using Magnets on your plants

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http://www.startalkradio.net/show/cosmic-queries-time-keeping/

What is time? Is it infinite? If you could exceed the speed of light, would time go backwards? These are just a few of your questions that astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer in this Cosmic Queries episode. You’ll find out why a photon is timeless and learn about tachyon particles, which theoretically travel backwards in time without violating Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Discover how we perform faster-than-light experiments if it’s impossible to travel faster than the speed of light. And more… Why are there time zones on the ISS? Do life forms with shorter lifespans see time differently? What would happen to Earth if Superman actually turned back time? Does time pass in a black hole? Listen now…we promise it will be time well spent.

 

[City Twin]

Some snips of info everyone here might find interesting.

Winemaker infuses sound during fermentation

Markus Bachmann, a French horn player from Austria, has created a fermentation system that infuses the music of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Vivaldi and rare orchestra and jazz recordings into wine.

Lynne Rossetto Kasper: Could you describe your process for wine fermentation?

Markus Bachmann: It's a new process using music during the creation of wine. I put a speaker in the wine tank and play music during the fermentation. The yeast starts doing totally different things to the wine.

LRK: Well, it's been proven that music does affect plants, right? And yeast is essentially a plant. So you've taken that idea and added speakers right in the middle of the liquid, and you're playing music, which is affecting the yeast. Have I got it right?

MB: Exactly. The speaker only has the magnet and no membranes, [note, only voice coil. I suggest a magnetic resonance rather than claim of "sound"] so the wine fluid serves as the membrane [?]. The sound waves that come out of the speaker help to mix the yeast, which then doesn't have to use its own energy to eat sugar; the sugar comes to the yeast.

[maybe there was a loss in translation]

That saves the yeast's energy and allows it to affect the wine in unique ways. It produces a higher alcohol content with a richer aroma. It uses up all of the sugar and gives us a very dry wine.
[corn mash tun here I come!]

>snip

Normally, the problem with wine is you have too much sugar. But because there is no sugar at the end of our process, more flavors start to come out. It's a very pure, rich wine.

And it's oily, so to say. It makes one big window on the glass instead of lots of drops.

>snip

The yeast hasn't got earphones on, so the key is in the frequencies. And then, of course, it's the volume and it's the pulse of the rhythm that mixes it. The mixing keeps the yeast much more alive. There is 30 percent more living yeast in the fermentation than in wines without music.

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I've used headphone voice coils to drive stereo energy woo-woos ala binaural, so I wonder how the fellow came up with this idea and if it's really a mono driver per diagram.

Here's another snippet.

Wine Clip Magnet

When normally skeptical (and notoriously hard to impress) wine critic and judge Anthony Dias Blue goes out of his way to praise anything, I pay attention. He's the highly respected former Wine and Spirits Editor of Bon Appétit magazine, and we've followed his wine recommendations for years with superb results. He's also the Executive Director of the San Francisco International Wine Competition (without question the most influential wine judging event in North America). So when Anthony personally brought to my attention the magnetic Wine Clip, I immediately taste-tested it.

Simply pouring a glass with the Wine Clip in place has an immediate and salutary effect on wine molecules. The power of the Neodymium magnets both breaks down large astringent tannins, and accelerates aeration — much like decanting — resulting in a smoother, softer and more balanced taste. The improvement is obvious, easily verified, and improves flavor and bouquet as you pour! To my palate, the Wine Clip makes any pedestrian $15 bottle of wine approach the taste of Reserve or Estate-Bottled vintages costing $30, $40, $50 or more per bottle. Should be kept away from electronic equipment such as computers and pace makers.
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So, are these practical applications, like magnetic cooling tower scale treatment, or just talking out the wrong orifice?

 

[City Twin]

c-ray,

Thanks for the link http://www.startalkradio.net/show/co...-time-keeping/

You seldom find people talking about such subjects that are not just full of themselves. And these guys are funny to boot.

Thanks again for the listen - CT

 

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if you liked that you might like this

http://www.halfpasthuman.com/wujo/clifswujo222013time.mp3

clif's wujo...
a series of audio discourses....

E33 - February 2, 2013 - chemies, astragalus root, timelines bogus, time, global coastal event, farsight.org experiment

 

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from http://www.summerhill.bc.ca/Story/The-Pyramid

The Pyramid

"I recently started a little experiment asking the tours to turn off their cell phones and to take a few moments of their busy lives to just BE. They were asked to cease all discussions and just quietly walk up the pyramid’s stairs and take a seat with their feet on the floor and their hands held in a prayer position but slightly held apart and to focus on their breathing so as to still the busy mind. I suggested that I would gently break the group silence in about a minute and a half. This experiment has now become so popular, that at the discretion of the tour guide, it can be done on any tour.

