Re: [compost_tea] Offer to Create Best Practices Lists

From: Paul Sachs <pdsachs_at_localnet.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:03:24 -0400

Chris,

Feel free to use my test data in any way that you like. I'll be doing some=
 field trials on turf next year and will make that data available too.

Paul Sachs

----- Original Message -----
  From: chris reid
  To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 7:17 AM
  Subject: [compost_tea] Offer to Create Best Practices Lists


  Jason Austin said:

  Some of those lurkers have been snapped at in recent months, that'll
  drive people for cover pretty quick. More tolerance to "dumb"
  questions will probably see more activity. There will be dumb
  questions; there will be questions that have been asked and answered
  before; but that is what a list is all about, people come and go.

  Jason's post reminds me that on lists, it is a challenge to go back throu=
gh
  old posts and figure out the answer to your questions. Yes, people do co=
me
  and go on a list and making it easy to learn as people join can help more
  people be up to speed more quickly, and raise us all to new levels of
  expertise much faster.

  I offered to compile weed test results (a couple of people responded but =
no
  one has sent any data). I also offer to compile and put in document form
  other group information. Here is an example of what we could collect and
  make available, especially to new list members:

  1. Our compiled list of BEST PRACTICES FOR BREWING, including tips we ha=
ve
  learned about cleaning equipment, water type and pH, aeration before
  brewing, temperature, container size and shape. This can be an ongoing l=
ist
  of BPs and as people learn from making and testing teas, we can add to th=
e
  list or append/annotate.

  2. BEST PRACTICES - TEA SPRAYING: Our similar compiled list of BPs for
  spraying teas, including specific information about equipment, pressure,
  nozzle types, spray technique, weather conditions, and other "learned the
  hard way" info.

  3. Ditto for BEST PRACTICES - TEA APPLYING

  4. RECIPES AND RESULTS: A list of recipes and test results for those
  willing to share their SFI test and the ingredients they combined to get =
the
  result. (This would be intended as a starting point for people, rather th=
an
  with any implication that if I make your recipe I will necessarily come u=
p
  with the same results.)

  5. BREWER OBSERVATIONS - A table formatted to show consumer observations
  about their brewers: are they easy or difficult to clean? Are there
  caveats to using it? When you have used other brewers, what comparison
  would you make about the features? This feedback can also be given to
  manufacturers for their comment or ideas to use in improving their produc=
t
  or simply confirming the usefulness of their current design.

  For example, the recent question related to spraying and spray nozzles
  clogging could be more easily answered if we had a list of nozzles, where=
 to
  get them, and what firsthand experience had taught us about using those
  nozzles.

  We are amassing a shared body of information and knowledge here, and it
  seems wasteful for each and every person to have to design a way to captu=
re
  the info and store it so that it will be easily retrievable.

  If anyone wants to do this, JUMP RIGHT IN! I will start tracking and mak=
ing
  the lists when you start responding. Don't miss this big chance to be he=
ard
  and have your wisdom recorded in the Golden Archives of this CT e-group!

  To begin basking in your 15 minutes of fame, just send a post with a head=
ing
  that copies one of the TITLES IN CAPS in the numbered areas listed above.
  Please send multiple posts if you have multiple observations, so these po=
sts
  can be sorted out by TOPIC and put in an electronic folder as I collect t=
hem
  for making the lists and tables. Don't forget -- what is obvious to you =
now
  was not obvious when you started! The simplest tip will help the beginne=
r.

  Please note whether or not you have tested the teas produced by the metho=
d
  you are suggesting. Untested methods will be listed as IDEAS/UNTESTED
  METHODS. If others read the list and discover an idea/untested method f=
or
  which they have already tested, we then would welcome and add their
  information on the results the methods have produced for them.

  If you find that this suggestion would be of value, please vote with your
  ACTION. I'd rather not debate it -- I'd rather just get it done!

  Cheers,

  Chris Reid




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