heirloomgal
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I just leave them as is, they seem to harvest what they need to for the effects I'm looking for. But some people definitely do charge them with old cell phone chargers and stuff like that. China did 9,000 acres not long ago, all with charged wires. They published that they used 20% less fertility, 80% less pesticides and harvested 1/3 more than the typical yield.I'm interested in whether this will work for you. I'll have to read up on e-poles. I've never used them before. Do you hook them up to a battery or fencer?
I will say this, using the wands under lights with my transplants has REALLY worked. If you use a Tesla metre, the fields off the lights are big and the wands seem to harvest that really well. I used 10 foot e-poles in the garden last year and had smashing results, especially for my beans & tomatoes even though there were no real electrical field outputs nearby. I broke records; one pole bean variety I grew (4 plants around a single birch sapling) yields 2 1/4 pounds of dry beans. That's the most I've ever gotten from P. vulgaris., and it was only in the vicinity of the pole, not on the actual e-pole.
Apparently the poles also help reduce bacteria, viruses and pests, all the things that bring down yields. I had almost no slugs, cutworms or voles last year. They don't like the influence of the poles. There is lots of misleading info out there about e-culture, I highly recommend Yannick Van Doorne. I find he has the best information out there, and lots of experience.
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