Re: Compost brews

2002-05-14 Thread Allan Balliett
I think the brewing process needs to have gone more or less according to plan to produce a beneficial outcome - a refractometer test of treated plants will soon sort that out Lloyd - How long do you wait before Brix testing the plants? -Allan

Re: Compost brews

2002-05-14 Thread Essie Hull
If I'm not mistaken, Allan, Mark Fulford says that you can see the brix shift within two hours of application. Essie At 05:45 AM 5/14/02 -0400, you wrote: I think the brewing process needs to have gone more or less according to plan to produce a beneficial outcome - a refractometer test of

Re: broadcasting tea ?

2002-05-14 Thread James Hedley
Dear Laura, I personally dont use a field broadcaster of the type promoted by Hugh. I use a magnetic generator in a pyramid. Hugh has seen how I do it when he stayed at our place during his lecture tour of Australia. In our pyramid broadcaster I use pillules potentised to 6c, although I recommend

Re: WAS vortex pump - EM Article

2002-05-14 Thread Doug Jay
A hotbot search turned up this ATTRA article on Japanese Nature Farming with EMs. http://ncatark.uark.edu/~steved/Nature-Farm-EM.html Regards, Doug From: James Hedley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: vortex pump Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 22:10:52 +1000 Dear Stephen, Briefly what is the essence

Re: Siphon Mixer

2002-05-14 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: D To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:42 AM Subject: Re: Siphon Mixer To see a siphon mixer go to http://www.charleysgreenhouse.com/catalog/index.cfm?page=_ProductDetailsProductId=6401 Thanks Daniel

Re: Siphon Mixer

2002-05-14 Thread Frank Teuton
Actually Loyd these things would be OK for seaweed applications and the like, and if you had really good tea and wanted to get it out while watering, or doing fertigation, etc, it might be fine not for use in low pressure drip systems, but fine for ordinary hose pressures. Not for use

Re: Fukuoka on microorganisms (Was: vortex pump)

2002-05-14 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 5/13/02 5:27:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 12 May 02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Precisely wrong... Steve... I'm always leary of emphatic statements. 8-] biodynamics is about man's interaction with Nature and the beneficial effect we may choose to have on the wave

Re: Siphon Mixer

2002-05-14 Thread Lloyd Charles
- Original Message - From: Frank Teuton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:51 AM Subject: Re: Siphon Mixer Actually Loyd these things would be OK for seaweed applications and the like, and if you had really good tea and wanted to get it

New Internship Openings in Biodynamic Bio-intensive CSA Garden inNorthern Virginia

2002-05-14 Thread Allan Balliett
Blue Ridge CSA has funding to add two internship positions this season at the beginning of June. Priority will be given to applicants who are willing to stay to the end of the season, which is October. Two to four interns desired. No experience necessary, but a passion for working

Fertigation, was Siphon Mixer

2002-05-14 Thread Allan Balliett
On the verge of regularly making more compost tea I could ever hope to spray or pour, I'm very interested in starting to use ferigation techniques. Don't know the first thing about it. Does someone have the time to tell me how to get started, especially for fertigating with tea? My irrigation

New Internship Openings in Biodynamic Bio-intensive CSA Garden in Northern Virginia

2002-05-14 Thread Allan Balliett
Please forgive the x-postings. Blue Ridge CSA has funding to add two internship positions this season at the beginning of June. Priority will be given to applicants who are willing to stay to the end of the season, which is October. Two to four interns desired. No experience necessary, but a