[compost_tea] Re: Michael Martin Melendrez

From: Tim Wilson <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:32:02 -0000

If we are discussing the article about compost in ACRES, I noted that the p=
ure truth came through from the real farmer, Sabino Cortez. Most of the oth=
er comments had an element of window dressing and horn tooting.

Of course only compost tea is not going to work without a good amount of or=
ganic matter. I must add though that I did personally observe a miraculous =
transformation, reported here previously, wherein a friend with a one acre =
greenhouse, growing commercial flowers, faced with an erwinia infection, ad=
vised by the ministry of ag to dump eveything, soil, plants n'all, started =
applying compost tea made with his own thermophilic compost [deciduous bran=
ch trimmings, manure, hay/straw] and applied compost tea [5000 gallon ventu=
ri brewer; 3 to 4 days brew] every watering; in several months completely b=
eat back the infection and got better yield than with chemicals. Onwards he=
 topdressed with his compost and continued using compost tea; nothing else =
ever for 9 years until he retired.

We applied this same routine to our farm [1200 gallon multiple airlifts], w=
ith the exception of using vermicompost, fish hydrolysate and soft rock pho=
sphate, with similar results.

Salutations,
Tim

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "evanfolds" <evan_at_...> wrote:
>
> Agreed. I can provide some insight with lawns. We have a natural lawn car=
e company called A Natural Approach and have been in business for over 3 ye=
ars. At first we used basically compost tea only, combined with bringing in=
 bulk compost and soil testing to balance mineral ratios.
>
> Based on results, over time we have moved to less compost tea up front, a=
nd more humates and myccorhizae. We have found that if the soil is not read=
y to build a soil food web that compost tea is not as effective up front. O=
ne of MMM's points. Mycco's don't need healthy soil to thrive, only the pla=
nt to feed off of. Humates catalyze the creation of healthy soil and increa=
se the CEC to hold nutrients better when they are added each winter.
>
> I think this is where MMM. I would add "energetic" to the healthy soil sc=
enario Mike gave. It is often overlooked because we do not learn about it i=
n school, and many times it is unmeasureable and unobservable except throug=
h results, but is vital in creating synergy amongst the physical, mineral, =
and biological components of soil.
>
> BioDynamic Ag respects this factor. Many BD farmers question the need to =
"brew" tea in the first place. Using a vortex to potentize the solution, an=
d the BD preps BD500 and BD501, one can stir for an hour and use homeopathi=
c dilutions to effect large tracts of land. The BD preps are putting out th=
e precursor pattern energies of the microbes and inviting them in to live, =
rather than growing and distributing.
>
> Sounds TOO simple, until you try it and experience it. ;)
>
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "mikethewormguy" <mikethewormguy_at_> wr=
ote:
> >
> >
> >
> > BC,
> >
> > Based upon my experience with the PROCESS called 'activated compost tea=
' I would agree with MMM on the issue of 'garbage in / garbage out'. It tak=
es alot more that the use of one tool, like ACT, to bring about a change in=
 soils/plants.
> >
> > I think what MMM found out, over time, is using only one PROCESS based =
tool will not bring about the positive changes that he sought. He needed a =
more combined approach.
> >
> > You need a combination of physical, biological, chemical, delivery, and=
 timing approaches to bring about effective positive change to soils/plants=
.
> >
> > Why limit yourself to using only a hammer....... ?
> >
> > My 2 cents......
> >
> > Mike Flynn
> > Green Quest LLC
> > BioSpecific LLC
> >
> >
> >
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> > --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "barley.corn" <barley.corn_at_> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have just read the comments from MMM in this months ACRES magazine =
about compost tea. He seems pretty damning about its effectiveness. I was=
 just wondering why he seems to have had such bad results after all the wor=
k that he did with it, and whether others are starting to share his views?
> > >
> >
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