As with all new ideas, they meet some
resistance. It takes a little time,
that’s all. And you can’t
expect everyone to jump on the wagon at once. It’s going to happen over this and
successive growing seasons when people visit gardens and ask how you grew those lovely roses, and you
tell them you had black spot, but used CT and it vanished. Or how you won the blue ribbon at the Fair for
your strawberries and you say you used mycorrhizal fungi, mulch, drip irrigation, and compost tea. It’s
the game of follow the leader, and you are the leader. The proof is in the pudding. If you want the
pace to quicken, you’re going to have to go to them. When you talk to groups, show them the
identical potted plants you’ve grown. (Start lots of pots now.) They’ll of course see that you grew
one with CT versus plain water. Dig
up the plants and show them the root systems. Use all the tools at your disposal. Take pictures of your landscaping jobs
before and after. Put together a
slide show. Invite your clients to come with you. Before you start the job, ask
your customer if they’re satisfied that you’d like them to write a
letter for your client book. Have all your letters available so your new customer
can see your successes. Have 3’
x 3’ test plots roped off, available in different settings. Start selling compost tea and credit part
of the purchase to the sale of your brewer. Discount the compost tea for quantity purchases.
Be prepared with bigger sprayer nozzles or the best CT sprayers when the
homeowner says his sprayer nozzle sticks.
Have trees available on your property and show the public how to apply a
soil drench and how to correctly cover the leaf surface. Demonstrate how to set
an auger around the drip line. You’d be surprised what people don’t
know but say they do. How many just
water the tree trunk, and minimally at best? The garden clubs are always looking for
speakers, and every community has at least one garden club. Call them all and tell them you’d like to talk to them. They’d be thrilled. Don’t
fade away. You have to keep
yourself in the public eye. This is
your season and you have to make the most of it. Judi -----Original Message----- Thanks Elaine, I will look at the advisor
information. Most of these clubs are not paying anything but are
offering a stage to demo a product. I find less than 10% of my talk is
about my products but some time is spent describing the aeration system as
against a bag in a bucket system. At the Fair I found almost eeryone who
knew something about compost tea was a bag of manure in a bucket for a few
weeks. Or the TEA that runs out from under their pile. They don't want to hear about how that may not be safe
or useful. " their garden grows well with it" is the
normal remark. I sent a answer to Laura and Jeff that may be of
interest to you, Elaine. Jeff does well but how can he afford to travel to
this area for no fee? Can I send my hand-out to you for comment?
Bob .
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