Re: [compost_tea] ACT for wheat and oats

From: Lloyd Charles <lcharles_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:25:36 +1000


    ----- Original Message -----
    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.
       





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