I’m not sure why I’m getting included in these messages as
being a proponent, or even an opponent, of either of these. I use the bucket method because its
what I have, and can afford at the time.
I don’t add ‘food’ to it, so am basically using as another way of
spreading my tea. I spray it into
my personal garden (which only I and my family eat), and onto my hay fields
(which is sold to the public and promoted as not having used chem. Fertilizers). I clean my veggies before eating them, as
anyone would do who buys from the chem growers anyway – why should this be
different than with CT? No one
sues the chem. mfgs for their spraying the veggies we buy at Safeway… WHOOPS got off track. I see the positive benefits of AACT and the negatives of a
tea gone anaerobic. But never have
I promoted either as being the way to go; and I don’t expect to do so. I’m on this list to learn how to use it
and make it myself, for my own use.
I’ll help promote it in any way I can though, because I believe in it
(aact). And in helping to get
public awareness and then gov approval (ugh), I only strongly suggest getting
the public involved and interested in it first, not going about getting
approval via commercial means from the start – you get far further using the
far more majority of the public (imo).
This is why I suggested submitting articles to OG – you will get a great
following from those readers. But from making these suggestions I’m labeled as a
promoter of non-aact, or anaerobic, teas??? I don’t get it.
If, for some reason however, in my past few posts I may have miswrote
something to give reason to read me that way … I’ll post here to say – I’m only
here to learn. I have input on
promoting it only because I believe in it (aact). But I am in no way experienced or knowledgeable enough to
give any reasons for the good or bad, for either of the methods. I admit that. Thanks, Mike -----Original
Message----- Mike and Kirk
- Your treatment of "Manure in a bucket tea" does not
consider the potential danger to the entire Aerobic compost TEA
development. Scenario
- church pot luck serves a great salad. x members subcome to
E-coli. E-Coli takes a kids life and another kids liver. Gardener
is suspect cause. E-coli is taced to "Compost TEA" that
was used to water the lettuce. Is the press going to clearly
explain the exact nature of the compost tea and that it is one kind or another
and if they did, would the publice carry the message to the market place and
select AIR BREWED COMPOST TEA treated produce to buy ? ( ABCT) Not
likely. 10 years of Elaines work is down the tube. My brewers would
never get sold. Good Bye friends of this list. We are history After your
messages I realize the most important thing we must do is fight like hell
to eliminate all use of and association of compost tea from anarobic liquid
products Inspite of mixed results for eons it is a hazard that needs
to go away. Aeration is not expensive. What is called TEA is
on the shelf at reputable nurseries. Sealed in bottles.
The high profit product of a giant municiple composting company. Is
there any test data to prove it has value, is alive and is safe?
Further we need to improve assurance that what is being brewed by all of
us and our customers and farmers are truely aerobic. If we allow
the easy acceptance of hazargous or ineffective products to be on the market or
brewed at home and called by a common name - CT - we risk the entire
program. The better health. The conservation of soil and the
land. The rivers and lakes. The ecology. The improved
farms. The strawberrys, bananas,the oaks and palm trees. When
compost tea includes a broad range of liquids some of which can be hazardous
then the USDA has no choice but to say treat it like raw
manure. . And you
guys? I guess they would be hiring at Montasanto. From your resume
you could leave out any mention of your work with ABCT.
Bob PS I hope I
have worded this in a way to start some useful thought. Kirk and
Mike, you have devoted much to this list. I respect you. I was
reading your messages calmly but thought after.---- Having a common
look alike name and really very similar looking liquid, one of which can be
hazardous is a problem that could take a big bite from every ass in this
program. Government agencies are obligated to eliminate this
risk. A broad ban on CT will reduce our already micro
freeboard Wonderful as ABCT is, watching Elaine and others in
this program, I know this is program is still on a hill, pushing
hard, up. Jeff and Wayne have moved Anchorage to the point
that it is locally on a level, well accepted CT is being used
and paid for at true value. It makes the CT business
possible. I think there is a lesson there. Get it right,
then In word, PREVAIL Bob
Hey Kirk, chill. I dont recall saying
anything about it being bad. I read the magazine, and still practice the bucket method, but was
excited to hear about growing even more good stuff in the tea using the AACT
methods. I truly think that the
readers of OG would be very interested in learning about AACT as an alternative
to the bucket tea that I had mentioned. Did you happen to read further into my message? I question everything. I try to make a stand for the common
guy out here, not wanting to spend a bunch of cash on making teas, wanting it
to researched to make it more simple and then, in turn, to get it in use more
often. That goes for
Compost-anything. -Mike
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