--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Dorothy O'Brien <obriendot_at_y...>
wrote:
> Dr. Mike Evans of U of Ark. gave a presentation at the
> Iowa Organic conference this week indicating that hot
> pepper meal contains saponin. In the greenhouse as a
> potting mix component, this meal acts as a fungal
> disease inhibitor. Does this suggest that we should
> try hot pepper meal as an additive to AACT? Does
> anyone have experience with this ingredient?
>
> For the grape growers on the list, does this suggest
> that hot pepper spray advertised for insect control
> could be a spray to be used in conjunction with AACT
> to retard, cure, or prevent fungal diseases?
>
> Laura-- Have you tried this? Thanks. Dorothy
>
>Dorothy,
What we need to understand is how fungal disease is inhibited. If
it also inhibits beneficial fungi, it would kind of work against the
point of aACT.
Chris
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Received on Thu Nov 20 2003 - 00:50:46 EST