Re: RES: [compost_tea] Micronized Compost
Micronized compost has not ever been shown to contain the organisms you
require to suppress disease, retain nutrients, cycle nutrients back into a
plant available form, decompose toxins in the soil, or build soil structure
so water use can be reduced, roots will grow deeper into soil, and reduce
erosion.
24-hour, aerobic compost tea contains the wonderfully diverse set of
beneficial organisms form the compost, in an ACTIVE, living form that can
grow and glue themselves to your leaf surfaces very rapidly, suppressing,
competing with, inhibiting and consuming the disease organisms that come to
land on your leaves or root systems.
Active organisms - that's the clue.
Micronized compost does not contain those organisms (unless you add them back
with a compost tea).
But, micronized compost contains the nutrients and food resources from the
compost, so if that is why you want compost, as a food resource for your
organisms, then micronized compost is great to add a foods for your critters
in your soil or on your leaf surfaces. All the nutrients your compost
organisms need!
Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
www.soilfoodweb.com
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Received on Wed Nov 06 2002 - 00:07:32 EST
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