[compost_tea] Re: Tea and powdery mildew

From: Titel Ryzhomer <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 03:35:02 -0000

Except Titel is not using any plants; only the ingredients he stated.

Titel

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, David Anderson <squtch@g...>
wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 10:49:53 -0700, Kirk Leonard <kirkleon_at_o...>
wrote:
> > Agree 99%.  It seems possible, though, that teas with specific,
> > yet-to-be-identified organisms could reverse a disease
progression -- in
> > effect "heal" a disease, not just prevent it.  It could be that
the teas
> > Titel is making have something in them that works especially
well with PM.
> > Didn't mean to "attack your tea" though I can see how my my
words implied
> > that. Should have said "different" not "better."  Per your
reports, clearly
> > you're making some good tea.
>
> Hey Kirk and others,
>
> You might be making a mistake by narrowing your focus too much.
>
> While it certainly is possible that it is compost critters that
would
> attack a disease, I would think that the best place to look would
be
> at chemicals (naturally occuring, not monsanto)  that might be in
the
> compost or the tea additives.
>
> Titel might be using some sort of plant in his compost that Ted
does
> not have access to. That plant might release an unknown toxin for
the
> disease, or it might be processed into a toxin by one of the
critters
> but the critters cannot create the toxin without that chemical
> present.
>
> It just seems to me that most of the critters in compost are pretty
> ubiquitous, but the chemical inputs vary greatly from location to
> location.




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