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
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From: Carole Eddington
[mailto:cjeddington@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003
12:38 AM
To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re:
Wormgold tea makers
Dear Tom and
List Serve,
Dr. Ingham wrote:
From: soilfoodweb@aol.com
Reply-To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun,
26 Jan 2003 03:14:23 EST
To: compost_tea@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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