Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Are you implying that proves something? What? That watering with compost
tea is better than plain water? 

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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On 6/15/2006 at 6:39 PM Ryan Albinger wrote:

>Why would unsatisfied users not report any problems to the manufacturor
>and
>ask for their money back?  There appears more people that have success
with
>compost tea than not.  On this discussion, on this list now,  there are 4
>people having success with it and 1 person stated not. 80% of the people
>responded on this list discussion are pleased with the field results of
>compost tea!
>
>Ryan
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: TradingPostPaul <tradingpost@riseup.net>
>
>> After a little reflection I now suspect that the sellers of ACT machines
>> just don't hear the negative reports from their users. IF I shelled out
a
>> lot money for one and wasted my time spreading it on large fields,
>without
>> any results I could see, would I run out and tell everyone? Don't think
>so.
>> Who wants to be thought a fool? Would I go on the Internet -
specifically
>> the Compost Tea list (I've been getting that list myself for some time)
-
>> and tell everybody I spent my money on it and it didn't work for me?
>Don't
>> think so. 
>>
>> I'm not singling out compost tea. Take those compost tumblers for
>example.
>> Finished compost in two weeks! Right. It looks like finished compost,
>> doesn't it? But how long does it take for the microbial processes to
>work?
>> Much longer I'm afraid. And ... all that tumbling continually aerates
the
>> compost material, guaranteeing it will be totally devoid of nitrogen
when
>> the two weeks is done. And without that nitrogen the carbonaceous
>material
>> simply will not decompose into healthy soil. But then some people can't
>> distinguish between wishes and reality. Dig the stuff into the soil
where
>> it belongs, or use it for a mulch at least. 
>>
>> Shortcuts? If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
>>
>> paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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