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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre
- From: Pat Meadows <pat@meadows.pair.com>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:44:10 -0400
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:13:21 +0300, you wrote:
>The soil holds probably as many bacteria as it needs to hold. Adding more
>doesn't seem to make sense to me. It's the nutrients that the plants need. I
>would have thought that the slow release of nutrients from the compost is
>what matters. Compost tea would be a quick booster which might get leached
>away by the rain.
>
Some soil probably doesn't have all the bacteria it needs.
Our (so-called) 'soil' here (Pennsylvania Appalachians) is
almost 100% heavy clay in many locations. I don't think
there's *any* life in it.
Pat
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[Livingontheland] Compost tea,
Ken Hargesheimer, 06/09/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre,
Robert Norsen, 06/10/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre,
John Smith, 06/11/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre, Pat Meadows, 06/11/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre,
Robert Norsen, 06/11/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre,
TradingPostPaul, 06/12/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre, Robert Norsen, 06/12/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre,
TradingPostPaul, 06/12/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre,
John Smith, 06/11/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea, J Bailey, 06/11/2006
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- Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea, Soilsecrets, 06/10/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Compost tea vs compost direct on acre,
Robert Norsen, 06/10/2006
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