[Pil-pc-oceania] Soil Fertility:- Albrecht and Ingham

[adam at energybulletin.net]

my basic understanding, with more experience of ingham
#1 = minerals.   your basic ideal mineral balance.
#2 = biology focus.  elaine (a microbiologist)'s approach is when in doubt,
increase the soil biology with aerobic compost and/or compost teas.  she
advocates compost and compost tea for soil remediation, plant disease
resistance, erosion control, personal hygeine and privately even for good
gastrological health.  (the focus of course is on the first three) she has
taken a scientific approach to compost, with very impressive results on
abused agricultural soils.  main themes are soil as ecosystem /
plant/microbe symbiosis / soil fungi:bacteria ratios and their relationship
to ecosystem/plant stage of succession / anaerobic organisms bad, aerobic
organisms good / what can't you do with compost tea. she's a very inspiring
teacher with lots of experience and successes. possibly she tries to fit a
bit too much into her framework, but powerful stuff.



On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Laurence Gaffney <l.gaffney at bigpond.com>
wrote:

>  Two names keep cropping up in relation to Soil Fertility.
> 1.    Dr William Albrecht
> I have heard David Holmgren advocating Albrecht. In connection with
> Albrecht I think he once said that he was sending soil samples to the US for
> "special" analysis, as the type of analysis was not being done in
> Australia.
>
> 2.    Dr Elaine Ingham
> This name I have heard associated with Soil Courses that she offers (in
> Australia from time to time) at some considerable expense.
>
> Having undertaken some research myself I have found it difficult to grab
> hold of the basics of either of these approaches.
>
> Can anyone nutshell either of these or had any experiences?
>
> Laurence Gaffney
>
>
>
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