The knowingness of eternity awaits us in this sacred chamber. The word Py-ra-mid means "fire in the middle". We all have this fire in the middle. It is our hearts, our souls. We are mostly liquid and we are affected just like the wine is effected. The effect is clarification. If a wine has a flaw in it, the flaw is accentuated. If the wine has good qualities, they are enhanced. We humans are mostly liquid so when we enter this sacred chamber, it is a grand opportunity to clarify our own inner selves. This chamber helps us to get to the knowingness of who we are. We are electrical in nature, with impulses running from our brains through our spinal columns. We are receivers, we are conduits, and this chamber enhances our receptiveness, opening the left and right sides of our brains, much like the dolphins, whales, and elephants who are in touch with Essence, the all-one ‘soul of the world’.

The Summerhill Pyramid is second only to the Great Pyramid of Egypt for alignment and precision. The Great Pyramid is built with technology we don't have today. It is a solid stone structure with the stones fused together so perfectly that you can't put paper between them. The stones are so large that we do not have the equipment to move them, much less cut and place them as the ancient civilization that built the Great Pyramid did thousands of years ago. It remains the largest man made structure on the planet and it is built to absolute sacred geometry, both pi and phi, and aligned to absolute True North and has no ferrous metals in it so that it does not re-orient to magnetic north.

The message is profound. We have a twenty year experiment proving the effect of sacred geometry on liquids with a twenty year track record of international gold medals. My goal from the beginning was and is to make the finest wine in the world, especially sparkling wines. The French tradition of putting sparkling wines in a dark cool place for thirty days for the cuvee and dosage to ‘marry’ was my original inspiration to achieve this goal. The wines are made using only minimal intervention winemaking, and grown 100% organically in this extraordinary pristine semi desert valley, and the clarification in this True Pyramid is the final step in production. These are alive wines full of nature’s grandness, made in the most unique winery in the world.

I welcome you with my heart, to open your heart to this unique experience."

-Stephen Cipes, founder/proprietor

 

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from http://www.swst.org/meetings/AM10/pdfs/WS-98%20Zurcher%20papaer.pdf

Considering reversible Variations in Wood Properties: possible Applications in the Choice of the Tree-Felling Date?

Ernst Zürcher and Christian Rogenmoser
Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH / Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering
Biel, Switzerland

Traditional knowledge, in form of so-called rural rules, indicates that the date of tree felling has an important influence on wood quality. The main factor, after the season of the year, is said to be the position of the moon. The objective of the presented project was to study the variability of some user-related properties of wood, by analyzing measurable parameters. The material stems from four different Swiss sites and is representative of central European conditions. This part of the study involved 576 trees — Norway Spruce (Picea abies Karst.) and Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) — felled on 48 dates throughout the fall and spring of 2003–2004 (always on Mondays or Thursdays). Before the start of the experiment, one sample was taken on the same day from each of the tested trees, to serve as reference. Wood properties analyzed are: water-loss, shrinkage under controlled drying, air dry and oven dry density. Smaller series of samples were tested on hygroscopicity. The statistical analysis of the complete data series reveals (in addition to a seasonal trend) a generally weak, but highly significant role of the synodic and of the sidereal moon cycles, to a lesser extent of the tropical cycle. The lunar-related differences are more marked for the central 4 months of the trial.

The results from this study bring some transparency and objectivity in to a mainly unexplored field of traditional knowledge, a field subject to controversial discussions. Further research in chronobiology of wood could lead to an ecological technique enhancing specific wood properties.

Proceedings of the International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe – Timber Committee
October 11-14, 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
Paper WS-982 of 12

The idea of a relationship between plant growth and moon cycles has often been considered by scientists as due to old superstitions. An interesting corpus of well documented experimental work is yet existing and suggests objective phenomena interacting at different levels. An extensive review of the available data and interpretations has recently been published in a book on botany (Zürcher 2008), based on a series of 88 scientific publications related to this topic. Since we started working on the field of tree chronobiology linked to lunar rhythms, it has been possible to observe significant relationships for different aspects of tree life and wood properties.

