[compost_tea] Re: Re: more on soil chemistry facts & USNOP

From: Kirk Leonard <kirk_at_oregonatural.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:51:55 -0700
Picky, picky, picky...:-)

> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 09:02:08 EDT
> From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com
> Subject: Re: Re: more on soil chemistry facts & USNOP

> ...Did not say all nutrients are available everyehere.  Ouch!

>... what I said was that every soil we have examined contains enormous
amounts of total nutrients.  These nutrients are not available to plants in
their
current form, which is why you have to have the organisms present in the
right ratios for the plants you want.  The biology will make these nutrients
available to the plants, generally at rates the plants require, because
plants provide
foods to keep the organisms performing their functions.  <

I have been following the discussion and actually got this and like a ninny
used the wrong word.  Should have said "present" or "potentially available."
"Omnipresent" sounds good, too.  I slipped and forgot "available" is a
technical condition here.

Thanks for C:N references.

According to the NOSB 10/12-14 agenda
(http://www.ams.usda.gov/nosb/meetings/10_04agenda.html), compost tea is not
on the agenda, unless someone is bringing it up in public discussion
periods, as far as I can tell.  If it's to be discussed, they're getting
sneaky again... Anything we can do to get it on the agenda?  Means at least
another six month delay otherwise.

Kirk





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