James;
Sorry to see Ponting fall on his sword.
I presume you have vines. Lots of people here have had success by buying a
chipper, chipping any woody material they can get their hand on, and laying
it along the rows. Some have added compost too. Results have been fantastic
after only one season.
SS
From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of jwoenne
Sent: 29 March 2011 03:05
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Best Environmental Technologies?
SS,
Thanks for the reply. Very sound advice.
I asked the question because a friend asked me about it because his brother
is selling it. I looked at it years ago, but was very suspicious when they
refused to give any information whatsoever on what is in it. Personally I
will stick with my AACT.
South and east of Margaret River. Margaret River is at the very southern end
of the west coast. We are around the corner on the south coast.
James
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Stephen Steyn" <ssteyn_at_...> wrote:
>
> James;
>
> As a farmer you know that a great deal gets pedalled to you on the basis
of
> no evidence but plenty of hearsay, extravagant claims etc. The best way to
> deal with this is to ask for independent trials to be conducted in your
area
> (Margaret River?) preferably at a state government facility. If the stuff
> has any value, then you can consider it based on the cost versus the
> expected improvement. Most marketers will have a fair bit of science mixed
> in with their marketing jargon. They know that there are always some
farmers
> who will find their marketing attractive, their claims believable.
>
> My advice to you - get them to conduct independent trials. The facts will
> speak for themselves. Asking us to judge a product based on claims by
people
> selling it is unlikely to provide much useful info.
>
> SS
>
Received on Tue Mar 29 2011 - 00:49:24 EDT