After an hour long radio feature we sparked interest in our local paper, the Review Mirror. The excitement is palpable when farmers and homeowners start to learn about and use wollastonite. We are working on some larger projects too, more on that soon. Here’s the article:
This week we caught up with Cookstown Greens. They have been using wollastonite on their beets for two years and are looking to apply it across the whole farm next season. Simon explained the beets struggled with leaf spot that wouldn’t go away until they applied 1200 lbs/acre of wollastonite mixed with compost. Cookstown Greens […]
Seedlings are watching the environment and making calculated guesses about how to maximize their reproductive potential. If the environment is extreme and nutrients are lacking, seedlings are setting themselves up for a harsher life with less yield to ensure survival. The power of calcium + silicon in wollastonite has something to offer every stress presented […]
This unique study summarizes three previous studies highlighting the multiple benefits of growing plants with crushed silicates, focusing on wollastonite. Here is a figure from this study showing how the three previous studies relate and demonstrate their findings : Links to studies summarized above: Study 1: Co-Benefits of Wollastonite Weathering in […]
Wollastonite is the lime of the future. In the near future, lime applications will become unprofitable due to the carbon dioxide released from calcium carbonate. Wollastonite is a calcium silicate which quickly releases calcium, magnesium, and silicon in the soil and contains no carbon dioxide. Pound for pound, wollastonite has 44% more minerals, mainly silicon, […]
The Ontario Farmer is read weekly by just about every farmer in Ontario and covers a wide range of topics. We showed up on the front page recently with a well-written article about the potential for calcium silicates and accelerated weathering. This is an excellent summary and a great overview of exactly what happens when […]