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6.8. Treatment of acorns at Oldenhof Estate (NL)

In spring and summer 1992 Dr. Claar Sloet van Oldruitenborch carried out a trial with "energised" acorns at Oldenhof Estate in Vollenhove. The aim was to increase the germination capacity of low-vitality acorns.

In January 1992 Zundert Nurseries delivered four kilos of acorns (Quercus robur Elsendrof-Rips). Their quality was described as medium to poor. They were mixed, divided between two baskets and placed 5 m apart in Dr. Sloet's house. IRT treated one of the baskets daily for about 3-4 hours between February 5 and April 8.

On April 8 the acorns were sown in a field on Oldenhof Estate. 3 rows of 25 acorns were sowed in quadrants measuring 1.5 x 1.5 m, giving a total of 8 quadrants of treated and untreated seed (see Fig. 8). The entire area was protected by netting. The number of seedlings was counted weekly from April 8 to September 15.

This trial was performed by Dr. Sloet. Until 1991 she was a member of the Nature Conservation Department at the University of Wageningen. The experiment was designed by the Ecological Agricultural Department of the University of Wageningen.

Results

The results are shown in Fig. 8

Report by Dr. Claar Sloet van Oldruitenborch, Sept. 1992

The number of acorns that have germinated is low: 0.3 % of those that were untreated and 7 % of those that were treated. Possible reasons for this are: late sowing, prolonged dry spell in the spring and poor quality of the seed.

The higher germination rate of the treated acorns measured by the Wilcoxon test is highly significant (p<0.01).

The trial shows that resonance therapy can revitalise low-vitality seeds.

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