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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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