Here is a short overview:

• The germination and initial growth of some tropical trees show a decided rhythmic character. Speed of germination, percent of germination, average height, and maximum height after 4 months are systematically related to the timing of sowing in relation to the moon phase (Zürcher 1992, 2000).
• An interdisciplinary reworking of previously published, long-term tree-physiological research results (variations of tree diameters obtained by extensometry) has enabled researchers to consider an unexpected aspect: the synodic (time required for the moon to complete a full phase, i.e., usually 29.53 days) moon-rhythm at a daily level (gravimetric tide-rhythm) could be established for trees held under constant conditions (darkness) (Zürcher, Cantiani, Sorbetti-Guerri and Michel 1998).
• Data of trees measured in open conditions, reanalyzed recently with more sophisticated tools, brought spectacular confirmation of the role of lunar tides in tree physiology (Barlow, Mikulecky and Strestik 2010). In the meantime, it had been possible to detect the same type of fluctuations by measuring with a high-sensitivity device the low-potential electric currents along the trees’ stems, depending on the physiological phase of the trees (Holzknecht and Zürcher 2006).
• The drying behavior (water loss/shrinkage) and the final density of wood systematically and coherently vary in function of the tree felling date, if analyzed in relation to the season and to the position of the moon (Zürcher and Mandallaz 2001). The observed fluctuations are yet more complex than mentioned in forestry traditions existing all over the world (Zürcher, Schlaepfer, Conedera and Giudici 2010)

Traditional knowledge and practices concerning agricultural and forestry activities - so-called rural rules - are still widely spread in various cultures on different continents. Among them, rules are existing about effects of the tree-felling date on the properties of wood (Hauser 1973, Broendegaard 1985, Oldeman 1999, Cole and Balik 2010). The first written evidence of this knowledge dates back to Theophrastus of Eresos (372-287 BC), who in his History of Plants (V, 1, 3) states that there is an appropriate season for cutting the trees and – within the season - if cutting at the beginning of the waning moon, the wood is harder and less likely to rot. This popular knowledge has passed down to our times and to the local practices of felling trees during different moon positions depending on the specific forms of wood utilization (Zürcher 2000).

 

[trichrider]

sowing as well.
i get better results sowing on the new moon than any other time frame.

 

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traditionally
new moon sowing is for roots
full moon is for shoots
it's possible that the new moon sowing will get better germination, but the seed will be pre-programmed for a root enhancing tendency
see the book 'a biodynamic year' by maria thun for visuals on these effects

 

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from http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/3687254/reload=0;jsessionid=RoNgyxzx7YcLXZwCzsgQ.0

Effect of magnetic water on urinary calculi--an experimental and clinical study

Zhang YS, Wu HW
Urologische Sektion der Chirurgischen Abteilung Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medizinische Universität, Wuhan, VR China.
Zeitschrift fur Urologie und Nephrologie [1987, 80(9):517-523]
Type: Journal Article, English Abstract (lang: ger)

Abstract
In recent years, many hospitals in China have employed magnetized water in the treatment of urolithiasis with quite satisfactory results. Since 1979, we have carried out the following basic researches: (1) We compared the effectiveness of several different types of apparatus producing magnetized water and found that the best type was the Shanghai JW-1 mode apparatus with 1,350 gauss and to-and-fro magnetizing for 12 times. (2) We had tested the solubility of oxalate, uric acid and phosphate urolith both in ordinary and in magnetized water and found that phosphate urolith had better solubility in the latter. (3) The physical and chemical characteristics of magnetized water were studied, and the calcium crystals were found to be also soluble in it. (4) Experiments on fishes living in magnetized water showed that in their kidneys the amount of calcium crystals and tissue calcium level were lower than those in ordinary water. The basic theory of treatment of urolithiasis with magnetized water is discussed.

 

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from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016913171100384X

Magnetic field assisted adsorption of methyl blue onto organo-bentonite
Xiaolong Hao, , He Liu, Guangsheng Zhang, Hua Zou, Yibo Zhang, Minmin Zhou, Yuchen Gu
Laboratory of Lake Ecology and Environment, School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

Abstract
The influence of adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration, pH value, intensity of magnetic field and exposure types of the magnetic field on the adsorption of methyl blue were examined. The optimum condition was pH 7.0–8.0, magnetic exposure at the bottom due to the action of Lorentz force at an adsorbent dosage of 1.0 g/L and initial MB concentration 100 mg/L. The adsorption data were fitted by Freundlich model. The magnetic field improved the adsorption coefficient (Kads.) of the Freundlich model by 49%. The pseudo-second order rate constant (k2) of the adsorption kinetics was increased by 143%. The application of magnetic field enhanced the adsorption ability and obviously affected the adsorption behavior of the organo-bentonite.

