Re: [compost_tea] ACT & Garlic
vam == mycorrhizal fungi (I forget the technical name the abbreviation
stands for, but its the same thing (I think) close enough methinks). I
assume you know that these are the fungi that live in symbiosis with certain
plant roots.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Attwater <nativefreshwaterfish_at_hotmail.com>
To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] ACT & Garlic
>
> what are 'vam spores'?
>
>
> >From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com
> >Reply-To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> >To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [compost_tea] ACT & Garlic
> >Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:15:10 EDT
> >
> >Done a little work on garlic and onion.
> >
> >Get good aerobic compost tea under the seeds, with VAM spores in the tea.
> >
> >That seems to stop Sclerotia, which is a huge problem in onion. Again, a
> >good diversity of organisms in the tea, high bacterial numbers, high
fungi,
> >but
> >also put in an inoculum of lactic -acid producing facultative anaerobes,
> >better
> >known as EM. Or from Bokashi, for example.
> >
> >When soil gets a little compacted, you want something that will be more
> >competitive than the human pathogens or plant pathgens, that are often
> >selected by
> >reduced oxygen conditions. So I think adding these bacteria as a
> >safety-hedge
> >is a good idea. You don't want to select for reduced oxygen, but
sometimes
> >it happens
> >
> >If you see any foliar or stem problems, spray the aboveground part of the
> >plant with the same good aerobic tea. This works well to shut down
> >Fusarium or
> >other stem rots.
> >
> >But be aware that any compost tea with good humic acid content will tend
to
> >leave spots behind on plants like onion. So, if you are going fro
shallots
> >to
> >be used in salad, for example, you may not want to use compost tea on
them.
> >
> >
> >Elaine R. Ingham
> >Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
> >Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
> >Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
> >Soil Foodweb Institue Cambridge, New Zealand
> >Soil Foodweb Inc., Hilversum, The Netherlands
> >Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
> >Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho
>
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