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Re: [compost_tea] More on CT's for strawberries



Would they go to the Organics department or the ice cream box?  You have a good idea Steve.  Want more political problems to fix?  READ
Politics in Healing by Daniel Haley, Potomac Vak=lley Press  Bob. 

Steve Bridges <kimas@texasgrown.com> wrote:
You know, if we could get a list of things that are sprayed on our fruits
and vegetables listed beside/below/above the beautiful display at our local
grocery store, then the swing would sway towards organics.

Under the new NOP regs, the organic gardener is under the gun to *prove*
that their product is grown organically.

Under the LD50 rule, all the chemical growers have to do is use the poisons
according to the directions listed on the bag. All those poisons, yet no
listing of what is on the fruit and vegetables that we buy at the corner
grocery.

When are we going to wisen up and start to demand the truth?

Sorry, I know this is about tea,,,but sometimes the bigger questions come
begging....
Steve Bridges
Kimas Tejas Nursery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Diver " <steved@ncatark.uark.edu>
To: <compo st_tea@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 12:23 PM
Subject: [compost_tea] More on CT's for strawberries


> Whoa, CT researchers have a good project in front
> of them... way down in the humid southeast, in
> Florida.
>
> "Due to high disease pressure from Botrytis fruit
> rot and other diseases in Florida, disease
> management has been heavily reliant on fungicides.
> Growers in Florida can apply captan, a protectant
> fungicide, up to 24 times (2.3 to 3.4 kg a.i./ha)
> during the season.  Botrytis fruit rot can still
> cause severe losses on highly susceptible cultivars."
>
> Source:
> An Economic Anaylsis of Preharvest Fungicide
> Applications to Control Botrytis Fruit Rot
> in Annual Strawberies in Florida.
> HortScience.  Vol. 38 (1):  124-127. 2002.
>
> Again, a reminder there are vast differences
> in the Humi d East and the Arid West when it
> comes to organic fruit production, largely due
> to climate-related pest and *disease* pressure.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Diver
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