[compost_tea] Re: back pack sprayers to use for compost teas?

From: hi_yield1 <hi_yield1_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 05:58:12 -0000

HELLO-REALITY CHECK!! MILLONS OF HOMES ARE PLUMBED WITH COPPER PIPING.
AGAIN LET'S BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT WILL SURFICE AT HOME OPPOSED TO
THE LAB. LET'S USE A LITTLE COMMON SENSE HERE. TAKE CARE HI_YIELD.

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb_at_a... wrote:
> Please, not a sprayer made of copper. It only takes 3 ppm, or 3
micrograms of copper per ml of tea to kill a bunch of the beneficial
bacteria.
>
> Or if copper is used, it must be carefully lined and you must be
careful to not scratch or damage that lining. You wouldn't drink from
a cup made of copper, don't make your beneficials do it either.
>
> 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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