Re: [compost_tea] Recipies

From: Jason Austin <jason.austin_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 07:07:47 -0700

Hello TaChung

It was good to see your message about the large quantities of tea you
are using, and the results you have had. I also have been using large
quantities with no fertilizer, although as I have mentioned in earlier
messages, in addition to CT I also make what I call a nutrient tea from
alfalfa meal and kelp meal.

Would you mind sharing the recipe you are using?

Thank you.

Jason

TaChung Huang wrote:

> Elaine: I am producing CT in Taiwan and have used it for watermelon in
> its first harvest. In this harvest we produced 1500+ watermelon
> without using chemicals. We used vermicompsot, kelp powder, humic
> acid, molasses andtwo self-made brewers of 650 L each to make our CT.
> Twice a week, we applied around 400 litter of CT, without dilution, to
> one hector of watermelon field.
> They are the most tasting watermelon in the season. People say that
> the taste and the texture are like what it used to be 30 years ago. We
> are going to have two hectors of watermelon in the coming season
> starting in mid-June.
> In our first experiment with watermelon, CT suppressed the diseases
> quite well. Without SFI lab nearby, I can only use the monitored DO
> level to guess the quality of the CT. Partially due to the water
> temperature here, 24 - 27 C, the DOreadings have beenin high 7+ atthe
> best.
> How can we get a SFI lab alike capability in here quickly ?
>
> Regards
> TaChung Huang (¶À¤j©¾)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com [mailto:soilfoodweb_at_aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 7:28 AM
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Tea Brewer
>
> In response to this e-mail question -
>
> "Not that I am so cheap I guess, but is there any plans for
> building one yourself being shared ? If not... is the AlaskaBounty
> just as good as the expensive soilsoup version ?....
>
> Thanks for any direction on this matter"
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> In terms of data on improving plant growth, the Alaska Bounty
> brewer is the hands-down winner in a comparison of the two
> machines. John Evans has reams of examples and places where the
> Alaska Bounty machine has done great things for increasing plant
> production and preventing disease.
>
> There are other brewers that also have data showing great
> improvement in plant growth and disease protection. The SFI e-zine
> is a great place to look for this information.
>
> Just remember, the reason we use compost tea is because CT
> contains beneficial organisms. These organisms DO NOT act as
> pesticides, they are not toxic, they do not kill anything through
> toxic interactions. The beneficials occupy space, they use up the
> foods the disease organisms would otherwise require, they consume
> the disease organisms. Non-toxic prevention methods.
>
> The EPM machines (www.composttea.com), the KIS machines
> (www.simplici-tea.com), the Worm Gold machines (www.wormgold.com),
> and the Charlie Clark machines (sorry, I don't have the e-mail
> right here, please check the Compost Tea Brewing Manual) all have
> documented that they contain the organisms needed to get
> improvements in plant growth.
>
> I have never seen any data showing that the Soil Soup machines
> improve plant growth or beneficial organism numbers. There are
> testimonials on the Soil Soup website, but there is no
> replication, no control versus treatment comparisons, no data, at
> least up to the last time I looked at their website, maybe 6
> months ago. Also, when we made "Soil Soup", the smell was so bad
> that we won't allow the machine to be run in the lab anymore.
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> www.soilfoodweb.com
> SFI Oregon, USA
> SFI Australia
> SFI New York
> SFI Europe
> SFI New Zealand
>
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> no matter how things turn out." -- Vaclav Havel, former President
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