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feel sure you have given up on me, but I wanted
to wait until I had something definite to say.
You sent me that
superfine powder, and I did not want to "waste"
it on something where it would be too hard to
say the benefit was from your powder. So I used
it on my Amaryllis. Before he died, and old lily
breeder gave me his Amaryllis collection, of orange
and white flowers. I think he was trying to get
a pure white one. I have kept these all the years,
and this year I had to repot the whole lot, but
the largest bulbs, each as large as my fist, I
put in a separate spot, and got 5 gal. containers
for them.
In those pots,
I used ONLY earthworm castings and YOUR DUST.
I am very happy
to say, they bloomed with spectacular flowers,
stems 3 feet tall, and flowers larger than my
outspread hand. They were really a stunning sight.
There are many that are 2nd in size, and I intend
to use your dust on those, this next Amaryllis
season. I thought I should just stir the dust
into the surface soil. Do you think that is OK?
It was a very hard job for me, at 84, to lift
and move those containers, so I am not anxious
to undo them all, to mix your dust into the whole
pot of soil.
There is another
batch of 5 gal., in a rather shady spot, in which
I could stir your dust into the top of the pot's
soil. These would be easy to monitor.
I have an alternative.
Some of the smallest bulbs I put in a much smaller
pot, and they need to be put separately, now,
into 5 gal. containers. At the moment, I cannot
afford more pots, but hopefully later this year
I will have some extra money and do it. Then I
would have to mix soil for each, so I could then
add your dust. Tell me what you think.
I have 1 raised
bed of just flowers, and could use it there, but
that is a big mass of foliage and blooms, so it
would be harder to see results. But the other
raised bed is mostly vines, used to cover an enclosing
cement block wall. I could easily see results
there, although it is really too shady compared
to an ideal growing site. The vines tend to be
skimpy at base, but they thrive when they grow
up far enough to get direct sun. Most of my yard,
front or back, hav3e so much shade trees. But
a good spurt of growth would be easy to see on
the vines.
So if you have
time, tell me what you think. I have been wanting
to publicize your dust on the Internet, but 6
months ago my computer died off, and my son has
been trying in his spare time, to get it repaired.
Although he is expert and has done this kind of
chore for me several times in the past, this time
it seemed, as he said, "there was someone
determined to defeat him." However, he is
bringing it this Sunday, so hopefully I will be
on Internet again. He said there are 500 email
messages for me -- from over the 6 months. So
I shall be pleased to tell everyone about your
good dust.
I wonder why you
used 3 different names. I should have thought
you would want to have the whole world know ONE
product as especially good because so finely divided,
as well as excellent source of a wide range of
minerals. I am sure you had a good reason.
Anyway, thanks
for giving it to me. Incidentally, the pail had
been damaged in passage, and someone along the
way had encased the whole pail in a heavy plastic
bag, so it was not all lost. There is plenty left
for me to use.
Thank you again
for your generosity.
Sincerely,
Dr. Bargyla Rateaver
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