Re: [compost_tea] microbial food send teas anaerobic

From: Anthony <boofq_at_wn.com.au>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 09:36:09 +0800


Simple solution to this concern of teas going anaerobic when adding xtra fo=
od!
Depending on your scale of operation cost would obviously be a factor, but =
if your taking this road least traveled- personally I think it is no cost a=
t all.
If you are using a tractor or 4 wheel motorbike to spray the CT, simply add=
 saddle tanks or a 'dolly' tank separate to the tank holding the CT. use th=
ese auxiliary tanks to hold the food sources, which can be concentrated as =
to reduce weight problems. this gets the job done in one pass! Most broad a=
cre 'biological' farmers have been doing this for years as they saw similar=
 problems when putting out similar food sources when they applied herbicide=
s (sorry to mention a contraband). Simple fact is that your paying someone =
X amount to sit in the tractor regardless, so you might as well get 2 thin=
gs done at once!


Anthony
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: growest2002
  To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:24 PM
  Subject: [compost_tea] Re: microbial food


  Dan and all--I also asked about adding foods to the spray tank before
  spraying, and Elaine did comment about it.

  Altho the tank seems to go anaerobic in a matter of minutes, she
  mentioned you still have a few hours before your aerobic fungi all
  die
  off--I guess they can hold their breath for awhile!

  So I am planning on adding hydrolyzed fish (neutralized with baking
  soda--this stuff is very acid as it is sold)and liquid kelp. I would
  also like to add humic acid, but not sure of the rate for
  foliars...note that % humic really varies. I know the humic will
  precipitate if the pH goes below about 6, thus the importance of
  neutralizing the fish at least some before all the mixing.

  Oh, I always put in a yucca product at label rates as a wetting
  agent.
  I'm sure this does some good for both foliage and soil as it works
  thru the system.

  Results so far--just starting to see some good flushes of growth, but
  that happens in May anyway.

  Also seem to get some leaf burn when I'm careless--spray early
  morning, on cloudy days preferably (?)

  Glen

  --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Lmvine1_at_c... wrote:
> In a message dated 5/16/2003 10:34:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Good point Ron. I used CT on my soil last year and improved it some
  BUT I
> believe (and Elaine also mentioned) long term food resources for
  the
> organisms were not in the soil in sufficient quantity. My OM is
  less than
> 1.5% and is not sufficient to feed the herd after innoculation with
  CT.
>
> 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. 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.
>
> 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


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