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[compost_tea] Re: Leaf curl



Do you know the manufacturer of the product 'Frost Free'?
 
--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb@a... wrote:
> With a  tea that has the beneficial fungi growing well in it, leaf 
curl 
> (Taphrina is the fungus causing the disease) is a breeze to shut 
down 
> 
> Getting the tea organisms out there now to protect the buds, and 
new leaves 
> is the right idea.  Also, we see if you have the beneficial 
pseudomonads in 
> your tea brew you can reduce freezing point so the buds are more 
resistant to 
> frost damage.  Can't protect against a huge temperature drop, but a 
couple 
> degrees helps protect alot.  Couple that with a product like Frost 
Free, that 
> should feed the organisms as well as reducing freezing 
temperatures, and I 
> think you really have great protection. 
> 
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> www.soilfoodweb.com
> SFI Oregon, USA
> SFI Australia
> SFI New York
> SFI Europe
> SFI New Zealand


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