[compost_tea] Re: Asian Rust

From: Titel Ryzhomer <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:22:06 -0000

Ted,

I'm not going the route with you again when last time I answered all
your questions and jumped through a couple of your hoops and you did
not answer my questions. You made no reply when I pointed out that
there were many plant specific strains of powdery mildew yet sucked
up when somebody from Rodale Institute pointed it out. You then just
dropped the whole line of discussion. I never ounce attacked your
tea. You must have me confused with someone else. You did not even
take time to think or comment about the possibility that it is rock
powders that makes the difference. We are trying to get several
grape growers to run trials in the upcoming growing season.

I have absolutely nothing to prove to this group. My address to Tom
was to help prevent someone giving up on trying CT to beat rust. As
it turns out it was just semantics ('get rid of'). Tom seems to have
experienced the same disease remission results that we have. The
most remarkable remission I have seen is the erwinia actually eaten
away by the microbes in a huge commercial greenhouse.

Thank you Tom for your reply. You are right. We agree more than
disagree.

Regards,
Titel

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ted Peterson"
<ted.peterson_at_t...> wrote:
> Titel wrote:
>
>
>   I agree with you that vermicompost is the superior choice for
making
>   ACT but I do not believe you are qualified to make the statement
>   that "compost tea will not get rid of any diease load".
>
>
>
> Ok, we are back to agree/disagree.  Titel, show some data. Do a
controlled test.  I have been working with mildew on grapes for
three years and have yet to see remission.  I have seen spread
controlled through outcompetition but not any eradication.  So
before you start attacking my tea again and telling us about how
great your product is and how well it can control mildew, I would
suggest you do your own testing in as controlled a situation as you
can get.  Then take that data and replicate it in the wild.  Test
your tea before and after your applicatons.  Then post exactly how
you did it so we can see if it can be replicated. 
>
> In my experience, the role of CT is somewhat different than the
role of a pesticide.  You can post your opinions as much as you want
but until I see some data, I have no reason to believe your
statements. I have alread been through one series of experiments at
time and expense of my own to disprove to myself assertions about
CT.  I would rather not do it again.
>
> Vermicompost is not necessarily superior for ACT.  If you make
high-quality compost, you can get more diversity than you would from
vermicompost.
>
> Ted Peterson
> EW/SOE




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