[compost_tea] Re: Tea and powdery mildew

From: Titel Ryzhomer <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:17:40 -0000

That may well be but just like forest soil used for the same reason
it is not compost in my opinion.

Titel

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, David Anderson <squtch@g...>
wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:29:46 -0000, Titel Ryzhomer
> <thegoodjob_at_h...> wrote:
> > The term compost is unfortunately elusive and poorly defined. I
have
> > seen people call lumpy woody stuff compost and indeed have seen
it
> > for sale and bought it. My idea of finished compost is pure
gukky or
> > dry humus free of any recognizable shapes delineating former
> > existence. This is the compost I'm working towards but in the
> > interim use the commercial worm castings which are the best
> > substitute on the market.
>
> I really think that "woody" compost gets a bad rap, just because of
> all the places that grind up fine bark and let it sit for a few
months
> to darken.
>
> It seems to me that using a high wood component would be very
> conducive to growing fungal compost. The larger fungi sure do like
> growing on the downed doug fir and hemlock in the mountains around
> here.
>
> Dave




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