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RE: [compost_tea] Re: Roses, NOP Manure & CT



Blackspot is caused by the fungus Diplocarpon rosae.

Paulette



-----Original Message-----
From:	Kirk Leonard [SMTP:kirk@oregonatural.com]
Sent:	Thursday, June 05, 2003 4:11 PM
To:	Compost Tea Group
Subject:	[compost_tea] Re: Roses, NOP Manure & CT

In the right set of circumstances I have seen a SoilSoup machine do a great
job dealing with rose issues. They can be used to make a good nutrient or
bacterial tea, and bacteria seem to whack black spot.  Black being a usually
bacterial color in decomposition, applying other, different bacteria at the
right time seems to work.  This is not scientific.  I have no idea how it
really works yet but the roses got better.  Munged mildews, too.

I just learned about this event through an NOP back channel this week and
would share in case anyone wants to participate:

"Human Pathogens From Livestock Manures - A National Summit" is a conference
Oregon Tilth and Oregon State University are sponsoring in Corvallis June 30
2003, all day Monday.  USDA and NOP folks are to be there, too.  Doc E is to
participate but she's not on the agenda yet.  No problem for Doc E but we
may want to be there to support her.  Tilth is aiming it at resolving aged
manure, manure compost, vermicompost and compost tea issues, manure in
anything and everything, it seems.  I couldn't find anything on their site
(www.tilth.org) just now but I'm sure they'll post something soon.  Nick
Andrews,
nicka@tilth.org is the contact on it.

Believe it or not, there could be a showdown here on whether compost tea is
raw manure or not, which is such an absurd thought I am amazed it is an
issue in organic certification... hmm?:-)  As a vermicomposter, I plan to be
there to let them know that it does happen naturally, organically, and most
often healthfully, USNOP notwithstanding....

Kirk







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