[compost_tea] existing soil organisms (was: new to group, lots of questions)

From: rlbct <rlbct_at_clear.net.nz>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:00:51 +1200

another approach could be:
soil + suitable organic matter -> increased soil biology
without the need to make CT (ie, unless you want to spray it also)
?
Lynton
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From: ray gore <xrg22000_at_yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] new to group, lots of questions


> Hey Elizabeth-
> very interesting concept. Im sure Dr.E will answer
> this but in the meantime its got my brain turning. Im
> sure I couldnt extract any fungi worth extracting from
> any of my customers farms, but there has to be an
> angle here somewhere. Multiplication of existing soil
> biology and reintroducing them back into the soil
> instead of some of the other vermi or other imported
> compost? I guess in a way though that i am already
> doing that with my own vermicomposter with local soil
> additions, but from the same fields they are going
> back into? interesting. DR.E?
> --- Elizabeth Fleming <elstrfleming_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am new to the group, but appreciate the
> > thoughtful discussions I've read so far. My
> > background is in molecular biology, so I've plated
> > out
> > my share of E.coli! I'll be going to grad school in
> > fall 2004, and I'm interested in studying soil
> > fertility particularly as it is influenced by
> > biological activity. This is of course a huge area,
> > so I'm using this year to do lots of studying and
> > pare
> > it down. One question I have is: has anyone looked
> > at doing soil cultures rather than compost cultures?
> >
> > Presumably a healthy soil growing your crop of
> > interest well will contain a balanced diversity of
> > organisms particularly suited to that crop. If you
> > could develop the right medium, you could amplify
> > the
> > beneficials that are already there then add them
> > back
> > into the soil. Would that get you what you need for
> > foliar applications? It certainly seems more
> > controlled and prescriptive, but in my naivete am I
> > missing something?
> >
> > Paul, I am so sorry I missed your talk at the NOFA
> > conference, unfortunately I made a poor choice as to
> > which workshop to go to! But the conference was
> > incredible, my brain is bursting with ideas and
> > information.
> >
> > Elizabeth Fleming
> > W. Hartford, CT
> >
> >
> >
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