Gaia Green Basalt Rock Dust | For the Garden or for the Trash?

[@HappyHydro]

What does everyone think? Are you a believer in the power of Basalt Rock Dust or do you think it's just a crock of rock? Let me know!

[@stevenrowlandson9650]

The Thompsons at the SEER center recommended 2 kg / meter squared and they used basalt rock dust plus compost. They has impressive results at their farm in Perth shire, Scotland.

[@HappyHydro]

Nice!

[@joeborovina4769]

nice ,just ordered that and some BIO365!

[@HappyHydro]

[@TNBNaturals]

Let’s get you guys reppin TNB

[@angiespradlin1029]

I use it plus copper coils in my cannibis n house plants!

[@HappyHydro]

Oh nice! Would you be able to explain to me the move with copper coils? I haven't heard that before. Thanks!

[@angiespradlin1029]

@@HappyHydro I have an elderly neighbor who likes to garden but just coukdnt get alot of the weeding done so my husband and I started helping her with the garden and priuning her grapfuit trees..I seen she used copper coils and asked why she had put them in her pots and in the ground. she just said it was passed down from her grandmother so the curuosity had me hooked and I started looking it up on google and it had a name called "electroculture"so I had to try it..the pots that have the coil would maintain a ph between 6-7 in my soil that is sweet at around 8..I make my coils with different gauge electrical wire by wrapping them around pencild too what ever size stick I can find for whatever guage I need and place it in the southern position by compass about 3 inches out from the plant..

[@HappyHydro]

@@angiespradlin1029 hmm that is very interesting! Kind of goes along with the paramagnetism as well. But very cool stuff and thanks for sharing

[@angiespradlin1029]

@@HappyHydro your welcome and thanks for the great knowledge you have passed on too!

[@sirrichard6685]

Dont worry be happy

[@ironindica7342]

So what in your opinion would be the difference between glacial rock dust and basalt rock dust? Micronutrient wise.

[@HappyHydro]

The main differences are in Basalt Rock Dust, you are going to get higher levels of iron as well as the addition of calcium when compared to Glacial rock dust. It does go in a little deeper because you are comparing the contents of igneous rock and how they form to glacial moraine and how it is accumulated. Hope that helps!

[@ironindica7342]

@Happy Hydro awesome! This is helpful. I use the glacial rock dust but may switch to basalt rock dust for the additional calcium and iron. Thanks for the informative answer 💯

[@HappyHydro]

@@ironindica7342 Always down to help!

[@mattwalsh-ou4hl]

i always base everything off your soil tests & sap tests then if that particular rock dust has the minerals you need or are deficient in based off your tests then definitely use it, or if your like me mix 11 different rock dusts from different rocks into your soil lol

[@HappyHydro]

haha sounds like a real mad scientist type

[@stevenrowlandson9650]

The Canadian Rocky mountains are not volcanic. They are made of shale and limestone. The basalt is found further west in the coastal mountains near stratovolcanoes and on Vancouver island. In the US basalt can be found at the Snake and Columbia river flood basalt deposits and near stratovolcanoes from Washington to California.

[@HappyHydro]

Radical!

[@williamwaters4506]

My opinion:. Rock dust is ground up rocks. Rocks are comprised of minerals. There are thousands of minerals. Which minerals are in the rock dust you just bought? Does the plant your growing need those minerals? What minerals are in your soil? Did you have your soil tested? How tiny is the rock dust? Is the dust small enough to be absorbed by plant roots? Could the rock dust harm your soil instead of helping it? Answer these questions and you will know what to do.

[@HappyHydro]

Love it

[@jordanleviness6253]

Wait kind of dust do you use to grow your hair?

[@theoverthinker5144]

I have blue ridge basalt. Its much darker in color

[@kosycat1]

is this from the east coast? I'm from Maryland where do I get it?

[@theoverthinker5144]

@@kosycat1 supposedly they dredge it around here and the Blue ridge mountains of Virginia I thought. I ordered my stuff from Oklahoma. If you check out build a soil. Their basalt is from Virginia if you look up the orin

[@kosycat1]

@@theoverthinker5144 i actually did buy some basalt from them, didn't expect it to come from virgina for some reason I was expecting cascade basalt. Thanks for the info!

[@theoverthinker5144]

@kosycat1 we don't exactly know. The dredge where they feel like it. I just read labels

[@kosycat1]

@@theoverthinker5144 i guess i should have,lol i trust BAS so I guess that's why I didnt

[@ManCityGaming47]

Man, you need to lower your music so I can hear you

[@HappyHydro]

hey thanks for the input!

[@ryanbeard1119]

That clip did not look like basalt, it looked like fill dirt, iv seen basalt in new mexico that is grey and has a blue tinge to it.

[@HappyHydro]

Hey, which clip are you talking about?

[@ryanbeard1119]

@@HappyHydro the mining of the rock into the truck,

[@ryanbeard1119]

Ok, I didn't mean to talk crap, but the only basalt iv seen at a mine was in NM. Of coarse it doesn't rain their much, and it was grey-blue, your clip had what looked like a cliff of dirt. Maybe in the northwest where it rains the certain minerals leach out, turning the color grew brown

[@HappyHydro]

@@ryanbeard1119 Oh yea totally! That clip was just b-roll of a dig site. It was meant to emphasize that it is important to get your basalt rock dust from a reputable source! Otherwise it really could just be dig site by-product. I thought you had meant the opening clip where I am using the spoon on the Gaia Green Basalt Rock Dust. Just wanted to make sure I was giving good info.

[@ryanbeard1119]

@HappyHydro ah, got it. I'm passed that I cannot actually find a site in CO. Even the town basalt, I dunno, has alot of pumice. And rock dust local is kinda expensive

[@Mr_2Bad]

I heard yesterday it can contain heavy metals

[@HappyHydro]

Whoa! Where’d you hear that from?

[@mrkymrk99]

Most nutes are tested for heavy metals, it should state that on the container. I would call the manufacturer to confirm.