Re: Water? was Re: [compost_tea] humus/fulvic acid?
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From: Jeff Lowenfels
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: Water? was Re: [compost_tea] humus/fulvic acid?
Hold on a minute. If you have good compost, a good machine and the
right nutrient mix you will end up with great microbial numbers using
de-chlorinated tap water. You can super charge water up, magnetize it
etc, but the point is if you can getr good microbial numbers without
these extra's why bother to add them?
I think some of you are making this way, way to complicated. All you
need is a good machine, de-chlorinatet tap water and good compost and
nutrients.
< Jeff, you're starting to sound like me.>
So, don't get carried away folks. It isn't that complicated.
Jeff:
We have to experiment. We are dealing with "local" biology and if we can f=
ind a way to accentuate the growth of microbes and fungi that comprise our =
local soil biology, it's beneficial. Remember, there was a time when compo=
st tea was regarded as too much work because applying compost was the best =
way to add biology to the soil. If compost works, why waste time brewing t=
ea? All you need is good compost.
Now, it would be nice if the product you sell could solve all the soil issu=
es but it just doesn't. It doesn't any more than vermicompost solves all t=
he different problems encountered in different soils. So we need to experi=
ment to find the parameters of CT.
In an environment where a lot of experimenting it taking place, you get a g=
reat deal of wrong directions but if we don't take them, we never know if t=
hose directions will work or not. That's why I do so much experimenting. =
Ted Peterson
EW/SOE
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