paghat wrote:

There are many negatives to consider. Looking on the web, most websites
about compost tea are selling products or services & are riddled with
myths, exaggerations, & outright lies designed to sell, not to inform.
Anecdotes are used in place of evidence, & there are "it worked for me"
testimonies up the wazoo. What most gardeners know of compost teas they
learned at local nurseries invested in building a clientelle for a
high-profit-margin product (dirty water) the components of which the
nursery cannot actually predict or control, promoted as good for sundry
benefits that are not actually proven. Tjere are many things about Compost
Tea that are potentially very harmful but all the "customer" is told is
it's an organic miracle doing only good.

A whole lot more snipped.......

Amazing! It only takes one, albeit your typical overly wordy and highly
opinionated, posting such as this to negate whatever potentially positive input
I begin to feel you may share with this group. While you are very quick to jump
on the 'down with the evil, money grubbing, environmentally raping and
pillaging Monsanto' bandwagon, you hasten to adopt the self-same righteous
indignation regarding the benefits of compost tea as those you castigate with
respect to the safety of glyphosate/ RoundUp - despite mounting evidence to the
contrary (and yes, that includes a LOT of closely controlled and monitored
ongoing scientific trials), you dismiss it as a lot of snake oil hocus-pocus
and yet another wild conspiracy by shoddy nursery owners to dupe the
unsuspecting customer.

What you don't know about compost tea is startling and you obviously have not
bothered with any firsthand practical experience to reflect on (no way those
sneaky nurseryowners are gonna pull any fast ones on you!). And you continue to
demonstrate a remarkable lack of knowledge regarding the retail nursery
industry in general.

Your garden is obviously stunning and your plant knowledge impressive, but your
understanding of the professional aspects of horticulture leave a lot to be
desired. Stick to the plants, ratgirl. It's what you know best.

No group hug necessary this evening, Tom :-)

pam - gardengal