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503Public domain preparation
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| Named Issues |
Nodulation (29)
Size and appearance (7)
Vegetative growth (7)
Calcium uptake (7)
Frost (262)
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| General Appearance |
To take up calcium-503 & 505 evening, 506 morning. (7)
To lift nitrogen-502, 503, 504, 505 evening; 505, 506, 507, 508 morning. (7)
Thus Chamomile, because of the fact that it also contains calcium, is in a position to absorb any excess astrality brought in by yarrow and enables the plant to fulfill its vegetative role. (250)
... greater growth of plants .... and an enhanced cell division .... (250)
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503 .... induces higher yields and increased nodulation in beans, peas, and vetch. (29)
Roots of the type induced by low nutrients (vertical, long and slender, uniformity of lenght of first 3 roots) were also induced by 507 and 503. (29)
... [chamomile] .. can also restore order in the root zone of a plant (250)
... spraying seed potatoes with a seed-bath of 502/503 .. originated with Harald Kabisch ... 'we were very happy with this mix' .. add 1g of each of 502/503 to 2 litres hand-warm rainwater. Leave for six days, stir for 10 minutes, soak tubers fro 30 minutes, rack up for 6 weeks prior to planting (1050)
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For vegetative growth-503, 504 evening, 504, 508 morning. (7)
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chamomile can also be useful as a regulator of flowering and fruiting, where there is the danger that these might be initiated too early. (250)
To take advantage of chamomile's ability to inhibit catabolic processes and thus to halt early flowering, we have made and tested preparations that are designed to prolong the life of cut flowers and green leaves. Remember that plants containing alkaloids all show early flowering processes so Chamomile can be the basis of a remedy against the formation of alkaloids. (250)
... the chamomile preparation acts to block the momentum of the plant to bolt to seed. (250)
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BD 506: ... improves size and appearance of fruit if used with BD 503 and horn clay. (7)
To get calcium to fill fruit-503 in evening, followed by 506 in morning. (7)
On September 6, 1993, LA Rotheraine requested some help... he had overdone his applications of BD501 and BD507 which he had used in combination in more than 5 different applications during the growing season. While his fruit set was indeed impressive one serious side effect was that the plant was losing leaves. I suggested he water-in the plants with a strong dose of 504 and 505 in combination... he stirred one unit each of 504 and 505 together for 20 minutes in 6 gallons of water and treated each plant with this generous quantity of medicine. He followed with a second treatment a few days later.... the plants managed sufficient leaf regrowth. A few days later a killing frost his the garden which wiped out the garden except this tomato. We felt obliged to try this ourselves and treated several pairs of plants with the 504/505 potion... we experienced a totally killing frost during the night following the mid-afternoon dosing ... it was quite clearly apparent hat the treated plants withstood the freeze far, far better than the untreated plants ... and the treated plants were still growing quite healthily three weeks after the initial frost despite several additional frosts. (262)
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Stir 1 - 2 ml in 3 litres of handwarm rain water vigorously for 5 minutes, leave to stand for 24 hours. Used for legumes, radishes, rape, musturd, tulips, cabbage varieties. Growth is improved and compared to untreated controls these plants prove healthier and give better yields. They are able to cope better with poor weather conditions and develop a stronger and more extensive root system. (42)
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This preparation strengthens the Etheric against the (Astral and Ego). (48)
Four groups of 6 cm sprouts of maize were compared. The first was put into Knop's solution which is 250mg/l of each of magnesium sulphate, potassium phosphate and potassium chlorate, 1000 mg/l calcium nitrate and a trace of iron chlorate. The second was the same minus the calcium nitrate but with an equivalent dose of nitrogen. The third was identical to the second but also contained 100mg/l of 500, 503 and 505 instead of the nitrogen. These latter contribute approximately 2.5 mg of calcium per litre. The final was identical to the third but had no 500. Results; Knop's solution gave 2.9g of shoot, 1.5 g of root. Same minus lime gave 1.1g of shoot, 0.6g of root. same with 500, 503 and 505 gave 5.3g shoot and 3.4g of root. The same minus 500 gave 2.6g shoot and 2.2g root. (57)
If you want calcium and amino acids for cell division, 503. (7)
... a connection with the chemical and protein-forming forces is added to the flowing mercurial force of chamomile. It is for this reason that Rudolf Steiner says that such manure has nitrogen in a more stable form, that the Earth is quickened and produces healthier plants. (20)
I once had a strong feeling that the sheaths are not necessarily the right side out. I undertook an experiment to turn the chamomile preparation into a sausage with the lining inside out so that the digestive part is on the outside and the herb is on the inside. I found that there’s a fatty layer that’s often on the intestines that can now meet with the herb—the aromatic oil part of the plant can comingle with the aromatic, oily part of the animal. I found that the fatty quality, which is the vitality of the animal stored up from the plant world, merges with the herb, and you end up with something that’s even more clay-like. And it’s sweet—it almost turns into something like molasses. Then, to my delight, I was going through Pfeiffer’s notes at JPI, and I found an explicit reference where he says that, when he’s making the intestines, he turns them inside out, inflates them, and hangs them to dry, because that’s how you make sausage. After all, Steiner said to “make them into another kind of sausage.” And he’s saying this to people who live on rural estates—they would have known how to make a sausage and would likely have started with what they knew. (1855)