 

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from https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cl/36/2/36_2_306/_article

Magnetic Field Effects on Shape and Size of Pendent Water Drop
*Akio Katsuki1), *Kazufumi Kaji2), *Manabu Sueda3), *Yoshifumi Tanimoto3)

1) School of General Education, Shinshu University 2) Faculty of Education, Shinshu University 3) Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University

Released 2007/01/20

Abstract
The shape and size of a water pendent drop were affected by magnetic forces. Especially in pseudomicrogravity conditions, they changed considerably: the relative contribution of surface tension was increased by the magnetic field.

 

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from http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/...9231A2F1C3A174AB3128E837736?gitCommit=4.13.29

Application of magnetic technologies in desert agriculture. I- Seed germination and seedling emergence of some crops in a saline calcareous soil.
Authors
Hilal, M. H.; Hilal, M. M.
Journal
Egyptian Journal of Soil Science 2000 Vol. 40 No. 3 pp. 413-422
ISSN
0302-6701
Record Number
20013038375

Abstract
In this work, germination tests for tomatoes, pepper, cucumber and wheat were conducted in a plastic house, and cross magnetization of seeds and sowing water were evaluated. Magnetic treatment of tested seeds have activated seed germination with various rates. Magnetizing seed alone has doubled pepper germination while the magnetization of sowing water was less effective. On the other hand, tomato seeds have responded more to magnetized water rather than to magnetizing seeds. Moreover, germination of cucumber seeds was the best with double magnetic treatment of water and seeds, causing an 86% increase over control. Full wheat germination of 100% was obtained after 6 days for magnetic treatments compared to a rate of 83% after 9 days for normal practice. In a pot experiment using a calcareous soil, the role of magnetized irrigation water in delaying the formation of surface crust and consequently increasing seedling emergence was compared with other crust control measures, such as saline water irrigation and organic matter application. It was shown that magnetized irrigation water has more than tripled seedling emergence of wheat and also tripled soil moisture retention. Magnetized water also weakens soil compaction and hardness. It can be concluded that recent magnetic technologies can provide better soil water plant relations and are thus worth further consideration.

 

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from http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/72005/Pap...on of Magnetic Technologies in Correcting.pdf

Application of Magnetic Technologies in Correcting Under Ground Brackish Water for Irrigation in the Arid and Semi-Arid Ecosystem
M. M. Selim
Field Crops Research Department, National Research Centre,
Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Results and Discussion
Effect of magnetic treatments on grain germination:
Many of the germinating seeds might fail to emerge especially under stress conditions. Saline soil or saline water and both are the most important factors effect on seed germination. For this reason seedling test was very important, therefore two seedling test traits were carried out in this work.

As shown in Table 3, data obtained revealed that among the different treatments tested, magnetic technologies caused significant effect on germinating seeds. Full germination rate 100 % was obtained after 9 days from sowing for magnetic water and grains together compared with 83,86 and 86 % after 12 days from sowing for the treatment of normal grains of (wheat, Barely and tritical) soaking with untreated water (control). Data also manifested that any of the magnetic treatments caused an increase in germination rate. Takashinko,(1997),reported that germinating seeds was very difficult and complex stage in seed sowing . Seeds carry various load of energy and therefore, not all of them will eventually sprout. In this regard Hilal and Hilal,(2000) , found that magnetic treatment of seeds and water caused a full germination rate of 100 % after 6 days from sowing compared to only 83% germination after 9 days from sowing for untreated wheat grains. In this regard, the conclusion of many investigators stated that the manner magnetic field affects seeds is the activation of energy influx and stimulation of metabolism. Magnetic field also decreases the effect of germination inhibitors due to increase in pH of the cell juice and can substitute for such expensive material.

