Hi Judy
We I am working with an grower with Eastern Filbert Blight who is interested in compost tea as a treatment. EFB has a two year cycle so if we start a trial, we will be in it for the long run. I gathered up some infected wood, placed it in some compost and incubated it two weeks. The infected wood is now covered with a gray fungus or mold. It is tempting to use that as an inoculum in a tea, spraying on the diseased trees but when I checked with Steve Scheuerell he advised caution as there is the possibility that the original fungal material will survive and we would only be helping it spread. I think we may try Bacillus subtilis or Trichoderma on a section of his trees.
Jim Toler
Willamette Organics
----- Original Message -----
From: Judi Stewart
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: 1/18/2005 5:52:30 PM
Subject: [compost_tea] Truth or Fiction
It was reported to me that there are those in agricultural circles who use
diseased tomato plants and their detritus to make compost tea; the idea
being that plants grown using their own duff would become resistant
to the disease.
Is there any truth to this?
Thank you,
Judi
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Received on Wed Jan 19 2005 - 02:40:28 EST