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Re: [compost_tea] CT on Vineyards was Any Comments...
In a message dated 1/30/2003 8:12:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, laura_s@vaxxine.com writes:
HI Dan
where there any vineyard owners there with a full season of tea use (or
more) and willing to share data ?
Yes Laura Rob Russell of Westport Rivers gave a presentatiopn and looking at my notes this is what he said about last year "used CT 15 times on a block with some conventional intervention but lack of staying power with late season rains". He also mentioned a SIGNIFICANT crop loss the previous year using a non conventional technique. Maybe Mat Ryan can comment on more details as it appears he takes better notes than I do. Since his talk was on PP, maybe I can get a copy. I'll ask him..
My experience last two years is that my CT was not effective against Black Rot on vinifera but did reasonably well on hybrid Traminette (3% BR vs 1% for conventional). Now I must add my area is a BR hotspot and my teas were not always as high in fungi as I would have liked. No other diseases or pests were a problem. Elaine has said that BR is tough, she sure is right.
IMO the preferred approach is to use CT to get the correct soil biology FIRST. Need the right foundation. Comments?
Dan Lynch
Long Mountain Vineyard
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