[compost_tea] Re: Digest Number 597

From: longbranchranch <longbranchranch_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 22:51:10 -0000

---Hi Betsy
Thanks for the input. I fully agree with you and Bob also that the
only way to permitly reduce insects and or weeds is by correcting the
soil. I am interested though to know if there is some connection to
the backteria and fungi in the tee that would ward off insects when
aplied directly to the animal.
Jimmy Muse
Paige Texas


 In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "betsy" <betsy_at_r...> wrote:
> About spraying livestock with compost tea:
> We have found that if the livestock stay mainly on our 'biology'
pastures,
> they have fewer flies (lots fewer (<20> - usually if cattle have
>200 you
> figure it is economically viable to spray and reduce that number) -
no, I
> don't actually count them!
>
> We have sprayed CT on these <20 flies group and the flies all but
disappear
> for a good 45-60 days.
>
> We have also sprayed CT on some of our herds >200 flies that don't
get to be
> on our 'biology' pastures very much. This spraying helps for only a
few days.
>
> So, got good biology in pastures, got fewer flies to torment our
steers. But
> the message is, its a total package deal: healthy soil=healthy
> plants=healthy animals = healthy people.
>
> that's my two cents worth.
>
> betsy
> www.rossfarm.com
> Granger, Texas
> >
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 21:08:15 EST
> > From: soilfoodweb_at_a...
> > Subject: Re: Re: Spraying livestock with compost tea??
> >
> > Betsy might be able to address some practical experience on this.
> > We need more data (there speaks the academic scientist, I know!) on
> > this before we can go recommending it to people. All results on
> > skin microflora and compsot tea are anecdotal so far.
> >
> > People, just like plants, have layers of bacteria, a few fungi, and
> > protozoa on their skin. We feed very particular sets of microbes
> > with our exudates and select for our own "good guys". There are a
> > couple books on this, and I'll try to track them for you if you want
> > me to.
> >
> > Elaine
> > President, Soil Foodweb Inc,
> > 1128 NW 2nd ST., Suite 120
> > Corvallis, Oregon
> > Soil Foodweb Inc., Australia
> > Soil Foodweb Inc., New York
> > Soil Foodweb Inc., New Zealand
> > Soil Foodweb Inc., The Netherlands
> > Soil Foodweb Inc., Mexico
> > Board Member, Sustainable Studies Institute, Eugene, OR
> >
> > "Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn
> > out well, but the conviction that what we are doing makes sense, no
> > matter how things turn out." -- Vaclav Havel, former President of
> > the Czech Republic
> >
> >


 

Yahoo! Groups Links

To visit your group on the web, go to:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/compost_tea/

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
 compost_tea-unsubscribe_at_yahoogroups.com

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
 http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/




Received on Tue Feb 03 2004 - 18:14:41 EST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Tue Feb 07 2012 - 14:15:03 EST