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Which is better for the lawn over the winter?
On Nov 4, 1:10*pm, wrote:
On Nov 4, 11:43*am, z wrote: On Nov 3, 11:21*am, wrote: On Nov 3, 10:26*am, "Dioclese" NONE wrote: Never indicated in any shape, fashion or form that I subscribe to making of "teas" for application to the lawn. *Just that its there to try. *A respondent wanted more information, I said want I knew off the top of my head. *Then, you jump in and make all these negatives, of which you want demanding evidence of their actual workability. *See my first sentence here... This is exactly what you posted: "After you mulch the leaves, aid the decompostion with a wetting agent and something that aids bacteria in breaking down those leaves. *There are a few "teas" in combination out there in recipes to put in your hose sprayer bottle. " Now excuse me, but that doesn't sound like "I heard somewhere that tea, beer, whatever MIGHT work. * Any reasonable reader here would take that statement as recommending teas as a lawn procedure known by you to work. *It's sort of like a guy asking what underlayment he needs for a new tile floor and you responding with "You can use straw because that's the extent of your limited familiarity and direct knowledge of the subject. * How useful is that? I did rent a 2 DVDs from netflix regarding gardening. *Its whole and entirety was about such "teas". *Did not know that from title of the DVD prior to renting same. *I did watch both in boredom. *I don't remember the amounts for dilution. *I do remember this self proclaimed "master gardener" stating amounts of said product, then in the video showing said "master gardener" measuring the product in an obviously another amount of said product. *Sometimes, twice as much as orally stated. I Googled for "lawn", "beer", and "tea" in same search. *Try it. Here is the "master gardener" noted above:http://www.dptvmedia.org/home.php?cat=50 In fairness, here's an opposing opinon about the beer thing:http://www.homeabc.net/Garden-Landsc...Landscape.html Seems to me it would be more prudent economically to incorporate some yeast prediluted in warm water via hose sprayer, than beer. *That is, if their premise of the yeast in the beer aiding leaf eating bacteria is real. -- Dave You do realize that most yeast in beer dies as the carbs are converted to alcohol and depleted and the alcohol level rises? * And that most beer is pasteurized? * Certainly all the common brands that a person would likely grab when the recipe just says "beer". * So, goodbye yeast. *And you'd have to question the basic knowledge of these geniuses recommending crap like this, when they obviously don't even know what beer is.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - i think the assumption would be that the nutrients left *by the yeast, dead or alive, would be helpful to the bacteria, mold, etc. i'm not entirely sure, though, that that's helpful; after all, the goal is to get the compost digested by the bacteria, not to raise healthy bacteria because they don't have to eat the compost.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - And after you take a 6 pack and distribute it across half an acre, how much of those nutrients are available per square foot? *And what impact does that negligible amount of beer have compared to everything else that is there? * *How about the fact that alcohol kills bacteria? * *Get a grip.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - you're probably better off drinking the beer and peeing into the compost. lots of urea to feed the little beasts. |
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