RE: [compost_tea] spreader stickers and leaf coverage

From: Tim Kiphart <kiphart_at_ev1.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:56:29 -0500

Guess yucca is more of a preader than a sticker?

Tim
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  Subject: Re: [compost_tea] spreader stickers and leaf coverage


  Shane is correct that dormant oils smother leaf surfaces, so oils are not
a good idea, unless they are also fungal foods.

  So fish hydrolysate can be a sticker, but you have to be careful of
concentration. Too much oil, and it smothers. Not enough, and you don't
get much effect.

  Molasses can be a good sticker - at the right concentrations. 5% molasses
sticks pretty good, AND it can give you some good fungal growth. Ah,
un-sulfured molasses, without any preservative. Both sulfur and benzoate
are preservatives......
  and they work!

  Nu-film is pine sap, whihc must be diluted BEFORE adding to the tea. I
usually get good stick with it. It you don't, check your dilution......

  Elaine
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