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[compost_tea] Re: in-furrow soil insect prevention?



Hi Lloyd,
   After further consideraation of Elaine's response I got to 
wondering that if this mix is so bad and the corn wouldn't grow, then 
why would corn ever grow at all with the insecticides currently 
applied to agricultural land in the conventional world. I am looking 
for valid ways to control some problems without resorting to the hard 
chemical approach.  Jerry  

--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Lloyd Charles" <lcharles@w...> 
wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jtheo@s...>
> To: <compost_tea@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:54 AM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Re: in-furrow soil insect prevention?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > I got this idea from a consultant in Canada, but he
> > wouldn't give me the rates, something about it being propriatary
> > information. Jerry
> >
> Hi Jerry
> That consultant figured it out - so can you. Think simple! This 
stuff is not
> rocket science despite the efforts of many to make it so. You can 
make a
> real nice seed starter dressing using the materials you listed plus 
some
> liquid fish and molasses. The material cost will run $2 to $4US per 
litre
> and application rate could start around 2 litres per tonne of seed. 
Make
> some and try it in your soil thats the best way to learn this 
old/new
> science. Elaine's reply to your enquiry covers the GROSS 
application of
> these materials to soil and their effect on microbes from 
overdosing. Why
> would we want to do that?  You'll find when using these type of 
materials,
> or for that matter more conventional stuff, to stimulate activity 
in the
> soil, less (quantity wise) is usually much better than more.
> I dont believe a farmer needs to understand WHY these things MAY 
have an
> effect, half as much as he needs to figure out IF they are Likely 
to do
> something positive in his situation and under what circumstances 
did it
> happen. That means some trials or test plots on the farm and good 
records of
> what you did, and the prevailing conditions. Beyond that let the 
scientists
> argue about the technicalities while we get on with doing it!
> Cheers
> Lloyd Charles


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