Re: [compost_tea] Re: Asian Rust
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You are making generalized statements with no proof. You are asserting suc=
cess and then state it may be rock powders. Why then not just spray with r=
ock powder in suspension? If it is rock powder, it isn't tea but the rock =
powder. I have done this long enough to know that it is easy to be misled =
and to think you have found the mother of all inventions when there is a qu=
ite simple explanation. After you run your tests with the vinyards, report=
that and let's see what happens. I work with 5 different vinyards in 5 di=
fferent microclimates and have done a lot of experimenting in addition. In=
my experience, CT is not a pesticide. Maybe someone could add something t=
o the tea to make it act as a pesticide but that would be contrary to what =
CT is supposed to do.
Go back to the Compost Tea Brewing Manual and read about the benefits of CT=
. If CT has any disease action, it is in coating the leaf and plant surfac=
es with benificial bacteria and fungi that outcompete the pathogens. If yo=
u soil soak, you are adding beneficial aerobic bacteria/fungi to help revit=
alize the soil.
I didn't continue the discussion because you are making unsubstantiated sta=
tements. You have no testing. You haven't replicated your results with any=
reliability. I think if your tea works as you say, it may actually be har=
ming other beneficial biology in the soil and on the plant. However, I hav=
en't had the time to initiate a series of tests to replicate your CT so I c=
an test to gist of your statement. But this is kind of moot, trying to make=
CT into a pesticide seems to me to be rather foolish. There are plenty of=
good things that CT can accomplish. CT use can help change the biology an=
d subsequently the structure of the soil. This in turn allow plants to mor=
e effectively use the nutrients that are potentially in the soil and waitin=
g for the correct biology to unlock them as opposed to directly feeding the=
plants.
You can, of course, make any claim you wish. You can keep doing so and you=
will find believers who want it to be so and who will repeat the claims wi=
thout any testing because they want to sound knowledgeable. Unfortunately,=
I don't operate that way. I think it is important to be as accurate and c=
lear as possible and not make unsubstantiated claims.
If you have watched eradication using CT, simply repeat the experiment and =
take pictures. You can photograph through a microscope rather easily and i=
f you are seeing this happen without any magnification, you should be able =
to photograph the effects.
And quite the contrary. If you are making statements and expect people to =
rely on those statements, you do need to prove them. You don't have to jum=
p through hoops. I would think you would be so excited about what you are =
doing that you would be glad to undertake the tests. I test all the time a=
nd am doing so now for some Calif. native plants. If I had the time, I wou=
ld conduct additional tests on mildew. That would mean I have to create a =
controlled environment and actually induce mildew if I could. Here, mildew=
season is pretty much over. It's too cold.
Ted Peterson
EW/SOE
Received on Tue Nov 23 2004 - 21:38:24 EST
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