[compost_tea] Re: Mystery Organic Spray
Does this Turf pro stuff actually kill insects? If so what good
could it possibly be considering the beneficial insects we wish to
have active?
Tim (aka Titel)
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb@a... wrote:
> Hi Gary -
>
> Good numbers of colony formers in your compost. I wonder if the
fungi are good guys or bad guys? Do you have any protozoa?
>
> There's just a touch of a mis-conception in what you are thinking,
however.
>
> The point of a humic acid product is to provide a food resource
for organisms, especailly fungi in your soil, to grow. Humic acid
products aren't added to provide the organisms. That's what your
compost is for - to provide the local, already-adpated set of
organisms.
>
> Although Turf Pro has some really interesting, and pretty insect-
repellant species of Bacillus in it. So you are getting a benefit
when you use this product - not only food, but some great insect-
repellers. Add some to the compost, so you get these good guys in
your compost!
>
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