[compost_tea] Re: Compost and LCE field trial for home garden

From: skyjs <skyjs_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:54:28 -0000

I agree with Cam Laurie, so in a home application, I make sure that I am ad=
ding chips or mulch as I add compost tea to ensure habitat for my new flock=
. We just moved into a new place a year and a half ago and they did nothin=
g, so we had to gradually improve the soil, but it's getting there.
John S
PDX OR

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "camlaurie" <camlaurie_at_...> wrote:
>
> Hi There, I would like to add my experience. I have used LCE and ACT on f=
ields growing pastures, I have found that when the soils are heavily deplet=
ed of organic matter and low in biological activity, that although you do s=
ee an immediate effect of the application, it does not seem to be sustainab=
le. You seem to get a boom and bust cycle where the organisms compete with =
the plants for limited food sources and you need to keep hand feeding them.=
 In the same paddocks I then went on to add compost at 1 Tonne /Ha, so a lo=
wer rate than you are proposing in this trial, and have seen much more sust=
ained results. My thinking is that you are putting out livestock (microscop=
ic ones) and they need to have something to eat. When you apply compost you=
 are applying the barn as well as its inhabitants!Cheers from a very hot Au=
stralia!
> Cam Laurie




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