Re: RES: [compost_tea] Inexpensive Tea Blender?

From: bnbrew (bnbrew@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 28 2002 - 20:55:09 EST


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You ask Loyd Charles if it, TEA, could be detrimental. and why we
apply without testing soil and foliage? first. I think because
1) We don't know when and for what to test.
2) We don't know that testing is available for every situation.
3) Testing makes the $ 40 look very small.
4) We are learning that the subject is complex beyond imagination.
5) We are learning. This subject comes rather like drinking from a
fire hydrant. And so much to learn. I read from Dr Elaine that she
still has much to learn. She probably doesn't even know HOW MUCH MORE
there is to learn.
Could TEA be detrimental? That depends on - and the list is very
long? But on the average most of us find aeobic TEA seems to have
improved the plants that have received it. And Thanks, Loyd Charles
for your reply. I am learning a lot from this group. Bob
 

first. -- In compost_tea@y..., "Lloyd Charles" <lcharles@w...> wrote:
> Jose and Loyd Charles $ 40 bucks for the pump sounds like a good
> price, if a pump is the right way to brew TEA. Now add the tank,
the
> time you spend, make 10 to 50 tests with SFI to prove the system,
the
> recipes, the temps and time to brew, compare to some other brewers
to
> evaluabe relative performance. Now you know that the $40 pump is a
> useful part of a system ( if the results were better or as good as
> the other brewers. After all the cost of the brewer is a small part
f
> the value of the TEA. But the $ 40.00 is an insignificat part of
> your cost. From a guy who learned this in the school of hard knocks.
>
> Good on ya Bob - I guess I'm just a sucker for a bargain - however
I was
> looking at this from the point of view of someone that wanted to
start in a
> small way - maybe do a little for the backyard or lawn - using a
garbage bin
Bob writes:
That's what my brewer uses, Loyd Charles, a garbage bin. for the
small size units. If you are a DIY fan and really adding to what we
know in this field I will help you do it yourself with what I think
is a better way than a liquid pump system. Better talk about it off
the list. Bob

> or plastic barrel - a little bit of worm castings they probably
have to
> start it - and the various feeds have been well documented on this
list. If
> you're gonna do this on any commercial scale - sure - put your
money down
> for a decent brewer and lets get on with it. I had already spent
the money
> on equipment for slow brewing and material mixing so I had no
choice but to
> use that - feeding was the key.
> Cheers
> Lloyd Charles
>
> Now some other disconnected thoughts
> I view tea / brews as nutrition when applied to a growing crop - I
can get
> my acreage done twice easily enough, three times maybe, and if I
try real
> hard I might even get some of it done four times (this is during
the growing
> period) Thats my reality at this point! You guys are all
concentrating on
> thorough leaf coverage and frequent applications to fight disease
etc and it
> must be working well - its the established work pattern for
horticulture and
> vineyards so there isnt extra work. I fell for the Phil Callahan,
Reams,
> Albrecht, argument that said if the nutrition was correct these
problems
> would not be there, simplistic? maybe! But I think it can work on
our type
> field crops, thats why I am mystified that growers will make and
put out
> thousands of gallons of CT without doing ANY pre application test
for
> nutritional effect. OK I know its great stuff, could'nt possibly be
> detrimental, (could it?)


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