Re: [compost_tea] newbie intro and question

From: Bill George <wbgeorge_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 08:08:32 -0700


Good morning Elaine - Excellent. Thank you. I understand the need for
precision in language and the regimenting of terms. But, how can someone
with limited income and no field lab achieve precise results with
something as imprecise as compost?



On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 07:43:29 EDT, <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com> wrote:

> Sorry, Bill, but this is NOT compost tea. You describe compost soup.
> Not compost tea.
>
> Especially if you let that liquid "rest" without aeration, the results
> from
> application of that soup can be quite detrimental if the temperatures
> are high,
> if the "compost" wasn't really compost, or if there was no beneficial
> foods
> added to help the beneficials out-compete the pathogens.
>
> I've killed quite a few plants with compost thrown into water, and left.
> Especially in the middle of the summer.
>
> The whole buzz about compost tea is AERATED compost tea, where the
> biology is excellent each and every time you make the brew.
>
> No surprises, no diseases. Brew up the good guys, not the bad guys.
>
> It has to be propoerly aerated, it has to be made with AEROBIC compost.
>
> Elaine R. Ingham
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
> Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
> Soil Foodweb Institue Cambridge, New Zealand
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Hilversum, The Netherlands
> Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho



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* Bill George
*
* TIDR Wilsonville OR


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