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Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 5:50
AM
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Future
farming in Northern Thailand
Greetings from the Philippines.
I
too have a lurker here because we do not access to labs to do the exams for
us. However, we have been using vermicompost tea for almost a year now
and with very good results, albeit qualitative, not quantitative. We
are just using aquarium aerators and we put in molasses, some microorganisms
and oatmeal and so far so good.
We
have an orgaic farm here in Bacolod City, 5 years now come October. We
have been using vermicompost all the way, the substrate comes from plant
material in the farm.
WE
would love to have our vermitea examined but unfortunately, we have to hold
that off for now.
I
will be in Bangkok SEpt. 5-10 and if you are there, we may be able to meet
or talk.
We
started with a chemically loaded farm and it took us about three years to
change and now, we are happy that we can see the fruits af our
labor.
Let me just thank everyone in the group for sharing your ideas and
experiences which have helped us a lot.
Pam Henares
Buro-Buro Springs Vermi Farm
Vermiphil.com
Hi,
I've been a lurker of this list
for a few months, not
surprised that most of the posts come from USA,
but in
the dark about tropical application of the CT concept.
My
thai wife and I (from Canada) have bought a 10
hectares garden in
Northern Thailand. As of now, it
was always cultivated with lots of
«pills«, chemical
fertilizer, insecticides, fungicides etc... I plan
to
go organic when we will move there in one year.
So, with that
goal in mind, I read everything I can
find so that the change will not
be too costly.
Tropical agriculture is unknown to me.
Self-reliance
in everything is the ultimate goal,
including vegetables, fruits, meat,
electricity etc.
I count on CT to add to mulching, bio-digester
sludge,
IMO, neem and lemon grass as fungicides.
I read between the
lines of this list since I want to
understand the principles rather
than being a client
and buy from United Staters heavy machines and
feeders
with no relation with the local conditions of the
tropics
and impossible to carry to the other end of
the earth. Tests results
are important for those who
want to sell, I suppose, but results in the
fields
interest me.
So, for a series of dumb questions :
Where
can one go on the net to find technical details
and results on
CT?
Are there any results available on tropical sites?
What can we
expect if we choose to spray CT in place
of all the «pills» besides a
two year transition with
production losses?
I plan to use CT at
seeding time (once a week, 2
weeks) and every two weeks after. Will the
plants be
better protected from bad fungi and insects with
this
frequency?
What about CT on mulch, and at what thickness of
cover
would it become useless?
This is my first time addressing a
list and I hope for
indulgence and maybe answers, or at least addresses
to
go find
them.
Clement
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