Re: [compost_tea] CT Efects

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 00:21:01 EST

No claims can be made that compost tea controls diseases, however. does have
those impacts. So, please do not expect that there will be control of an
already existing disease condition.

Typically IF a foliar compost tea spray will have a discernable impact
replacing disease organisms on leaf surfaces, the effect should be seen
within a day. If no impact is seen, another spray is indicated.
Alternatively, if the tea is not protecting leaf surfaces, it may be
necessary to use a fungicide or insecticide to deal with the overwhelming
disease load that is present, and get it under control to begin with.

Typically compost tea is a protectant and thus works before diseases come
calling.

If no diseases are present, then you might see an effect within a few days as
nutrient uptake improves. Soil strucutre will improve if the organisms
applied have the food, and survive transfer into soil. Check the soil with a
penetrometer to determine if compacted zones are opening up. Roots should
start growing deeper into the soil if you have been successful at improving
soil structure. If can be a week or two for these to be obvious

Hope this helps -

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
www.soilfoodweb.com
SFI Oregon, USA
SFI Australia
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"Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn out well,
but the conviction that what we are doing makes sense, no matter how things
turn out." -- Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic





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