Ivydene Gardens Companion Planting:
Biodynamic Preparations

NO.

PREPARATION
METHOD

USE

500

Fresh cow manure packed into cow horns; 6 months fermentation in the earth during the winter halfyear.

Spray on the ground and all earth used for interlaying and covering the Compost Heap. Spray on the land to stimulate root growth. It aids humus formation for ripening plants to help to withstand drought conditions and enhances dew formation.

501

Rock crystal, finely powdered, treated for 6 months together with cow horns in the earth during the summer half-year.

Spray stimulates growth of stem and leaf, and the phosphorus uptake into the plant.

502

Yarrow blossoms ( Achillea millefolium ), fermented together with stags bladders over a period of 6 months in earth during the winter.

Inside Compost Heap to make available for use by plants more Potash and Nitrogen.

503

Chamomile blossoms ( Matricaria chamomilla ) fermented together with the small intestines of healthy animals ( cows) in earth over the winter.

Inside Compost Heap to make available for use by plants more Calcium and Nitrogen

504

Stinging nettle ( Urtica dioca ) buried 2 feet deep in humus earth, separated from the soil by a thin layer of peat moss, for a year.

Inside Compost Heap to make available for use by plants more Iron, Calcium and Nitrogen.

505

Oak bark ( Quercus robor or Quercus alba ) buried in the skulls of domestic ruminants.

506

Dandelion ( Taraxacum officinalis ) combined with the mesentery of ruminants.

Inside Compost Heap to make available more Phosphorus, Sodium and Silica.

507

Pressed out extract of Valerian blossoms ( Valeriana officinalis ).

Inside Compost Heap to attract earthworms and for more Phosphorus. It aids ripening and setting fruit.

508

Dried Horsetail ( Equisetum arvense ).

Spray on ground/plants between May and July against fungal diseases particularly during wet years.