[compost_tea] Re: Organic Blueberry growers

From: mikethewormguy <mikethewormguy_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:49:36 -0000



Interesting study... I am not sure what the 'take home' message is from t=
he results should be.

Mike Flynn
Green Quest LLC
BioSpecific LLC


--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Shawn Turner <shawndturner_at_...> wrote:
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> --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Timothy Clark <ground-up_at_...> wrote:
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> From: Timothy Clark <ground-up_at_...>
> Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Organic Blueberry growers
> To: "compost tea group" <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 1:38 PM
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minerals including kelp and has not only reduced diseases, increased produc=
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his ways are right. He has worked with Dr. Ingham and others.
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> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> From: hollowbone33_at_...
> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:02:10 +0000
> Subject: [compost_tea] Organic Blueberry growers
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> Hello all,
> I'm just wondering if anyone has experience with using Compost Tea in an =
organic blueberry system. I have a farmer that would like to run a trial to=
 use the Tea to deal with mummy berry. My suggestion was to get a living mu=
lch down (they have bark mulch right now), let the berries fall and spray w=
ith tea; the idea being to immunize the system against the mummy berry.
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> Any thoughts or previous experience?
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> Cheers,
> Kathleen
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