RE: [compost_tea] "this camp v. that camp"

From: Judi Stewart <js_at_olympus.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 09:12:33 -0700

Thank you Frank for making the point. I have been on this list since
its inception and consider it an invaluable tool. No where else could I
have found this wealth of information and help. And all who are here or
have visited, and use compost tea as individuals or commercially, have
much to thank this list for.
 
Judi
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank L Teuton [mailto:fteuton_at_sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:35 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] "this camp v. that camp"
 
People:
 
The idea of compost tea is, I believe, an important one. In its form as
ACT, the aerated nutrient enriched compost based culture upon which this
list is predicated, it is an idea still in its infancy and which is
still being learned about, tried in various forms, and which is still
making its way into people's practice and thinking.
 
Dr Ingham's methods and ideas about compost tea stand alone as very
separate from the other approaches; her insistence on the importance of
a fungal component, her development of direct evaluation methods, and
her promotion and educational efforts about compost tea as she sees it
should be used and understood, set her apart from others who use
different methods, operate under different assumptions and compete in
the same marketplace.
 
Under this set of circumstances the emergence of 'camps' is hardly
unusual, in fact it is virtually inevitable. The combination of
scientific and business competition heightens the tensions, and the fact
that Dr Ingham temperamentally leans towards direct confrontation
without quite enough diplomatic leavening added, means that there are
some bad feelings in the air and again, this is not something which
could have been easily avoided. Mitigated perhaps, but not avoided.
 
My only advice to anyone truly interested in this valuable technology is
to batten down the hatches, hang onto your hat and keep your eyes wide
open. Keep asking practical, critical questions; look for simple and not
so simple experiments you can try to prove what works and doesn't in
your own situations, and stand ready to ignore as much of the 'noise' as
you can stand, in order to hear the 'news' as it comes through.
 
If you haven't already done so, purchasing Dr Ingham's publications on
compost tea is a very good way of getting the pure information sans
bickering.
 
The internet, and email groups like this one, can have many peaks and
valleys in both information and decorum. Stay focused on what sort of
information you are looking for here, and ask questions and share
experiences based on that.
 
Let the rest of it roll off your back like water off a duck.
 
My two cents,
 
Frank Teuton
 




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