Re: [compost_tea] CT recipe to applay on lawns

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 02:11:46 -0400

You need to know what biology is lacking in the lawns to know if the CT needs to be bacetrial, or fungal. I can about bet it needs to be fungal.

So, a small amount of molasses (a teaspoon per 5 gal, for example), half a gallon in a 500 gal tea maker. Kelp (0.1%, or in a 5 gal brew, a half pound of kelp), fish hydrolysate (0.1% as well most likely), and some humic acid, or some of Jeff Lowenfel's protein meals.

You use water AS THE CARRIER for the tea. You need 20 gal of tea per acre? How much water does your sprayer need to evenly spread water over the entire acre? Let's say it needs 35 gal to spray over the whole acre evenly. So, 20 gal will be the tea, the other 15 gal will be water. Make sure you de-chlorinate the water you add to the spray tank!

OK?

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
SFI Corvallis, OR
SFI Port Jefferson, NY
SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
www.soilfoodweb.com

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