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[compost_tea] Re: Compost Tea for Roses or Boxwood?
-Chris I have been using CT on roses for 5 years now, absolutely
knocks the snot out of black spot. The roses are really fun to take
care of, only spray them with tea about once a month now. Contact me
if you have any questions.
Charlie Clarke
-- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "chriscreid" <reidchris@e...>
wrote:
> I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who is using compost tea
> for large rose gardens or boxwood hedges.
>
> I am a solo practitioner - do hand pruning and landscape
maintenance
> on a fairly small scale - and just ordered a tea brewer and
Elaine's
> manual. I 've been receiving Elaine's newsletter for a year or
> more, and finally found a brewer at a price I can afford.
>
> I often see boxwood that is stressed and has foliar diseases,
partly
> because it is sheared and never thinned and the inside of the plant
> becomes humid, fostering fungal diseases. Then the leaves fall off
> inside the plant -- it's not pretty. However, pruning boxwood is
> also stressful to the plant. I am thinking that compost tea may be
> of help in bringing these plants around, both soilwise and for
> foliar application.
>
> For roses, I am talking to a potential new customer who has a lot
of
> roses and wants them cared for organically. Many of them are
hybrid
> teas (don't know the cultivars) and before I yank them all, I'd
like
> to see how they do with balanced soil and tea for disease
> suppression on the leaves.
>
> I'd sure like to hear comments from anyone who is using the teas on
> either of these plants. Comments, anyone?
>
> Chris Reid
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