Helix Tosta 1, Slugs 0

 I don’t normally have much luck with peas. At first, I thought they weren’t germinating, but I have since realised that the slugs have been getting them. This year, I decided to do a pre-emptive strike with Helix Tosta 6x. This is a remedy made from toasted snail shells, and has been proved to be very effective against slug and snail damage. The 6x potency has a much higher amount of the substance in it than 6c or 30c.

An update on the Strawberry Patch

Well the snow has finally melted and the strawberry plants can see daylight again. I cut off all the old diseased leaves before the snow, and a few new leaves have started to emerge. It’s a bit hard to tell if they are clear of blight, but some of them do look a bit suspicious. I decided to give them another dose of Sulphur 30c, not least because I don’t think the snow helped their recovery. I may give them a repeat treatment in a few days, since blight is quite stubborn. If it doesn’t seem to be working, I will have to re-think my choice of remedy – maybe Thuja or Ferrum Phos. There seems to be a bit of trial and error required in agro homeopathy, especially when you’re still getting the hang of it.

Armed and Dangerous!

I’ve finally got round to ordering some more agrohomeopathy remedies to add to my arsenal, and here they are! Watch out slugs, your days are numbered! In case you haven’t got bioninc eyes, the remedies are:

Building up my library – Homeopathy for Plants

 I’ve built up my agrohomeopathy library to a magnificent two books. This one is ‘Homeopathy for Plants’ by Christiane Maute; she is a homeopath who started using remedies in her garden about ten years ago. Her first experience with plants and homeopathy happened when she accidently snapped the stalk of a delphinium. Not wanting to waste the plant, she bandaged it back together and watered the plant with some Arnica 200c (bruising, crushing injuries, shock). The stalk recovered and carried on flowering!

My new agrohomeopathy book.

I have just received my first agrohomeopathy book, ‘Homeopathy for Farm and Garden’ by Vaikunthanath Das Kaviraj. Kaviraj is something of a legend in agrohomeopathy, which he kind of discovered by accident. He is a homeopath, and he was visiting a patient to treat the family and animals. Their apple tree had rust, and he looked at the symptoms, analysed it as if the tree was a person, and suggested giving Belladonna. To cut a long story short, the tree was cured and agrohomeopathy was born! The subject has been looked at as a scientific concept up to 200 years ago, but Kaviraj set out to discover which remedies were useful for specific plant problems.