Just now I have got the first results from our experiment concerning the solubility of phosphorus.
We took the experiment from Dr Tung Ming Lai (Denver, Colorado, USA) as a model for our experiment.
We did the following six variants:
1) 25 ml. distilled water
2) 25 ml. distilled water + 5 gm. Soil
3) 0.1 gm. Agnihotra ash in 25 ml. distilled water
4) 0.1 gm. Control ash in 25 ml. distilled water
5) 0.1 gm. Agnihotra ash with 5 gm. soil in 25 ml distilled water
6) O.1 gm. Control ash with 5 gm. soil in 25 ml distilled water
The ashes were produced and given to us by Dr. Ulrich Berk.
The result:
In variant 1 & 2, the content of water soluble phosphorus was nearly zero.
The variants 3 & 4 (with Agnihotra ash and Control ash respectively) showed also a relative small amount of water soluble phosphorus. There was hardly any difference between Control ash and Agnihotra ash.
Now comes the exciting part. In variant 5 (Agnihotra ash with soil), the content of water soluble phosphorus was about double that in variant 6 (Control ash with soil).
We have repeated each variant 3 times so we are pretty sure that this is the final result.
That means the hypothesis seems to be true “That through the presence of Agnihotra ash the water soluble phosphorus content in the soil becomes higher”.
Exact figures will follow. In the moment we are carrying out two more experiments with common methods where we will compare control ash and Agnihotra ash to find out the amount of phosphorus available for the plant (CAL and P – water).
Warm regards,
Sylvia
Dr. Sylvia Kratz
Insitut fuer Pflanzenernaehrung und Bodenkunde, (Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science),
Bundesforschungsanstalt fuer Landwirtschaft (FAL), (The Federal Agricultural Research Centre),
Bundesallee 50,
38116 Braunschweig.
Germany.
Tel.: 0531 – 596-2144
Fax: 0531 – 596-2199
Email: sylvia.kratz@fal.de
