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"There's a continuum among necrotrophs, from those readily kill tissue
(Pythium, Fusarium, Verticillium)to those that need special conditions. Something like Choanephora is largely a "composter", but if it gets an energy boost, it will turn pathogen. Many fungi like this attack blossoms; they eat the nectar, get strong, then attack the branch. Botrytis cineria is a weak pathogen, but in the presence of flowers, wounds, or honeydew secreted by aphids, it will turn mean." This makes me wonder about the "benefits" of compost teas that are now being populary sold this season! Why? Compost tea uses a good deal of heat (in addition to the heat generated in the making of good garden-type compost) in the process of making it. It should be free of pathogens as a result. I've never seen the stuff sold (and think it would be foolish to buy it if you make your own compost), but I've been known to make it myself. Organic gardeners say that this tea does have some fungicidal uses, but they also admit it is very slight. They also tout baking soda, but again don't claim a lot for it. The compost spoken of above is so-called "natural" compost -- the stuff that forms under a bed of forest leaves, or in normal decaying organic material in soil. It is moisture and time, rather than significant heat (though some heat is involved, of course in any oxidation-decomposition process), that makes this compost, and pathogens and other "bugs" are not killed. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Edmund Castillo++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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