Re: [compost_tea] Pressure & critters

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:38:51 EDT

Based on looking at teas sprayed out at lower pressures, versus higher
pressure, using the same sprayer, there is little effect on the set of organisms up
until you get to really high pressures.

Passage through the sprayer pump can do more damage than the pressure the
organisms are subject to. Hitting a leaf surface at high pressure is what kills
the critters, not the pressure they deal with in the liquid.

Based on observation from a number of teas.

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
www.soilfoodweb.com
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