[compost_tea] Re: Weeds: Rhizosphere of Spotted Knapweed

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:01:45 -0000

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb_at_a... wrote:
> Bindweed and nutsedge both tend to be helped by high nitrate
levels. So, you
> have to drop the nitrate. You do this by tying up nitrate in the
bacteiral
> and fungal biomass. And that requires foods to feed bacteria and
fungi.
>
> If the tea adds the inoculum of bacteria and fungim but your soil
does not
> have foods to grow bacteria and fungi, you won't get the reduction
in the
> nitrate, and may have little effect on the weeds.
>
> Weeds that are present because of lack of Ca require that you get
Ca back in
> the soil, but not just Ca in the soil for a few days, but high Ca
in the soil
> during the germination period, OK?
>


Thank you Dr. Ingham as this gives me ideas to start on. Dennis




> Weeds requiring low iron to out-compete your grasses (foxglove, for
example,
> or moss), need low iron in the spring period. If your grasses have
plenty of
> AVAILABLE iron, then the moss will not typically be a problem.
>
> OK?
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> www.soilfoodweb.com
> SFI Oregon, USA
> SFI Australia
> SFI New York
> SFI Europe
> SFI New Zealand
>
> "Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn
out well,
> but the conviction that what we are doing makes sense, no matter
how things
> turn out." -- Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech
Republic


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