Hi Ted, Jeff, everyone else , I know ct is not these things , the lady in question is a lawn customer converted over and she likes the way her yard is going,she gets lots of compliments
what got this started for her was a fungas on 2 of her apple trees the extension service here told her that since she hadnt sprayed for this already it would do her no good at this point she would have to wait till next year.the trees were just starting to flower, they had a white fungas looking stuff on it ,she had a name for it but i dont remember what it was ,anyway I asked her if we could spray some c.t. on and see what happens I didnt charge her for it ,my investment to learn, I expained to her about the use of ct around the country the differant uses and accomplishments with its use no flat out statements just differant things that are happening with its use.
anyway we drenched the apple trees 4 trees ,2 infected , 2 not ,1 pear tree not infected,
I am not going to say we got rid of the fungas but it did appear to go away after the 2nd application , we sprayed a total of 4 times through the season ,no specific times 4 or 5 weeks apart as i said the pears looked great ,2 uneffected trees stayed that way had great produce , 2 infected trees seemed to get better no more white fungas although leaves and fruit that were inffected were scabbed, and smaller the leaves appeared shriveled but got better the further away from the inffected areas that you got.
I have a farly good basic understanding of compost tea with a lot to learn yet I know enough not to make flat out statements especially in here my statments are generalized statements of observation and results of use although limited.
I ask and make statements in question form to learn and apperciate all the help I get. after a year of useing compost tea I know it has to be in a program not used by it self ,it would take to long to fix a problem with just the use of ct on average.
I spray ct on virtually every property I have as a customer with varrying results some extremely good some o.k. 1 or 2 not so good soil conditons not as good I am assumeing.
I am pieciceing some of the puzzle pieces together it has taken me a year but we are getting there.
we are now looking to put complete program together for her trees from dormancy to finished product her canned goods for her own family use,after all I am learning and she likes what has taken place so far .
Thanks for all your help Sincerly Reece
Ted Peterson <ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net> wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: w.reece speas
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 9:22 PM
Subject: [compost_tea] pear trees/ worms
I sprayed some compost tea 4 times through the season on a pear tree this last season that is about 35 years old maybe older that has been sprayed chemically faithfully for as long as this lady can remember, this year the leaves were greener they stayed on longer size and shape were perfect not a blemish on any of them , her words,
Reese:
Check with other people in your area or your nurseries to see if there is any indicatin of this worm being wide spread in your area. CT does absolutely nothing for worm infestations. Since you removed the pesticide control, the worm found a home. Your suggestion that the worm somehow crawled down the stem (I'm assuming you mean inside.) into the fruit doesn't make sense. Worms found in fruit are grubs of some flying bug. So some insect laid eggs in/on the fruit or around the fruit, the grubs hatched and made a bee line for food. CT can't control these things. Take one to your local nursery and see if they can ID it. There may be an organic control.
I don't know what you told her about CT but I am very careful when discussing the results of application. I would never state that it can control insects, worms and a host of other things.
It surprises me that she is going to let you spray her apples when your first outing with her led to failure and I would classify good looking inedible fruit as a failure. I would be very careful and make sure you get some knowledge of what other apple growers are doing in your area and the potential insect/grub pressure found in your area. It may be that you will have to use tea in concert with something else to control the insects. That's OK as long as you let your client know what you are doing and why. Of course, if you told her that CT can control insects and act as a pesticide, you should reimburse her for crop loss or deduct the crop loss from your next project with her.
Ted Peterson
SOE
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