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Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site
- From: Eva <eva@whitepineisland.com>
- To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:02:12 -0800
Compost tea study: http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/FactSheets/Compost%20tea%20fact%20sheet.pdf Tradingpost wrote: 201001201857240718.00AE5610@mail.lobo.net" type="cite">Sure it sounds like heresy to organic growers but I have doubts and I've never seen anything addressing these concerns. Not everything we put in our soil is beneficial, or may be harmful in some amounts. 1. Soluble salts in the compost will be first to dissolve out into the water. How much soluble salts would be too much, and what minerals would be in it in excess? 2. The microbes that supposedly multiply in the wet compost would be chiefly anaerobic bacteria and other microbes, wouldn't they? Bubbling air through the liquid hardly makes it an aerobic medium. But those aren't the beneficial aerobic microbes that multiply in healthy soil. Anyone with answers is welcome. paul tradingpost@lobo.net *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 1/20/2010 at 8:54 AM Debbie Mcdonald wrote:Why compost tea Paul. I have entertained getting one of the tea makers found in Acres USA but that is as far as I got. Well, I did call him once as it is in TX, Hico or somewhere over there.Surprising these kind of videos are on the wildly popular Huffington site, maybe it's where things are headed. Not that I'd endorse every method they show. I esp have doubts about compost tea. YMMV.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/19/how-to-make-a-raised-gard_n_423869.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/how-to-make-compost-tea-v_n_426412.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/06/the-garden-girl-video-wha_n_411823.html_______________________________________________ Livingontheland mailing list Livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/livingontheland |
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[Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site,
Tradingpost, 01/20/2010
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Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site,
Debbie Mcdonald, 01/20/2010
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Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site,
Tradingpost, 01/20/2010
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Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site,
Eva, 01/20/2010
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Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site,
Tradingpost, 01/21/2010
- Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site, Debbie Mcdonald, 01/21/2010
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Tradingpost, 01/21/2010
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Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site,
Eva, 01/20/2010
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Tradingpost, 01/20/2010
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Re: [Livingontheland] garden videos on Huffington site,
Debbie Mcdonald, 01/20/2010
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