RE: [compost_tea] B12

From: Mike Bosko <mjbosko_at_jmtsystems.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:31:32 -0700

So is this how it supposedly works to kill the plants? By overfeeding the
soil bacteria so that they out compete fungi, plants and then possibly the
bacteria??

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com [mailto:soilfoodweb_at_aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:03 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] B12

Round-up is a bacterial food. That data is in Monsanto literature, and good
luck getting that information from them.

The data showing that has been repeated by a number of folks, because I see
that data coming through in the lab reports, but I'm not sure it has ever
been published it in the scientific literature as a table of data. Why? If
you make any mention of proprietary products in the literature, you get some
big corporation breathing down your neck, scaring everyone with law suits.

But we see, over and over, round-up is a bacterial food. Elevate bacterial
activity significantly and you can see a detrimental effect on fungal
activity. Bacteria and fungi - in general - compete for food resources,
mineral resources, space, and produce inhibitory compounds that may affect
the growth of other organisms.

Maybe other folks are more up in the literature than I. I expect if you
asked Steve Diver of ATTRA about this subject, he could direct you to the
published literature.

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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