 

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from http://scihub.org/ABJNA/PDF/2010/4/1-4-671-676.pdf

Irrigation with magnetized water enhances growth, chemical constituent and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).
Mahmoud Hozayn1* and Amira Mohamed Saeed Abdul Qados
Agronomy Dept., Agric. and Biol. Div., National Research Centre, El-Bohoth St., 12622 Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
Botany Dept., Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University, P.O Box 2508 Safaqes St . Granada eq. Riyadh 13242 – 07229 KSA
1* Corresponding author Tel: +2 02 012 6662524, email: m_hozien4@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT
Magnetic fields are known to induce biochemical changes and could be used as a stimulator for growth related reactions. Two pot experiments were conducted during 2008/09 and 2009/2010 seasons at green hose of National Research Centre, Egypt to study the impact of magnetized water on growth, some chemical constituents (chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b, carotenoids, total pigment, total indole, total phenol contents and protein profile of plant) and productivity of chickpea plants. Chickpea seeds were irrigated with water passed through magnetic device (U050 mg, 0.5 inch, output 4-6 m3/hr, production by Magnetic Technologies L.C.C., Russia, branch United Arab Emirates). Results indicated that, irrigation with magnetized water induced positive significant effect on all studied parameters. The percent of increase in seed, straw and biological yields per plant were 39.64, 41.03 and 39.85%, respectively compared with tap water (average over both seasons). Magnetic water treatment could be used to enhance growth, chemical constituents and productivity of chickpea under green house condition.

 

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from http://www.old.international-agroph...national_agrophysics/IntAgr_2006_21_1_173.pdf

Stimulation of Pinus tropicalis M. seeds by magnetically treated water
L.P. Morejón1, J.C.Castro Palacio*, L.Velázquez Abad2, and A.P. Govea3
1 Institute of Forest Research, Calle 174 # 1723 / 17b y 17c. Reparto Siboney, Playa, Ciudad Habana, Cuba
2 Department of Physics, University of Pinar del Río. Martí 270, Esq. 27 de Noviembre, Pinar del Río, Cuba
3 Company of Electronic Components, “Ernesto Ché Guevara”. Ave. Borrego, Pinar del Río, Cuba
Received February 13, 2007; accepted May 2, 2007

Abstract
Magnetically treated water (MTW) was used to stimulate the germination process of Pinus tropicalis M. seeds. This species of Pinus is an endemic of the western part of Cuba and at present is threatened due to a visible decrease that has been detected in its populations. The main cause of this decrease is the low seedling production at nurseries, since the germination percentage of this species rarely exceeds 50%. To carry out our work, normal water (water + ions) was treated using 1200 G isotropic strontium magnets. This was done in two forms: statically and dynamically. The MTW was applied to the samples as irrigation water and as water for imbibition during 24 h. The results showed an increase in the germination percentage up to 70-81% with respect to the control samples (43%) as well as greater seedling growth after germination. The best results were obtained while the treated water was applied dynamically and statically with initial inbibition. In this last case the germination percentages reached 81%, which represents an increase of 88 % compared to the control samples (43%).

 

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from http://www.old.international-agroph...rnational_agrophysics/IntAgr_2012_26_1_25.pdf

Effect of presowing magnetic treatment on properties of pea
M. Iqbal1, Z.U. Haq2, Y. Jamil2*, and M.R. Ahmad2
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan
Received December 7, 2010; accepted January 19, 2011

Abstract
The pea seeds were exposed to full-wave rectified sinusoidal magnetic fields. The effects of electromagnetic treatment on seedling growth and chlorophyll contents and have been investigated. Seed were sown after magnetic field treatment according to ISTA under controlled laboratory conditions. The magnetic filed treatment of seeds increased the growth significantly (P<0.05), while the increment in contents of chlorophyll have been found non significant (P<0.05). The shoot length, root length, root dry mass, shoot dry mass, fresh root mass and fresh shoot mass increased up to 140.5, 218.2, and 104, 263.6, 74.5, 91.3%, respectively. The result suggested that magnetic field could be used to enhance the growth in pea plant.

 

[Stonefree69]

Don't forget the whole earth is in a magnetic field, just look at a compass. Whether you like it or not your plants are getting "magnetized" by the earth's magnetic field. I wonder if NASA realizes this when they want the most efficient methods (like using aeroponics) in outer space. Maybe magnetized dialed DWC will do better?!

 

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an interview with Fritz-Albert Popp talking about biophotons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trycaZzwMeo

 

[FatherEarth]

i had high hopes for this experiment..what happened? still looking for magnets?

I may have to carry the torch on this one.. I think 2 of these beside 2 without in some living organic soil...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Neodymium...150?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1b6eb3f6

 

[Sativa Dragon]

i had high hopes for this experiment..what happened? still looking for magnets?

I may have to carry the torch on this one.. I think 2 of these beside 2 without in some living organic soil...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Neodymium...150?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1b6eb3f6

I am not sure that would be a stewardful use of your money, over a thousand pounds of pull, at $800, impressive indeed but I can't help but think you will cause all kinds of metal deficiencies in the soil.

Peace