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Re: [compost_tea] Fruit Club Update



Yeah Judi-
Your consistently giving great info on what recipes
your trying. RayG
--- WILLIAM GARLETTE <WILLIAM.GARLETTE@cox.net> wrote:
> Hi Judi,
>     Great updates.  Could you give us the exact
> recipe you're using and how often are the members
> applying CT?  Your posts are a testament to CT's
> viability in organic agriculture.  Thanks
> 
> Bill
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Judi Stewart 
>   To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 11:21 PM
>   Subject: [compost_tea] Fruit Club Update
> 
> 
>    
>   Today was compost tea day. The timing couldn't
> have been better.
> 
>   We've been going through a severe draught.  Lucky
> for us it rained last night
> 
>   and this afternoon, right after everyone soil
> drenched.  
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>   Lou was back for 30 more gallons.  He's astounded
> at the length of time his dahlias are
> 
>   blooming and he hasn't had to deadhead them.
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>   Carell used compost tea for the first time in
> August and came back for more.  She
> 
>   was about to cut her roses, but applied compost
> tea as a test and was shocked
> 
>   that they all grew buds and bloomed again, and
> continue to bloom.  Her apple trees are doing well.
> 
>    
> 
>   Emmy and Will take 10 gallons from every batch. 
> Their apple trees are loaded
> 
>   with fruit this year.  One tree filled 25 boxes.
> Emmy brought me some of her apple butter.
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>   Ralph says his apples are clean and he has no scab
> whatsoever.
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>   Heidi used compost tea on her wild plums and made
> wonderful jam.
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>   Sheila and neighbors Jay and Irene increased their
> order to 50 gallons. Every entry of Irene's took
> 
>   a ribbon in the county fair. 
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>   Dan and Kathy took 20 gallons to apply to their
> orchard.  They have
> 
>   their own five gallon brewer, but will try the
> club's compost tea
> 
>   because our recipe is different.  We used T & L
> Enterprises' yucca today for the first time,
> 
>   carefully measuring some into each filled
> container. 
> 
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>   Lyle has a KIS and a Bitti brewer but also wanted
> to try our recipe.
> 
>   He's is a life member of the fruit club and thinks
> compost tea is
> 
>   better than sliced bread.  Lyle brought me an
> assortment of his homemade jams.
> 
>   I can't wait to try his famous gooseberry. Lyle is
> 87.
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>   Some members drove over an hour to be here by 8 am
> on Sunday morning,
> 
>   pick up their tea, turn around, and rush home to
> put it down as soon as possible.
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> 
>   Judi
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