Re: [compost_tea] CT and soiless media

From: butch ragland <wilddog_202_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:52:13 -0800 (PST)
GREAT
> A graduate student that I work with, Mark Highland,
> is just finishing up  his
> master's thesis, and it is clear from his work that
> standard potting mix is 
> only barely equal to a properly made, GOOD, AEROBIC
> compost. 
THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING 
> What defines the good aerobic compost?  the presence
> of the aerobic  BIOLOGY.
I'M SURE YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT 
> I will be at his thesis defense early next week, and
> look forward to his 
> publications soon to come. 
WONDERFUL 
> Another graduate student at Kansas State University,
> Chandrappa Gangaiah, a 
> student with Ed Carey in Horticulture, has CLEARLY
> shown that AERATED compost 
> tea is every bit as effective as major fungicides at
> preventing disease. 
WHY DO THING WE CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT OURSELVES 
> So much for people who want to claim we haven't been
> doing replicated 
> scientific studies.  Science takes time, and can't
> be forced to move  forward faster
> just because someone wants to gripe.   



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


           
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