Making a horsetail (equisetum arvense) fpj if you look at Dr Duke's plant database you can see its highest in Si (Silica) and also very high in Ca (Calcium) for the plants he has tested...both these elements are critical for resistance to fungal plant diseases issues like powdery mildew, rusts etc as they affect plant cell integrity.

Going to make a amaranthus based one later if I can find some plants before any potential frosts. Being a calcium rich fpj it may need some eventual filtering so it doesn't clog up the sprayer....and we want to spray it to get the calcium to where it's needed in the plant cell walls.

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From a quick glance, I have 15 of them on site. It was a bumper year for lambs quarter

Can i get some of all of them. What would cost be like? Need to feed my 100gal

So you want me to pull some plants and send them our? Now I understand. 3000sats /plant + shipping?

How bigs a plant

Let get some photos, if i left them I might have a few that are4ft tall, if i am way out if left field let me know.

We can go by weight too

4ft tall sounds nice at 3k sats a plant. I want to feed the crap outta my 100gal pot!

I will see what I can pull, do you want me to fold the live plant into the box?

Lets get some pics first!

Comfry, lambsquarter & marshmallow, mugwart/callendula/sage, curly dock, marigolds

Check dm

The one interesting thing Matt Powers mentioned about that chart is Dr Duke worked at a university and students are likely growing the plants etc. So if there soils are poor and/or they are using poor cultivation methods those numbers could be potentially far higher....

Good news is we will be finding out once in the coming years when his r soil database is up and running with hundreads of people from round the world will be testing and doing plant sap analysis etc

Is this something i can sign up for?

Dr Duke? Never heard of their work

It's a USDA thing so thanks for paying for it 😁

https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov

Oh wait your Canadian well thank the nearest American 😂