Maximum Yield USA 2009 March | Page 70

by Evan Folds The Dynamic Nature of Water Part I As gardeners, water is critical; we use it to dilute our nutrients, to deliver our foliar sprays, to fill up our reservoirs, to create the turgidity to literally prop up our plants and the list goes on. Many consider the cleanliness of water when gardening, but when was the last time you pondered the molecular structure of your water source? When was the last time you pondered whether your water was dead or alive? Have you ever? Water is so pervasive and fundamental to life as we know it that we take it for granted, but it is quite literally the blood of the earth. For something so important you would think there might be institutes established dedicated solely to its research, but there are none. How can it be that we treat the most important thing to our very 70 MAXIMUM YIELD USA - March 2009