Fungicides, antibacterials (was --Re: [compost_tea] The toxic part of aloe)

From: golftea2003 <wccgolf1_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:36:32 -0000

-Elaine, I agree 100% with you. Having brewed tea with various
commercial brewers the past 6 years I can attest to the fact that
there are certainly some "bottom feeders" in the compost tea world. I
say to everyone buying machines get a guarantee with your machine.
James and I have said to our customers that using our brewer,composts
and foods we guarantee good tests from SFI labs(sorry have not used
other labs nor thought about it)or we will make good on the
brewer.Using SFI approved composts and foods we have had very little
trouble producing consistantly good results.Sorry for rambling but
having been through the trials of finding brewers,compost,foods I
know how it can be hard to find the right combination that works for
you. But getting a gaurantee from your manufacturer should be the
first thing you do.
Charlie Clarke
Clarke/Sotillo Brewer

-- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb_at_a... wrote:
> Glad to know that EPM is still improving their tea maker. They
test all the time with SFI, and other labs, so they are constantly
looking at ways to improve their tea maker. I am impressed that
Bruce Elliott has a continuing up-grade program. If the people who
bought his brewers remain in contact with him, continue to interact
in a friendly manner, Bruce imparts the upgrade news to his clients.
>
> I know that Leon Hussy, Bob Norsen (we've all read Bob's learning
curve information - he's very honest about what he is doing and how
he is improving his machine. Kudos to Bob!) and WormGold (Carole Ann
Rollins) have the same attitude about improvements.
>
> Can't say the same about the other commercial tea machine makers,
sadly. Their machines are set, they won't change the designs, even
if someone points out, and at times proves, that there are problems.
Why should they change? People will still buy their machines the way
they are - they woulnd't make as much profit if they had to add
something or change something on the machine now!
>
> That attitude really bothers me. Especially with machines that
have a couple million dollar advertising budget behind them.
>
> Why change? Because people will find out that their machine needed
improving, and they did nothing to improve it. Those people aren't
here to help improve the world, they are just here to make money
from, just to SELL something. They don't care that they harm other
people, or give others a less-than-adequate product.
>
> Well, all we can do is point out the problems, and caution folks
to "buyer-beware."
>
> And it is great to have this forum where these kinds of informative
exchanges can occur. Thank you for your comments!
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> SFI Corvallis, OR
> SFI Port Jefferson, NY
> SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
> SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
> SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
> www.soilfoodweb.com


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