Hi Lloyd,
After further consideraation of Elaine's response I got to
wondering that if this mix is so bad and the corn wouldn't grow, then
why would corn ever grow at all with the insecticides currently
applied to agricultural land in the conventional world. I am looking
for valid ways to control some problems without resorting to the hard
chemical approach. Jerry
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Lloyd Charles" <lcharles_at_w...>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jtheo_at_s...>
> To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:54 AM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Re: in-furrow soil insect prevention?
>
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>
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> > I got this idea from a consultant in Canada, but he
> > wouldn't give me the rates, something about it being propriatary
> > information. Jerry
> >
> Hi Jerry
> That consultant figured it out - so can you. Think simple! This
stuff is not
> rocket science despite the efforts of many to make it so. You can
make a
> real nice seed starter dressing using the materials you listed plus
some
> liquid fish and molasses. The material cost will run $2 to $4US per
litre
> and application rate could start around 2 litres per tonne of seed.
Make
> some and try it in your soil thats the best way to learn this
old/new
> science. Elaine's reply to your enquiry covers the GROSS
application of
> these materials to soil and their effect on microbes from
overdosing. Why
> would we want to do that? You'll find when using these type of
materials,
> or for that matter more conventional stuff, to stimulate activity
in the
> soil, less (quantity wise) is usually much better than more.
> I dont believe a farmer needs to understand WHY these things MAY
have an
> effect, half as much as he needs to figure out IF they are Likely
to do
> something positive in his situation and under what circumstances
did it
> happen. That means some trials or test plots on the farm and good
records of
> what you did, and the prevailing conditions. Beyond that let the
scientists
> argue about the technicalities while we get on with doing it!
> Cheers
> Lloyd Charles
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Received on Sun Feb 09 2003 - 23:46:22 EST