Re: [compost_tea] microbial food

From: Jason Austin <jason.austin_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 09:10:49 -0700

Lmvine1_at_cs.com wrote:

> <snip> ....
>
> This year I am adding foods to my CT just before applying such as HA,
> molasses, Saponyn and Kelp. Upon advice of Erik Morgan of Terra Vita
> I am using a pound of SP-85 per acre per application of CT, much more
> than I added previously.

Dan - what is SP-85? What is the benefit of it?

> I am adding foods to tea just before topping off sprayer and
> spraying. My only concern is if I cause the tea to go anerobic. Of
> course I could put the foods on in a separate spray but that is more
> labor and passes in vineyard.

Agreed, but could it not be beneficial in some circumstances to have a
nutrient based tea (kelp etc) in quantity, instead of just adding small
quantities to the CT tea? I was thinking that if we are already set up
with the spraying equipment, then why not spray the nutrients in
quantity in a second pass (or first pass).

>
> I mentioned this issue before but got no response. Hope this does
> better. What are experiences with adding organism food and what do
> you use??
>
> Dan Lynch
> Long Mountain Vineyard


Jason




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