[compost_tea] Re: field bindweed

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 22:45:03 -0000

---Guess I'll go over to the local land grant institute (kansas
State/dupont) and see what their soil scientists and microbiologist's
know about this. Maybe they'll let me introduce ACT to them. HAHA
Hope this is not sunday conversation. Dennis




 In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "dkemnitz2000" <dkemnitz2000_at_y...>
wrote:
> ---Thanks Ray, Have any idea of a compost tea for destroying
poison
> ivy in the Kansas timber? I can't even harvest a handful of fungi
> around poison ivy and it seems the ivy is in the best soils I've
got.
> Probably not, huh? I'll look for Arden's book and at Charles
> Walter's too. Dennis
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> In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, ray gore <xrg22000_at_y...> wrote:
> > What Dr.E will tell you is that you have to set the
> > conditions to out compete the weeds. Traditional row
> > crops grow best at a fungal to bacteria ratio of 1:1.
> > Weeds are other and like jeff said are an indication
> > of various inbalances in the soils minerals or
> > indicators of compaction or excesses or deficiencies
> > of some element. Example- Kocia thrives in a bacteria
> > dominated compact soil. Viney/woody weeds usually in
> > high potasium (above 7.5%)soils, thistle as jeff wrote
> > in high nitrates, so on and so forth. look in Arden
> > Andersons book, theres a section on weeds thats good.
> > --- dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_y...> wrote:
> > > Anyone heard of application of CT to
> > > control/eradicate noxious weeds?
> > > Dennis
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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