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[compost_tea] Re: Weed control and Compost tea



Steve, Thanks for sharing your experience.  
I have been questioning why certain plants grow or are likely to grow 
in poor soil areas and wondered if nature has a way of promoting 
those plants selectively.

Your experiment or experience has the results so far that are 
optimistic on good weed control naturally.  Question: Did you mulch 
the weed prior to extract process?  How much bulk weed did you start 
with to achieve any amount of extract?  Lots of questions on process 
if you would not mind sharing.

Thanks Again,

Bob




--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Erickson" <erickson@x> wrote:
> Laura, we did the peppering on most of the farm. No control 
experiment.
> We have had good luck controlling quack grass with peppering by 
burning
> the rhizome. We know another farmer here in New Zealand who cleaned 
up
> 400 acres of Canadian Thistle with peppering so we felt confident it
> would help.  We are also peppering for possums.
> 
> I used 15 liters of ragwort extract in each batch of 1200 liters of 
CT.
> But I did two batches with 300 liters diluted with 300 liters of 
water.
> I stirred that mixture with flow forms before applying, no compost 
or
> other additions in those batches.
> 
> Steve 
> 
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