On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 04:08:04 GMT, Pam opined:

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

I've come to the conclusion when this newsgroup is relatively quiet, someone
will post something verbose and ignorant to get the hackles up with people who
know the information, and who actually are professionals in the horticulture
industry. Anyone who owns a garden center knows that it's not a big money
industry. There is a lot of loss and not much money left. High end garden
centers do make money, but by a long shot not the way it's being described in
the hugely snipped troll. I guess it got too quiet in here.

v