Re: [compost_tea] ACT for wheat and oats
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From: teagueysawol
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:23 PM
Subject: [compost_tea] ACT for wheat and oats
Anyone out their found a good recipe for wheat and oats. Any
suggestions! Perhaps slightly bacterial dominated with some humic
acid? (Only 4 weeks since planting)
Brix test it!! 38 to 42 days from emergence (some argument that this me=
ans emergence of the shoot from the seed) you should get a response to a fr=
uiting energy spray, this is when the potential head size is set - (max gra=
ins per head potential) - fruiting means low pH - sour materials (phosphoru=
s, sulphates, ammonium rather than nitrate N)
Soooo! what is bacterial tea? - bacteria = higher pH - fungal = low=
er pH?
Most humic acids suitable for foliar application are alkaline - potassi=
um hydroxide used as a solvent. My gut says bacterial tea + humic acid ==
growth energy, oK most of the season, but I would look at acidic materials=
and say liquid fish for this head initiating window, get this right and yo=
u will see the difference at harvest!
cheers
Lloyd Charles.
No secret this stuff - read Andersen, Wheeler, Dan Skow, Reams.
Not hard - the brix meter will tell you what to do - should say the pla=
nts will tell you, you communicate via the refractometer.
Received on Thu Jun 17 2004 - 09:39:56 EDT
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