[compost_tea] Re: do meter????

From: hi_yield1 <hi_yield1_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:50:51 -0000

Ted,
Yes that pretty much says it all. Product refinement has a long ways
to go before it can be taken from the lab and sold to the everyday
average gardener. Ease of use and quality of product each and every
time you brew a batch without needing a microbiolgy degree and lab to
get the results advertised. To many snake-oil salesman out there right
now further muddying the water. Getting in on the ground floor. People
that have no real backround in Ag just a desire to make a quick buck.
So buyer beware, no real regulations in place. Experiment on your own
and you will find the real results in your garden not from the lab.
Saving yourself lots of money and far less confused by the test
results and the recomendations made by the lab. Take care Hi_Yield1.

 
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ted Peterson" <ted.peterson_at_t...>
wrote:
> Let me ask you this: Do you test every time you use Miracle Gro?
Do you test each time you put compost down? Do you test each and
every batch of fertilizer whether organic or not? Do you test each
application of pesticide or herbicide? No you don't and to keep
beating the drum that ACT is so unstable as to need testing with each
and every batch will ensure that ACT NEVER becomes certified as a
usefule ag product.
>
> Ted Peterson
> Earth-Wise/Sprit of the Earth
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tomjasz
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 11:44 PM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Re: do meter????
>
>
> With tested equipment compatible nutrient packs and solidly
> developed methodologies we will see consistent tea within
acceptable
> parameters. The instant changes are made in nutrients a DO log
> should be considered. Once again NOT monitoring DO on a
commercial
> level is dangerously irresponsible. As far as practicallity under
> commercial conditions, what could be easier than using an old PC
> hooked up to a DO meter to take constant readings and log them?
The
> first time there is an incident in a public garden/park/ballfield
> and you don't have the appropriate data we are all put at risk.
> Perhaps your climmate is not as litigious! Many of us use or DO
> meters with every brew. I'm still not accepting of scientifically
> unsubstantiated trends.
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ted Peterson"
> <ted.peterson_at_t...> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: tomjasz
> > To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 9:57 AM
> > Subject: [compost_tea] Re: do meter????
> >
> >
> > I believe anyone producing large quantities of tea and
selling
> would
> > be foolish to NOT have reocrds of DO levels throughout the
brew!
> >
> >
> > Here we have one of the problems that Hi_Yield keeps bringing
up.
> At what point can we say that we can produce product without
> continual testing? I use DO when I change things to make sure I
am
> not substantially changing what I know works or to tell me I have
> found something that trends a little better than previous
> methodologies.
> >
> > At some time, I have to get to a point where I say: add a, b
and c
> and you will get good tea based on the compost you use. I can't
ask
> every user to test every batch and can't expect even commercially
> brewed tea undergo testing all the time as you suggest. It just
> isn't practical. I have logged all my batches which by now is
over
> 350 and I have noticed certain things happen at certain times
> depending on the set of variables surrounding the brewing. So I
get
> trends. When I don't see these trends, I suspect something is
> wrong.
> >
> > So at what point would you suggest putting out a recipe and
feel
> confident that a casual user could follow it and produce good --
> high bac multiples and fung extraction -- without needing to
test?
> I have 23 recipes that I feel confident I can sell or give to
> someone and the end product will be very close to the one I
> produce. Of course there will be variables depending on compost
> used. If he uses my compost and follows instructions, he should
not
> have to test at all and should be able to produce -- within a
> certain range -- exactly the same tea as me.
> >
> > Ted Peterson
> > Earth-Wise/Spirit of the Earth
>
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