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[compost_tea] Re: CT on HGTV



Thomas,

Thanks for the excellent and informative explanation. I've seen your 
site before and have added it to my favorites. 


--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Giannou" <thomas@t...> 
wrote:
> Elprune,
> 
> I know John Evans, he has visited with us in Spokane, and I have 
had many
> phone conversations and  email exchanges with him and yes, for his 
giant
> plants, he has indeed selected plants that grow into rather large 
sizes.
> Compost tea and nutrients alone do not cause those plants to be 
giant
> plants.  He has a strong focus upon seed selection based upon 
genetic
> potential and growth history going on with his giant plants.
> 
> John's tea is not just some kind of extract from humus or 
compost.  He has
> purchased a number of products containing select, high performing 
bacteria,
> along with several other ingredients that he mixes together with 
dried
> molasses. This combo of ingredients is what he calls his "bio 
activator".
> So the live critters in his tea do not all come from the humus or 
compost
> when using his bio-activator.
> 
> John starts his giant plants months before they are put out into 
the soils
> to grow.  If he didn't do that, he would not have giant plants at 
the end of
> his short growing season.  The special giant celery seed which he 
received
> from M.Williams, UK, takes 8 months to grow.
> 
> John also spends a considerable amount of time and effort making a 
rather
> sophisticated and complicated compost which he puts into his 
soils.  Without
> these rather rich materials he adds to his soils, he would not 
have the
> nutrients available for the bacteria in his tea to produce the 
nitrogen for
> his specially selected giant plants.   He also warms up his water
> considerably before putting that water on his plants and hills up 
his soils
> and uses clear plastic to warm those soils and he grows plants in 
containers
> that can be warmed up too.
> 
> According to the Agriculture Research Service, "Interior Alaska's 
long days
> promote rapid growth and N uptake."  Those long Alaska summer days 
most
> certainly have an influence upon the plants John is growing.  He 
warms up
> his soils with heated water and clear plastic, adds a lot of 
nitrogen
> through his rich compost and green manures, and then loads up his 
tea by
> adding bacterial products to his bio activator ingredients so a 
high level
> of nitrogen is made available for rapid uptake in those long 
Alaska days.
> That fits nicely into what the Agriculture Research Service has 
stated.
> 
> The key to making this work in Alaska:  Warm the water and soils, 
make
> plenty of nitrogen available in the organic materials, make plenty 
of
> minerals available, select seed from plants that most definitely 
are
> selected to grow larger,  load up your tea with lots of bacteria 
that will
> make the nitrogen available... along with minerals, etc.  John has 
figured
> out how to get that high nitrogen release with those long Alaska 
days in
> soils that would normally be quite cold and would not allow these 
high
> levels of bacteria to function near as well.
> 
> You can also purchase Alaska Bounty Brewers from
> http://www.tandjenterprises.com that include John's special 
bioactivator
> ingredients.  We don't have the expensive shipping cost from 
Alaska.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Thomas Giannou
> http://www.tandjenterprises.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: elprune
> To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 1:02 AM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Re: CT on HGTV
> 
> 
> Does he mention that he plants huge fruiting varieties to begin 
with
> and that long sunlight days are contributing factors?
> 
> --- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Lowenfels" <jeff@g...>
> wrote:
> > HGTV will be running a special this weekend  "Garden Giants"
> >
> >
> >      March 30, 2003 9:00 PM EST and March 31, 2003 AM EST. Fellow
> tea maker, John Evan is one of the featured gardeners. John has 9
> world records on large veggies. He explains to the audience that it
> is compost tea and not sunlight that causes his records.  He is
> shown making tea etc.  I think you will all get a kick out of the
> show and its positive promotion of Compost Tea.
> >
> >
> >
> >       Enjoy!
> >
> >
> >
> >       Cheers,
> >
> >
> >
> >       Jeff
> 
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