Re: [compost_tea] Re: do meter????

From: Margaret Lauterbach <melauter_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:28:04 -0700

I'd be wary of municipal compost or any using grass clippings. If
Clopyralid was used in the past two or three years (and it's still being
used up on lawns outside of Washington State, at least), the herbicidal
effects will persist through the compost. Will they persist through
steeping and aeration? Probably.

>
>We found the hardest part of making good compost was the
>economics. Municiple composters collect "yard waste" with city funding,
>compost with city funding, have more compost to get rid of than they can
>find places to put it so it is on the market below cost. Nearly f
>ree. Good quality? Not very. Not good starting materials. But it is out
>there setting the market value of compost to the point of poor /no
>economic return to a composter using better start materials, doing a good
>job, making a valuable product.
>
>Didn't find a way past this problem Had really great compost being made
>by a dedicated guy. Now looking for a source of good compost.
>
>Users have to be willing to pay what it costs to make what seems like
>waste, into valuable stuff. Looking at the results of using compost and
>ACT, GOOD Compost is a true bargain at any price. Bob .
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Margaret L
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