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Re: [compost_tea] Re: Compost tea brewers



Hi Glen, thanks for the welcome and the comments.  This is a great list.

We have now had about 6 warm wet winters here on Vancouver Island and 
that does appear to caused a resultant increase in disease as you say. 
 I lost a number of apple and plum trees to canker and the like.

I appreciate your comments that a 22 gallon brewer can do the better 
part of an acre and I envy your ability to spray each day.   You must be 
well organised <grin>   What do you spray with?  I am thinking of using 
a sprayer on my tractor.

Regards
Jason

growest2002 wrote:

> Jason-welcome to the group.  We share a similar climate and soil it
> seems, as I'm over in Surrey, BC.
>
> I'm also a newbie at this, you'll find not too many people are old
> timers at such a new idea as aerated teas.
>
> With our wet climate, I'm hoping the apple and plum trees, as well as
> jap. maples, will really benefit from the teas.  Disease problems
> threaten to make these plants impractical, at least from a commercial
> viewpoint--scab, canker, black knot, verticillium, our wonderful mild
> climate is great for plants and so many disease organisms.
>
> Just my tiny bit of experience having a 22 gal machine now, I'm very
> happy with the somewhat smaller capacity.  Many machines don't work
> unless totally full, so you make 100 gal, or whatever, for e.g. every
> time.  This can be quite a bit of tea to spread unless you have very
> good spraying machinery.  On the other hand, I can make consecutive
> brews for up to 6 days a week, which saves a bit on totally
> sterilizing the machine between brews, and do the spraying each day at
> a more leisurely pace. I guess I like the versatility of a bit smaller
> capacity machine.  This 22 gal of very high quality tea is enough to
> drench the better part of an acre of soil, or several acres of
> foliage, tho I'm starting out with much higher rates on my own acre.
>
> And of course there's the upfront cost of that bigger brewer.
>
> Just saying that for smaller acreages you might find a smaller brewer
> is a good value, and versatile.
>
> Like you, sure would like to see that hardpan disappear thru CT use. 
> I was just thinking about how impractical it would be to subsoil, as
> well as probably only a temporary solution with our climate and
> soil--wouldn't the iron, etc. just reform and require subsoiling again
> and again?
>
> Good luck over there--Glen





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