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RE: [compost_tea] Re: microbial food



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If Backing Soda is good for treating powdery mildew, is it because of the Na+? According to the following equation, how will Backing soda treat powdery mildew???
NaHCO3     +     H+     ----->     Na+     +     H20     +     CO2
(soda)         (acid)           (sodium)       (water)        (gas)
 

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TaChung Huang (¶À¤j©¾)

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bridges [mailto:kimas@texasgrown.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:16 AM
To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re: microbial food

Baking soda, one heaping teaspoon to a gallon of water makes an excellent foliar spray for powdery mildew.  As a retail nurserymen I could sell them something but I find it better to be helpful rather than greedy. Keep it simple, affordable, and simply effective. Don't know the effect on the microbes, and if I were using AACT then the baking soda would not be needed? But I'm still not going to sell my customers a $5 gallon of compost tea when they can use a nickels worth of baking soda.
Steve Bridges
Kimas Tejas Nursery
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re: microbial food

Baking soda?  What impact on the microbes?


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