Gardening Trials: Growing Giant Vegetables in Brighton

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Local gardeners are needed for 2009 trials of 'wonder resin', Orgonite


March 26, 2009 - Press Dispensary - Last year, a solid, resin-based material called Orgonite was used in East Sussex to grow giant vegetables in a small but significant trial run by freelance journalist, Mark Bennett. Now, he is teaming up with EcoLogicCool of Sydney Street, Brighton, to conduct a much larger trial starting in early April, 2009, and is seeking gardeners to participate and document the growing harvest and resulting crops.

To date, a dozen participants have signed up from the Sussex area and gardeners will be added to the trial until supplies of Orgonite run out. Participants can have any level of gardening experience and will receive free Orgonite 'pucks', a questionnaire and a disposable camera to photograph their results during the trial.

A simple mixture of resin, aluminium shavings and a crystal, the Orgonite technology is derived from Freud's contemporary, Wilhelm Reich*, who developed the idea of orgone energy and how it affects the human body and nature. Orgone is known in different cultures as chi, prana, ki, or mana and Reich developed a range of technologies to harness and focus this energy. Kate Bush sang about it in her song, 'Cloudbusting'. William Burroughs was known to be a regular user of an Orgone Accumulator which is claimed to focus life energy and attributed it to his vitality in later life.

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Gardening Trials: Growing Giant Vegetables in Brighton