Events are great for the people that can reach them
but most of the activity seems to be way north of where I live here in So.
California. The Tea-up idea sounds great but can't it be simultaneous with
those of us in the hinderlands. Water differences might be huge but
how much do they matter . . . does anyone know that? How about some sort
of mineral pack as part of the test that would help level out the
differences? In my case I look to the vermicompost to add minerals
too.
Dave Sotillo 50
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 1:57
PM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re: ACT
Tests
Which is entirely why i said an informal event
where people can talk to ea other and share methods on a personal basis.
Form relationships where it is not uncomfortable to call another member and
ask technique or selling questions. And selling questions or marketing
is what this all about right? If your not marketing your product,then its
just a hobby. I know people like me who do tea on a big scale are
always learning. If an event happens where the main purpose is to learn
from ea other and discover the best procedures of brewing, whether one
machine is determined to be better than another or not is only good for
the industry. I welcome corrections on a daily basis from anyone that can
help me be better at what i do, and so should tea machine mfgrs. If
AK Humus makes the best tea, I want semis of it. If Heindrikus or
whomever has the best nutrient mix at a competitive price, ship it. I
propose that my fellow SFI Advisors be judges and monitor the testing
and brewing for fairness of competition and impartial quality control.
Better get on it though, cool weather and conference season is coming
up. --- Kirk Leonard <kirk@oregonatural.com> wrote: > >
Clearly there's some serious interest on this among > us and I don't
know if I > can take all this agreement... I agree with Jeff >
that test events should > be in one place at same time and conditions,
which > is why ICTC > conferences came to mind. I agree with
Mike that > the point is to test > pumps, tanks, volumes,
nutrients, and with both Mike > and Bob that many > makers is a
good thing, and would not be surprised > to see something really >
good come from encouraging home-site-built machines. > I do think
machines as > small as five gallons should be included. > >
As long as the compost is the same for everybody's > "tea up" it
doesn't > matter if it's AH or not, but thank you Jeff for the >
support. (Then he goes > talking about orchid bark - right, I have
a bunch of > that - or some kind of > sticks for porosity.*
Jeff - you might need to ship > the sticks, too..:) > > And
Chris is onto the best overall goal, imo - Best > Practices. Not
best > single machine, which doesn't seem ever likely, > anyway.
(I can still do good > things with a soilsoup tea pumper turkey,
according > to my plants, even if I > disagree with the biz
otherwise...) How to do the > best with what you have > and
are doing is the point. > > Indicators, how to best manage with
the water, > compost, machine, nutrients, > climate and soil you
have in a given situation. > This is a multi-year > project, if
not decades, hmm? We have a solid start > and it's good to put
a > framework in place. We'll not likely ever get our > arms
entirely around > biology, not to mention weather, but how to
work > with CT seems do-able. > > I doublespoke, I
think. In terms of a tea test, I > did think of all at the >
same time same place, and then I described reporting > on a continuous
basis > here on list last post. I assume at an event, >
machine, compost, water, et > al specs would be done in some
detail. What I meant > was when folks report > CT tests
here, knowing more about the conditions, > compost and machine
specs > would help, not just nutrients and TAFB. Scott and >
others of his countrymen > have provided pretty good examples. >
____ > *Do you mean bark that has had orchids in it or bark > that
is used for > orchids? At first, I thought how the heck do
you > get bark from orchids? > Then I remembered they can grow
in/on it. Is that > the same as "bark > nuggets", or fat
bark dust? With or without orchid > juices? > >
Seriously folks, Jeff has once again done a eureka > on me. Or
maybe I'm just > dense and everyone else already got this. I
always > recommend chunky, aged > compost to "bulk up" the
air/water porosity of > vermicompost, most of which > is similar
to AH, and hadn't imagined using this > season's wood chips or
bark > dust or "sticks" to do that. Let's see... I've got >
some rhodies and lilac > and filbert and walnut and apple and grape
and > conifers... hmm, what might > their chips or sticks add to a
tea...? I think this > is another great > notion, maybe a
new variable. > > Kirk L > > > >
> > > > > >
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