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Resistance to calcium deficiency. (1041)
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Chamomile, dissolving any hardened soil that can be considered as blocks for free Life .... the positive effect on the growth of plants is not a direct effect of Chamomile, but the result of chamomile bringing order to the soil. This begins with the activation of living calcium that is able to stabilise nitrogen.... The harmonious soil is highly acceptable to the plant that is then able to grow under these optimum conditions. (250)
What Steiner suggests, in his long-sightedness, is to develop a real 'spiritual earthworm' because he understood that the earthworm would become increasingly rare and there is little choice but to replace it with something that was able to bring the same forces. (250)
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A compensation for calcium has been sought through the application of bio-dynamic preparations 500, 503 and 505. These preparations strengthen the resistance of a plant against calcium deficiency. (1041)
Chamomile works in such a way that the Ethereal is brought into flowing movement, thus pacifying the chaotic astral elements... and strengthens the ethereal over against the astral, while 502 opens the ethereal for the reception of the astral. (20)
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Putrefaction (44)
Ammonia (29)
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It prevents putrefaction (by holding in the life forces). (44)
Abele (1976) showed that chamomoile preparation on its own, while not effecting the total nitrogen content of the material, reduced the ammonia levels. (29)
We can say that chamomile is an enhancer of fertility because, thanks to the action of calcium, it is able to stabilise the nitrogen in the soil. (250)
the well-made preparation is able to stabilise nitrogen in the manure, so that it acquires a strong ability to vivify the Earth that, in turn, can exercise an extraordinarily stimulating effect upon the growth of the plants. (250)
Through the calcium, it stabilises nitrogen in manures, kindling a well-nourished astrality for the farm organism. (294)
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.. it stabilises the nitrogen in the manure (34)
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Reduces ammonia smell (44)
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This preparation strengthens the Etheric against the (Astral and Ego). (48)
Four groups of 6 cm sprouts of maize were compared. The first was put into Knop's solution which is 250mg/l of each of magnesium sulphate, potassium phosphate and potassium chlorate, 1000 mg/l calcium nitrate and a trace of iron chlorate. The second was the same minus the calcium nitrate but with an equivalent dose of nitrogen. The third was identical to the second but also contained 100mg/l of 500, 503 and 505 instead of the nitrogen. These latter contribute approximately 2.5 mg of calcium per litre. The final was identical to the third but had no 500. Results; Knop's solution gave 2.9g of shoot, 1.5 g of root. Same minus lime gave 1.1g of shoot, 0.6g of root. same with 500, 503 and 505 gave 5.3g shoot and 3.4g of root. The same minus 500 gave 2.6g shoot and 2.2g root. (57)
If you want calcium and amino acids for cell division, 503. (7)
... a connection with the chemical and protein-forming forces is added to the flowing mercurial force of chamomile. It is for this reason that Rudolf Steiner says that such manure has nitrogen in a more stable form, that the Earth is quickened and produces healthier plants. (20)
I once had a strong feeling that the sheaths are not necessarily the right side out. I undertook an experiment to turn the chamomile preparation into a sausage with the lining inside out so that the digestive part is on the outside and the herb is on the inside. I found that there’s a fatty layer that’s often on the intestines that can now meet with the herb—the aromatic oil part of the plant can comingle with the aromatic, oily part of the animal. I found that the fatty quality, which is the vitality of the animal stored up from the plant world, merges with the herb, and you end up with something that’s even more clay-like. And it’s sweet—it almost turns into something like molasses. Then, to my delight, I was going through Pfeiffer’s notes at JPI, and I found an explicit reference where he says that, when he’s making the intestines, he turns them inside out, inflates them, and hangs them to dry, because that’s how you make sausage. After all, Steiner said to “make them into another kind of sausage.” And he’s saying this to people who live on rural estates—they would have known how to make a sausage and would likely have started with what they knew. (1855)
Promotes a good breakdown of the proteins in the compost to humic plant nutrients, and prevents the protein breaking down to ammonia which would be lost to the atmosphere. (44)
BD 503: Works with digestion, calcium/amino acid complexes and nutrient uptake. Good relationship with zinc (7)
The same steps are carried out for the chamomile preparation as for the yarrow, but in the text of the Agriculture Course the second step, that of hanging up the filled cow intestines used as a sheath, is not referred to. It is, however, mentioned in the notes on the course.... there is some uncertainty regarding the indications given by Rudolf Steiner in the Agriculture Course and those in the notes he used in preparation for it. In the American edition they are reproduced as an appendix. On page 30 of these notes we find the comment: ‘Intestines – hang up’. (0)
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