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Worm composting
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Im vermicasting, composting with worms. I have the Worm Factory, with 1 tray in operation. I get about a cup of 'worm juice' every week. Im interested in what the mixure I should use to fight the fungus on my roses and also to feed my plants. Thanks. Hinzy |
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Worm composting
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On 16 Sep 2003 14:25:51 -0700, (Hinzy) wrote: Hi, Im vermicasting, composting with worms. I have the Worm Factory, with 1 tray in operation. I get about a cup of 'worm juice' every week. Im interested in what the mixure I should use to fight the fungus on my roses and also to feed my plants. Thanks. Hinzy A number of methods could be used to create an environment where the fugal infections are outcompetted. Innoculating with micorhyzae and foliar applications of compost tea, Just bare in mind that ALL controlled field studies to date find that aerated compost teas have exactly the same effect on garden pathogens as regular watering. "Foliare application" of NON-aerated teas has had some limited minor effect not reliably reproduced; the vendor-recommended aerated tea don't even have this random unpredictable benefit. So innoculating with micorhyzae & health-benefits of foliar application by means of compost teas has to date not been shown to have any effect on the garden pathogens, & must be related to the compost heap of common garden myths. Expect vendors to forever try to convince folks otherwise, since the aerating equipmetn they want to sell you costs three to five hundred dollars. It makes a tepid, organic substitute for commercial liquid fertilizers. That's all. switching to plant based fertilizers and topdressing soil with your vermicompost would likely move you in the direction of controlling pathogens without chemicals. THAT part is absolutely true, & the same researchers who've shown that compost tea does none of this always point out that topcoating with compost does have the benefits falsely alleged of the teas. As future field studies come in, it is not absolutely impossible that someone somewhere under some circumstances may find some benefit for aerated teas above that of plain water, as has already been found unpredictably of non-aerated teas. But to date it seems to have zero benefit as regards the microorganism population in the soil (let alone on the surface of leaves from foliar spraying), & the best that might be said is this: If someday some slight benefit in this direction can be shown in favor of the teas, it remains that the effect of topcoating with compost, & regular watering, is reliable & predictable in its value against pathogens in the garden, not requiring superstitious belief in hypothetical values the science does not substantiate. -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/ |
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