Re: [compost_tea] foliar teas gone bad?

From: tim gross <tim1233212001_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 06:15:40 -0700 (PDT)

This spring I made a 100 gallon brew. It was going to spray it on after 2 days. Due to weather I brewed it for 6 days. On the morning of the sixth day it smelled like soil but when I got home from work that afternoon, there was really no smell coming off the tank....good or bad. As I pumped it out and got closer to the bottom of the tank it was starting to smell, not good. Well I sprayed the whole tank on my yard. It seemed to damage the apple trees the most. Parts of the leaves turned a dark brown didn't seem to affect my other plants.The apple trees at this point have no sign of any damage, I sprayed in the beginning of May.
Some examples
Started making tea 2 years ago
My own yard sees about 150 to 200 gallons a year( It gets whats left from spraying other yards) My yard has never looked better.The apples off of my tree were bigger and better than ever last year.Never saw and aphid or Caterpillar in my yard last year. Tea??? or maybe just the year, we will see this year.
I spray yards for friends and family.For 2 years previous to spraying tea one of my apple trees had clumps of like a white cotton growing on parts of the branches, I still haven't ID it. I only sprayed tea and its totally gone now, there was less and less as the year went on.
When I spray gardens, I only spray 1/2 of it. Great results. Cucumbers on the tea side 3 times bigger than the unsprayed side.
I spray 1/2 of the neighbors lawn who lives next to me, he takes care of the other side with his chemicals. I would say at this time, tea side is about 10% better. Only had 2 small applications.
Ive always had a silent battle with the guy across the street on..... who's lawn is the nicest his or mine.
Watching our lawns last year you could see the difference. I could really see the stress in his lawn about 2 weeks after he fertilized and he watered alot more than me. I'm spraying his yard this year.
I am starting to see the results of all my experimentation. I would sure like to see more views and experience from people who are spraying tea regularly.
Ted your input is of great value please reconsider and post again.
 
 
 
 
 
 ericgoodenough <sfo_at_gwi.net> wrote:
I'd be interested to hear form anyone who has descriptions of what
one might observe on foliage if they had, or suspected they had,
applied a bad foliar "CT". Types and descriptions of the damage
would be appreciated. Thanks all.






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