[compost_tea] Re: reply to Steve Diver

From: Steve Diver <steved_at_ncat.org>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 02:39:07 -0000

S. Steyn -

Yes, the extra details on your farm location,
disease problems, and composting methods are
very helpful. 

Briefly, it sounds like you've got a good approach
and qualified agricultural specialists providing
on-site advice.

Over time, I would expect disease problems in
the wheat crop to decline.  A goal would be
elimination of fungicides.  My guess is that
soil-borne diseases will be easier to suppress
with enhanced soil biology and residue management
using compost teas...  in the short term. 

Strip block design is a good way to approach
on-farm research. 

Vermicompost might be worth producing.
Emperically, the number of professional
compost tea brewers who like vermicompost
says something right there.

EM is easy to brew and get into.  Buy a
quart -- make some Activated EM -- and see
how it looks, smells, & feels.  Some advanced
recipes for EM focus on pest and disease
suppression. 

The vibrational agricultural practices are
now well established as tools in eco-farming,
biodynamic farming, and organic farming.

A butterfly flaps its wings in Cape Town,
then it rains in Malmesbury a week later.

Best regards,

Steve Diver


--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Steyn" <ssteyn@w...>
wrote:
> Greetings Steve Diver;
> To answer your questions:
> I live in South Africa 18 km north of Malmesbury and 80km (50 miles)
north of Cape Town. About 200km from the southernmost tip of Africa.
>
> On my property I plant wheat in May and harvest starts towards the
end of October. Frost is seldom a problem although I can see snow on
inland mountains about 30km away during winter.

..... etc .....





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