Re: [compost_tea] Re: words / was sustainable farming .... brewing

From: mltovar <mltovar_at_wooden-clockworks.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:38:10 -0700

Hi Dan, Bill
I brew up compost tea when it's time to garden and take care of the
plants. I foliar spray most every day getting those microbes on the
foliage and into the soil. This past year there were no unwanted pests
that I could see dining on the plants. As far as I'm concerned you
can't have enough tea to spray and drench with. Like you Dan, I use
the tea as a deterrant.
Marc
Layton, UT


Dan wrote:

>
>
> Hi Bill,
> I believe it can but the source for getting the microbes might have to
> change. I think as time goes on ACT driven foliar sprays will be food
> source specific for the microbes that are needed as well as pH and
> temperature limits being dialed in to brew them. Fish emulsion/seaweed
> extract foliar sprays have over 50 years of proven performance but
> more as source of nutrients whereas I think microbial foliar sprays
> will be more for deterring specific pathogens or possibly devouring
> oomycetes like late blight. I think ACT is a means by which one adds
> biodiversity to the soil and ends up with healthier soil. These are
> just the musings of a gardener in the middle of winter thinking out loud.
>
> Dan in Ct Zone 6A Where I don't have a Twitter account because I am
> easily confused and have been known to change direction repeatedly and
> fear having to turn around and follow my followers.
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com>, "B Blake" <bbdallas100_at_...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dan, Can Compost Tea techniques be used to enhance proven
> > foliar sprays without getting bogged down in the requirements
> > for an excellent soil microbe product?
> >
> > Bill
> >
>
>
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