Old Technology That is New to Us
Janice and I found some old technology that is new to us called Electro culture. apparently, it was part of experiments that Nichola Tesla was involved in during the early 1900's. a very simple explanation, you take a wooden stick and wrap a spiral of copper wire from top to the bottom, then you bury the bottom of the stick on the north side of the plant. This is supposed to enhance the natural electromagnetic force of the earth and put extra growth and production into the plant.
Janice placed one of the first sticks we completed into the ground next to her Red Chevron Rose that was looking badly.
Wow, what a difference in just three days. I will try to add photos she took, which shows the amazing difference in such a short time.
I got so interested that I have already dug through my junk pile and found stuff that I am in the midst of putting together to make a machine for winding the spirals onto the sticks. We are going to try different sized sticks with different sized copper wire. I am thinking small ones made with 1/2 inch dowels from the hardware store and longer ones made from Filbert staffs.
This photo shows a large sprocket that I had to make a fixture to turn a center with a smaller hole to fit the shaft in the chuck. This was done on a small Grizzly Mill and Lathe combination.
Janice and I have done a little more research on Electro Culture since watching the first couple videos. Apparently according to some videos we have watched you don't have to have the wooden core. I would have thought it would assist in grounding the rod. But hey this is all totally new to me.
Just a quick side note we had placed an Electro culture rod by a red Chevron Rose Janice has had for a long time, it was doing poorly prior to placement of the Electro-culture rod. It had improved to the point that a deer passing through the place at night found all of the new growth, most just about gone.