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[compost_tea] Re: Wormgold tea makers
If nothing else, the system will stay cleaner using RO water. Also,
with RO water you know what's in it without a lab test.
One more thing, if there was no difference in soil biology using RO
water, why did you use it for 6 years?
--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Jaszewski" <tomj@l...> wrote:
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carole Eddington [mailto:cjeddington@e...]
> 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@a...
> 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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