In a message dated 1/16/02 7:47:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Haven't seen any discussion of the
> > fertility opportunities here yet,only disease prevention. >>
2001 seemed to be a pivotal year for my farm here on Long Island. The
earthworms are living everywhere; driveways and in the heavily cultivated
fields for vegetable production. I see nothing to attribute the kind of
fertility we are experiencing to anything but the bd remedies. I have been
appying them here for twelve years. In a block of land maybe three acres
that had Fava beans and melons, then oats for cover crop, there were
earthworm castings the size of my fists in the field late in the fall. The
tilth is amazing and continues to improve dispite the abuse of plow and disc,
and spader, and the "G" cultivating fleet. When digging crops like carrots,
celeriac, turnips, rudabegas, or sugar beets, you see castings everywhere,
and beautiful crumb structure. I can only say that the sequential spraying
of the bd remedies over the past two years is really the key to using these
''compost teas''. After the spraying in the Fall of horn humus, I only
present the remedies in a complete set [for the elementals to work with].
This seems to be the key to get instant response from these remedies in the
form of "super" compost tea.
Here is my spray sequence:
Biodynamic Earth Care program
1. Storch’s North American humus-compost tea {bc made with 500-508} [spray
alone]
2. silica remedy (501) [spray alone]
3. Barrel Compost {Thun Recipe +} [combine 3,4,5]
4. equisetum [horse tail] tea remedy (508 )
5. compost remedy { my recipe}
6. clay remedy {my clay barrel compost} [combine 6 & 7]
7. humus remedy (500)
8. silica-horse tail remedy (501 / 508 ) [spray alone] ; repeat sequence
every two weeks during growing
season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Put that in yer compost tea brewer...SStorch
