Re: [compost_tea] Re: Wormgold tea makers

From: Carole Eddington <cjeddington_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 08:38:03 +0000

Dear Tom and List Serve,

Dr. Ingham wrote:

From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com
Reply-To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:14:23 EST
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Fwd: WATER REPORT

Sodium and salt levels are high. Where's the salt coming from? You need
to think through where the high salt, EC could be entering the water.
Ideas?

You could do reverse osmosis on this water to get rid of the salts.
You could run the water through a filter to pull the salts out.
You could add humic acids, with a good set of bacteria and fungi, to complex
the salts.

But no matter what, you have to exit the high salts.

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
www.soilfoodweb.com

If you have sodium and salt high level problems, a reverse osmosis RO) unit
can be used as an alternative for overcoming these conditions. If you do
not have these conditions or have another way of dealing with these
conditions, then an RO unit does not need to be used.

The RO manufacturer we use states:

quote - adjust waste product recovery - 1:1, 2:1, or 3:1 on very salty water
supply - end quote

We are not putting straight RO water on plants or soil. We are producing
solution (tea) with the RO water. We are putting nutrients back in to make
the solution (tea) and getting good numbers on our SFI tests. We are not
putting straight RO water on plants or soil, we are putting solution (tea)
on with nutrients and beneficial microorganisms.

Carole Eddington



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Received on Sat Feb 08 2003 - 13:13:00 EST

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