RE: [compost_tea] Jill Clapperton at a no-till conference.

From: butch ragland <wilddog_202_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:17:38 -0800 (PST)


I can't tell who is saying what in this post. Identify
the speaker for each comment please?


--- Tom Jaszewski <tom_at_livesoil.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.deq.state.or.us/nwr/Compost%20BMPs.pdf
>
> Additional research is needed to provide data that
> would indicate that
> compost tea
>
> helps in alleviating soil compaction at greater than
> shallow soil depths.
>
>
>
> Although project data is available to demonstrate
> the benefits of compost
> tea for
>
> maintaining, improving, and fertilizing vegetation,
> no data was found to
> support the
>
> assumption that compost tea will improve porosity
> and drainage of compacted
> soils.
>
>
>
> Page 15 of 23
>
> Compost Tea:
>
> Compost Tea is the liquid that is derived from
> soaking compost in water.
> Compost Tea has
>
> been shown in research and in several test projects
> to greatly improve
> vegetation resistance
>
> to disease, enhance root growth, reestablish the
> soil biota, and generally
> provide nutrients
>
> to vegetation. It is suspected that the use of
> compost tea can penetrate
> compacted soils and
>
> help reestablish the pores need for good
> infiltration. Further research is
> needed to establish
>
> or disprove this.
>
> Since compaction of soils restricts root growth,
> bushes and trees need deep
> penetration
>
> techniques in order to provide health deep root
> structures. A devise called
> a Grow Gun
>
> could be used to fracture compacted soils to greater
> depth and compost tea
> could then be
>
> injected through the Grow Gun into these fractures
> to provide the biota for
> the healthy root
>
> growth. The Grow Gun uses compressed air to fracture
> soils in an average of
> twelve feet
>
> diameter coverage areas. Granular or liquid
> additives can then be injected
> through the
>
> Grow Gun. This method has been used for several
> years to rescue trees that
> become
>
> diseased or that develop root related problems
> resulting from compaction of
> the soil around
>
> the root structure during construction activities.
>
> The benefits of compost tea are:
>
> . Increased disease suppression;
>
> . Nutrients for plants and food resources for
> microorganisms;
>
> . Injection of microorganisms into the soil which
> increases the retention of
> nutrients,
>
> recycles nutrients into plant-available forms, and
> accelerates decomposition
> of plant
>
> material and toxins:
>
> . Increased nutritional quality of plant produce;
>
> . Reduced negative impacts of chemical-based
> pesticides, herbicides, and
> fertilizers on
>
> beneficial microorganisms; and
>
> . Improved plant growth.
>
> Compost Tea is made by placing mature compost in a
> fine mesh bag and soaking
> the bag in
>
> water for from eighteen hours to one week. The
> volume of the compost should
> be a
>
> maximum of ½ the volume of the water container.
> Frequent stirring or an air
> bubbler
>
> should be used in the water to ensure sufficient
> oxygen is present so that
> the solution does
>
> not go anaerobic.
>
>
>
>
>
>


=====
Butch Ragland
Conflict is as addictive as
cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes,etc
I'm sorry to report that
cooperation is not

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