Simple solution to this concern of teas going anaerobic when adding xtra
food!
Depending on your scale of operation cost would obviously be a
factor, but if your taking this road least traveled- personally I think it is no
cost at all.
If you are using a tractor or 4 wheel motorbike to spray
the CT, simply add saddle tanks or a 'dolly' tank separate to the tank holding
the CT. use these auxiliary tanks to hold the food sources, which can be
concentrated as to reduce weight problems. this gets the job done in one pass!
Most broad acre 'biological' farmers have been doing this for years as they saw
similar problems when putting out similar food sources when they applied
herbicides (sorry to mention a contraband). Simple fact is that your paying
someone X amount to sit in the tractor regardless, so you might as well
get 2 things done at once!
Anthony
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:24 PM
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: microbial
food
Dan and all--I also asked about adding foods to the spray
tank before spraying, and Elaine did comment about it.
Altho the
tank seems to go anaerobic in a matter of minutes, she mentioned you still
have a few hours before your aerobic fungi all die off--I guess they
can hold their breath for awhile!
So I am planning on adding hydrolyzed
fish (neutralized with baking soda--this stuff is very acid as it is
sold)and liquid kelp. I would also like to add humic acid, but not
sure of the rate for foliars...note that % humic really varies. I
know the humic will precipitate if the pH goes below about 6, thus the
importance of neutralizing the fish at least some before all the
mixing.
Oh, I always put in a yucca product at label rates as a
wetting agent. I'm sure this does some good for both foliage and soil
as it works thru the system.
Results so far--just starting to see
some good flushes of growth, but that happens in May anyway.
Also
seem to get some leaf burn when I'm careless--spray early morning, on
cloudy days preferably (?)
Glen
--- In
compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, Lmvine1@c... wrote: > In a message dated
5/16/2003 10:34:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > Good point Ron. I used
CT on my soil last year and improved it some BUT I > believe (and
Elaine also mentioned) long term food resources for the > organisms
were not in the soil in sufficient quantity. My OM is less than
> 1.5% and is not sufficient to feed the herd after innoculation with
CT. > > This year I am adding foods to my CT just before
applying such as HA, > molasses, Saponyn and Kelp. Upon
advice of Erik Morgan of Terra Vita I am > using a pound of SP-85
per acre per application of CT, much more than I added >
previously. I am adding foods to tea just before topping off sprayer
and > spraying. My only concern is if I cause the tea to go
anerobic. Of course > I could put the foods on in a
separate spray but that is more labor and > passes in
vineyard. > > I mentioned this issue before but got no
response. Hope this does better. > What are experiences
with adding organism food and what do you use?? > > Dan
Lynch > Long Mountain Vineyard
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