Re: [compost_tea] Digest Number 570

From: Henry Karczynski <vanilla_at_racsa.co.cr>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 09:13:33 -0600

Subject: Costa Rica Compost Tea Seminar

I want to correct an omision and and injustice to Bob Norson and his
Bob-o-later regarding the tea brewers that were mentioned in the
newspaper article promoting the compost tea seminar in Costa Rica. I
will be displaying a 50 gallon Bob-o-later brewer that I adapted with
t-valve and another circular pvc (that I heated to get the curve)
airline on the bottom of the tank and also a 10 gallon KIS design
bucket. The unit that the author, Ed Bernhardt, wrote about in his
article was gleaned from surfing the web and based on his garden's
needs. I know it's not Sunday, but I am pleased with my adadpted
Bobolater design.
Ever since I attended Dr. Ingham's ACT course at my BD buddy's farm,
Jeff Poppin, in Tennessee in the fall I have been applying the
following regimen for my fungal based spice plantation; biodynamic
compost, cow manure earthworm castings with pre-added shredded cardboard
and rock powders ( lime and river rock), fish hydrolizate and kelp
(commercial), molasses (from our sugar cane) and I add fungal leaf mulch
from healthy plants into a mesh basket placed into the tank. I apply
the tea undiluted every week to half the farm with 2 motorized back pack
sprayers. I am in contact with two different Costa Rica university
microbiology departments for a potential Master thesis' student.
I have also applied ACT 3 times on one of my small vanilla growers water
stressed parcels ( whose problem has since disappeared) and I will be
working with an organic pineapple coop with my ACT. My plantation is
healthy with no disease stress. We are using a refractometer and ERG
meter to monitor results. The ERG meter readings for the biodynamic
preps were "off the charts" the highest of any of the inputs we add to
the farm.
I am a good listener.



 

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