[compost_tea] Future farming in Northern Thailand

From: louise levesque <cdoyer_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:58:30 +0200 (CEST)

Hi,
I've been a lurker of this list for a few months, not
surprised that most of the posts come from USA, but in
the dark about tropical application of the CT concept.
My thai wife and I (from Canada) have bought a 10
hectares garden in Northern Thailand. As of now, it
was always cultivated with lots of «pills«, chemical
fertilizer, insecticides, fungicides etc... I plan to
go organic when we will move there in one year.
So, with that goal in mind, I read everything I can
find so that the change will not be too costly.
Tropical agriculture is unknown to me.
Self-reliance in everything is the ultimate goal,
including vegetables, fruits, meat, electricity etc.
I count on CT to add to mulching, bio-digester sludge,
IMO, neem and lemon grass as fungicides.
I read between the lines of this list since I want to
understand the principles rather than being a client
and buy from United Staters heavy machines and feeders
with no relation with the local conditions of the
tropics and impossible to carry to the other end of
the earth. Tests results are important for those who
want to sell, I suppose, but results in the fields
interest me.
So, for a series of dumb questions :
Where can one go on the net to find technical details
and results on CT?
Are there any results available on tropical sites?
What can we expect if we choose to spray CT in place
of all the «pills» besides a two year transition with
production losses?
I plan to use CT at seeding time (once a week, 2
weeks) and every two weeks after. Will the plants be
better protected from bad fungi and insects with this
frequency?
What about CT on mulch, and at what thickness of cover
would it become useless?
This is my first time addressing a list and I hope for
indulgence and maybe answers, or at least addresses to
go find them.
Clement
 

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