RE: [compost_tea] Re: Wormgold tea makers

From: Tom Jaszewski <tomj_at_livesoil.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 11:51:04 -0800

How does Highland, and Desert Green using degassed water exceed your posted
test results in Las Vegas with high salts in the water. Their water source
only has the chlorine removed. I'm very clear on Elaine's opinion, however
when we irrigate we come back with much larger volumes of the same water
WITHOUT the salts removed. My argument here is the representation that an RO
system is needed. It's a sales gimmick like inhibition assays. This paradigm
is about sustainability. In desert water systems there is nothing to think
through, our CT water and our irrigation water has high EC. I had the
advantage of using RO water for 6 years to irrigate a large landscape
property in Las Vegas. Dozens of traditional soil tests and now numerous SFI
reports have shown no differences in the development of soil biology. But
the heck do I know..

Tom Jaszewski
www.livesoil.com
702-595-7012

-----Original Message-----
From: Carole Eddington [mailto:cjeddington_at_earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 12:38 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re: Wormgold tea makers

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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