[compost_tea] Re: CT on HGTV

From: elprune <elprune_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:54:40 -0000

Thomas,

Thanks for the excellent and informative explanation. I've seen your
site before and have added it to my favorites.


--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Giannou" <thomas_at_t...>
wrote:
> Elprune,
>
> I know John Evans, he has visited with us in Spokane, and I have
had many
> phone conversations and email exchanges with him and yes, for his
giant
> plants, he has indeed selected plants that grow into rather large
sizes.
> Compost tea and nutrients alone do not cause those plants to be
giant
> plants. He has a strong focus upon seed selection based upon
genetic
> potential and growth history going on with his giant plants.
>
> John's tea is not just some kind of extract from humus or
compost. He has
> purchased a number of products containing select, high performing
bacteria,
> along with several other ingredients that he mixes together with
dried
> molasses. This combo of ingredients is what he calls his "bio
activator".
> So the live critters in his tea do not all come from the humus or
compost
> when using his bio-activator.
>
> John starts his giant plants months before they are put out into
the soils
> to grow. If he didn't do that, he would not have giant plants at
the end of
> his short growing season. The special giant celery seed which he
received
> from M.Williams, UK, takes 8 months to grow.
>
> John also spends a considerable amount of time and effort making a
rather
> sophisticated and complicated compost which he puts into his
soils. Without
> these rather rich materials he adds to his soils, he would not
have the
> nutrients available for the bacteria in his tea to produce the
nitrogen for
> his specially selected giant plants. He also warms up his water
> considerably before putting that water on his plants and hills up
his soils
> and uses clear plastic to warm those soils and he grows plants in
containers
> that can be warmed up too.
>
> According to the Agriculture Research Service, "Interior Alaska's
long days
> promote rapid growth and N uptake." Those long Alaska summer days
most
> certainly have an influence upon the plants John is growing. He
warms up
> his soils with heated water and clear plastic, adds a lot of
nitrogen
> through his rich compost and green manures, and then loads up his
tea by
> adding bacterial products to his bio activator ingredients so a
high level
> of nitrogen is made available for rapid uptake in those long
Alaska days.
> That fits nicely into what the Agriculture Research Service has
stated.
>
> The key to making this work in Alaska: Warm the water and soils,
make
> plenty of nitrogen available in the organic materials, make plenty
of
> minerals available, select seed from plants that most definitely
are
> selected to grow larger, load up your tea with lots of bacteria
that will
> make the nitrogen available... along with minerals, etc. John has
figured
> out how to get that high nitrogen release with those long Alaska
days in
> soils that would normally be quite cold and would not allow these
high
> levels of bacteria to function near as well.
>
> You can also purchase Alaska Bounty Brewers from
> http://www.tandjenterprises.com that include John's special
bioactivator
> ingredients. We don't have the expensive shipping cost from
Alaska.
>
> Sincerely,
> Thomas Giannou
> http://www.tandjenterprises.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: elprune
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:02 AM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Re: CT on HGTV
>
>
> Does he mention that he plants huge fruiting varieties to begin
with
> and that long sunlight days are contributing factors?
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Lowenfels" <jeff_at_g...>
> wrote:
> > HGTV will be running a special this weekend "Garden Giants"
> >
> >
> > March 30, 2003 9:00 PM EST and March 31, 2003 AM EST. Fellow
> tea maker, John Evan is one of the featured gardeners. John has 9
> world records on large veggies. He explains to the audience that it
> is compost tea and not sunlight that causes his records. He is
> shown making tea etc. I think you will all get a kick out of the
> show and its positive promotion of Compost Tea.
> >
> >
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff
>
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