting for Adrian-Slack was promoting This Idea for Cephalotus in His 'First'-Book ... but Between That, His Article in NATUREWATCH and His Second-Book: "Insect-Eating Plants & How-to-Grow-Them" He Seemingly Did An About-Face.

'Seeing'-the-Photograph in CPN in The Late-Nineties, in-Which He Appears 'Younger' than He-Does in The Naturewatch Article (1981) >(*~*)< ... I-can't-'Seem' to-be-Able to Shift-The-Feeling that He Probably Sold-out ... Either-that or He-was "On" Some Powerful, &-as-Yet, Undisclosed Wonderdrugs!!! >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

Extracted from Slack's 'Insect Eating Plants & How to grow them' -

Adrian said:

Although I have previously recommended a mixture containing leafmould, experience now shows me that there is no noticeable difference in growth between plants grown in that compost and others grown in a simple one of 3 parts moss peat to 1 part horticultural sand, which I now recommend.

Selling out? Learning from experience would be more accurate.