Re: [compost_tea] Re: ACT Tests

From: ray gore <xrg22000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:57:13 -0700 (PDT)

Which is entirely why i said an informal event where
people can talk to ea other and share methods on a
personal basis. Form relationships where it is not
uncomfortable to call another member and ask technique
or selling questions. And selling questions or
marketing is what this all about right? If your not
marketing your product,then its just a hobby. I know
people like me who do tea on a big scale are always
learning. If an event happens where the main purpose
is to learn from ea other and discover the best
procedures of brewing, whether one machine is
determined to be better than another or not is only
good for the industry. I welcome corrections on a
daily basis from anyone that can help me be better at
what i do, and so should tea machine mfgrs. If AK
Humus makes the best tea, I want semis of it. If
Heindrikus or whomever has the best nutrient mix at a
competitive price, ship it. I propose that my fellow
SFI Advisors be judges and monitor the testing and
brewing for fairness of competition and impartial
quality control. Better get on it though, cool weather
and conference season is coming up.
--- Kirk Leonard <kirk_at_oregonatural.com> wrote:
>
> Clearly there's some serious interest on this among
> us and I don't know if I
> can take all this agreement... I agree with Jeff
> that test events should
> be in one place at same time and conditions, which
> is why ICTC
> conferences came to mind. I agree with Mike that
> the point is to test
> pumps, tanks, volumes, nutrients, and with both Mike
> and Bob that many
> makers is a good thing, and would not be surprised
> to see something really
> good come from encouraging home-site-built machines.
> I do think machines as
> small as five gallons should be included.
>
> As long as the compost is the same for everybody's
> "tea up" it doesn't
> matter if it's AH or not, but thank you Jeff for the
> support. (Then he goes
> talking about orchid bark - right, I have a bunch of
> that - or some kind of
> sticks for porosity.* Jeff - you might need to ship
> the sticks, too..:)
>
> And Chris is onto the best overall goal, imo - Best
> Practices. Not best
> single machine, which doesn't seem ever likely,
> anyway. (I can still do good
> things with a soilsoup tea pumper turkey, according
> to my plants, even if I
> disagree with the biz otherwise...) How to do the
> best with what you have
> and are doing is the point.
>
> Indicators, how to best manage with the water,
> compost, machine, nutrients,
> climate and soil you have in a given situation.
> This is a multi-year
> project, if not decades, hmm? We have a solid start
> and it's good to put a
> framework in place. We'll not likely ever get our
> arms entirely around
> biology, not to mention weather, but how to work
> with CT seems do-able.
>
> I doublespoke, I think. In terms of a tea test, I
> did think of all at the
> same time same place, and then I described reporting
> on a continuous basis
> here on list last post. I assume at an event,
> machine, compost, water, et
> al specs would be done in some detail. What I meant
> was when folks report
> CT tests here, knowing more about the conditions,
> compost and machine specs
> would help, not just nutrients and TAFB. Scott and
> others of his countrymen
> have provided pretty good examples.
> ____
> *Do you mean bark that has had orchids in it or bark
> that is used for
> orchids? At first, I thought how the heck do you
> get bark from orchids?
> Then I remembered they can grow in/on it. Is that
> the same as "bark
> nuggets", or fat bark dust? With or without orchid
> juices?
>
> Seriously folks, Jeff has once again done a eureka
> on me. Or maybe I'm just
> dense and everyone else already got this. I always
> recommend chunky, aged
> compost to "bulk up" the air/water porosity of
> vermicompost, most of which
> is similar to AH, and hadn't imagined using this
> season's wood chips or bark
> dust or "sticks" to do that. Let's see... I've got
> some rhodies and lilac
> and filbert and walnut and apple and grape and
> conifers... hmm, what might
> their chips or sticks add to a tea...? I think this
> is another great
> notion, maybe a new variable.
>
> Kirk L
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