cornsilk and horsetail other herbal sources of Silicon include: Alfalfa, bilberry, birch,
black cohosh, black walnut, burdock, caraway, celery, chaparral, chickweed, couch
grass, dulse, echinacea, eyebright, feverfew, gentian, ginger, ginseng, oatstraw,
oregon grape, parsley, peppermint, lemon grass, licorice, Nettle, sarsaparilla, rose
hips, sage, shave grass, stevia, thyme, Uva ursi.
silicon in HorticUltUre
Diatoms are algae and phytoplankton with an ornate cell wall made of biosilica
(hydrated SiO), first appearing around the early Jurassic Period. It was diatoms
in the ocean, through their production of oxygen that went on to make earth
habitable for other lifeforms. After just several hours of silica deprivation diatoms
cease photosynthesis, protein synthesis and their metabolism comes to a halt. Levels
of selenium greatly affect the production of biosilica in sponges and diatoms. Silica
has an affinity for water, and diatomaceous earth, which is the remains of the silica
rich diatom algae, holds more moisture in the soil than any other silica clay soil
amendment.
In horticulture the use of Pyrophyllite clay as a soil amendment was found
to reduce fungal infections due to the increased available silicic acid. For plant
protection a fungicide spray preparation can be made from finely powdered
hydrated silica or hydrated silicic acid. There are products on the market like
“Prosilicate.” Using Prosilicate reduces disease and insect problems, increases stem
strength and leaf positioning, improves photosynthesis, and increases heat and
drought resistance. Colloidal silicic acid solution is also used as an environmentally
friendly wood preservative.
It is interesting that scientists are using the plant disease causing fungus
Fusarium oxysporum, in a bioleaching process for synthesizing silica in nanoparticle
size. http://nanotechweb.org/articles/news/4/4/9 I assume that it is nano-silica
produced by microbe decomposers in the soil which gives living-water its structural
levity properties. Viktor Schauberger considered silicates essential to healthy water.
He surmised that it is the fine dispersion of minerals and silicate in the flow of
water which gave it the levitational energy (electrical potential) necessary for
trout or salmon to jump up high waterfalls. Nanosilicon probably facilitates the
microcrystalline structures in living-water allowing greater oxygen carrying capacity
and may be a factor in sonoluminessence. The Brown’s Cell and Joe Cell researchers
need to experiment with adding nanosilicon to their electrolysis systems.
We have established that silicon is also essential to the mucopolysaccharide
structure and hydration of collagen. Thus silicon can be seen as the Keystone to
the body’s architecture. Silicon builds connective tissue in synergy with boron,
calcium, magnesium, potassium, and ascorbic acid. Silicon works with these
elements to support bones, arteries, connective tissue, healthy hair, skin, and nails.
Bone can not re-mineralize and repair itself if enough Silica is not present.
Trace Minerals in Food by Kenneth Thomas Smith, p-392-398
Nature As Teacher: How I Discovered New Principles in the Working of Nature by
Viktor Schauberger