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Author: | pakin [ Thu May 26, 2005 6:27 am ] |
Post subject: | Compost Tea - 4 Times a Year? |
HG recommends fertilizing Feb., June and September. But Dr. Elaine Ingham's followers spray compost tea four times a year? Do you know the time schedule for the four sprays on pastures? Pat Akin |
Author: | Kathe Kitchens [ Thu May 26, 2005 11:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Fertilizer on pasture |
What type of liquid fertilizer do you recommend? A combination of compost tea and nutrients or a particular name brand? Kathe |
Author: | pakin [ Fri May 27, 2005 6:47 am ] |
Post subject: | Fertilizer |
Kathe, HG recommends molasses as the most for your $. The liquid is about $1/gal and you can use as little as one gallon/acre. Compost tea, with additives, @ 20 gallons/acre, is about $10/acre--depending on the cost of your additives. With each you have the cost of water added and a sprayer to apply. But these two methods seem to be the more used liquid fertilizers... Pat Akin |
Author: | Kathe Kitchens [ Sat May 28, 2005 11:06 am ] |
Post subject: | Fertilizer |
Pakin, Thank you. I'm well versed in all those and have been for a long time. It always amazes people what a difference just adding molasses at a gallon an acres does to the soil. I've been a big time advocate of that for a long time and believe fully that it is one of the best soil amendments for the money. I put it on my soil at least once a month and I'm pretty sure it is a large part of what keeps fire ants out of my yard - and has for the last ten years. Regarding the fertilizer, I wasn't clear about who I was addressing - Bluestem - as he is an award winning hay farmer. So tell us, Mark, what fertilizer you'd recommend or nutrition combination? Please, share your methods! Kathe |
Author: | user_48634 [ Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:46 pm ] |
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Take a look at http://www.rossfarm.com and http://www.compostteatexas.com/ Betsy Ross sprays her 500 acres of pasture in the spring at 20 gallons per acre and at 5 g/a for 3 more sprays during the season. There's a low-till, Panhandle, cotton farmer who sprays molasses at 1 gallon per acre 4 times a season. He's stopped irrigating his crop because his mycorrhiza are holding the water for him. |
Author: | Robert D Bard [ Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:39 am ] |
Post subject: | compost tea |
I am trying various combinations but I use 1 gal/100gal of spray of seawater (best source of 92 trace minerals, amino acids, enzymes, and bacteria from the ocean) and liquid humates. The first spray this year we added 1 gal/acre of molasses but it was a pain in the neck. There are so many fines and little chunks that we stopped up the sprayer screens and had to clean them 2 or 3 times per 200gal of mix. I haven't purchased yet but Rem Cor in Howe has new sprayer tips that will not plug up as much and wind will not be as big a problem. They (2 left and right) push the liquid down and out with less getting up in the air and drifting back on me - thank God I am not using toxic chemicals, can you imagine what gets into farmers lungs and on their bodies? The spread is 24 ft. Question - compost tea when made is considered a concentrate, so why would you delute by 3 or 4 to one and then put 20g/a when you could delute by 2 and put 10 g/a and save work? Charles Walters has a new book on restoring land and health from the sea using sea water. Robert D Bard |
Author: | Robert D Bard [ Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:42 am ] |
Post subject: | compost tea |
Your explanation is the same as mine. I was given advice from a friend that has been doing compost tea for some time. Her procedure was to make tea and dilute it by taking 1 gal of tea to 3 gal of water and putting 20 gal to the acre and arguing that her way will not burn the plants, but my way of 1 gal of tea to 1gal water + a few additives was to strong and that I would burn the plants. My question is - did I miss something? I believe my way is the same concentration with less work (filling the 200 gal spray rig 1/2 as many times). Robert D Bard |
Author: | Robert D Bard [ Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:52 am ] |
Post subject: | compost tea |
I have 250 gal of aerated compost tea that I was supposed to put out on my hay guys meadows today and he has never got back to me. Is there any one who wants 250 gal of tea? I sprayed my land last week and it doesn't need any more for a while. Robert D Bard |
Author: | Robert D Bard [ Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:01 am ] |
Post subject: | compost tea |
I have tired various amount of molasses, but 1 gal/acre the "stuff" was plugging up screens and nozzles 3 to 4 times with 200 gal spray rig. I just tried putting the molasses in the compost tea and there was no plugging at all. and nothing in the bottom of either tank when i was done. Robert D Bard |
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