Re: RES: [compost_tea] Inexpensive Tea Blender?

From: Lloyd Charles <lcharles_at_webfront.net.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:06:12 +1100


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From: bnbrew <bnbrew_at_yahoo.com>
To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: RES: [compost_tea] Inexpensive Tea Blender?


> -
> G'day Bob
>
> You ask Loyd Charles if it, TEA, could be detrimental.
I dont seriously believe CT would be detrimental 7 out of 10 times - of the
other three there is potential to do things like - causing flowers to drop
without setting - causing already set fruit to fall -
> and why we
> apply without testing soil and foliage? first. I think because
> 1) We don't know when and for what to test.
Test for a positive brix response - dont make this too technical or too
difficult
> 2) We don't know that testing is available for every situation.
Anyone with a refractometer can do this for free - its simple and maybe
there are questions - but the linkage is well accepted by the eco farmer
crowd between elevated brix readings and increased disease and insect
resistance - do we need to question the validity of that any further - I
dont think so, others may. One thing that I am never gonna do is apply a
nutritional substance that causes a reduction in my crop brix even for a
short time.
> 3) Testing makes the $ 40 look very small.
A useable refractometer can be bought as low as 65 US a good one for 120 US
so thats - what ? two SFI tests
> 4) We are learning that the subject is complex beyond imagination.
And at the same time its extraordinarily simple - I bet you can just about
brew to specifications by now? You know your brewer - you know your compost
source - you know almost to the milligram how much of what food to put in
there - and I bet you havent had a crook brew for ages!
> 5) We are learning. This subject comes rather like drinking from a
> fire hydrant.
So lets not turn the valve on too far eh!

> Bob writes:
> That's what my brewer uses, Loyd Charles, a garbage bin. for the
> small size units. If you are a DIY fan and really adding to what we
> know in this field I will help you do it yourself with what I think
> is a better way than a liquid pump system. Better talk about it off
> the list. Bob
I would appreciate doing that
Thanks for the reply
Lloyd Charles




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