Bio-Dinamic Sprays

Introduction
Living organisms consist of matter. But they are formed and kept functioning by the forces of life. During the last century, the great chemist Liebig accomplished the breakthrough ofthe chemical concept of fertilizing. Since then, this has increasingly occupied the thinking of farmers and agricultural scientists, although in a one-sided way. Liebig himself realized that neitherbricks, nor glass, nor iron produce the house. It is the architect who designs it, the workmen who arrange the materials so that the house is an architectural statement and that it serves the purpose ofwhich it is designed. In a similar way, plants neither grow, nor can they be understood by the immanent properties of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicic acid, or any other of the inorganicelements which they contain. It is the actual nature of the barley, sunflower, corn, rose, or any other plant, that uses these elements as bricks and builds its own specific shape. Living substance isorganized. With the energy provided by the sun inorganic elements are lifted to the level of functional matter. Soil and crop management should enhance these functions. This implies more than merelyreplacing nutrient elements, or increasing their supply. More is needed than simply restoring fertility by proper manuring. The Bio-Dynamic approach therefore includes specific measures which supportthe organization of growing plants. Since the time when the Liebig concept was first presented, its practical application has grown very one-sided. Attention was focused on supplying plant food in theform of inorganic salts. In the early years this one-sided approach worked because the soil life and other environmental factors supplemented what mere MPK fertilizing did

not supply. As time wenton and yields were pushed higher, the stress that was put on the restoring functions of soils and plants grew stronger and this has expressed itself quite obviously in weaker and lower quality....