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Re: [compost_tea] Q's: Applying Compost Tea
Precisely correct on the relative pressures. It's having live organisms hitting a surface that is the critical factor.
Take the human example. You can shoot people out of cannons at amazing pressures, and as long as you lose that potential energy BEFORE you hit a solid surface, there's no problem.
Just don't put a brick wall 10 feet from the mouth of the cannon.
Don't put a leaf 4 feet from the sprayer if you are using serious pressures and want your living organisms to survive.
But with people you could put the person in a "shell", and that would allow them to survive the impact. Same for bacteria and fungi. IF they are sound asleep and in dormant stages, they will survive hitting surfaces at 600 psi.
It's just that the critters with dormant stages are more likely to be.....pathogens. A relative thing, you understand, but as we put compost tea to sleep, we lose alot of the beneficials, and IF the compost wasn't wonderful, then the relative percentage of good to bad guys is weighted on the side of the bad guys.
Did I confuse everyone completely? Or is this clear?
Elaine
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