>In a message dated 8/27/02 6:39:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< >Neither of the above are appropriate to use for foliar disease >control >> > >If you are managing these dis-eases during growing season you must admit to >yourself that you have done something wrong in the seed bed preparation, >planting, sowing, cultivation or choice of plant in the location. sstorch
Give me a break, Steve. It's statements like the ones above that put such a weird twist to biodynamics as a practice and prevent many people from actually observing their patch and doing what it needs as they ponder whether they are worthy of growing plants or not. The level of health that you refer to above does not occur instantly. It must be achieved. Not all of us are lucky enough to be working right now in established biodynamic landscapes. I don't know of any reasonable experienced person who would think that a person could take any piece of non-BD ground and believe that they could make it into a garden that hummed in harmony with the cosmos in anything less than 3 years. Many have told me that SEVEN years is the key, that it's at SEVEN years that the preps REALLY kick in. Seven years of conscientious biodynamic management to achieve the level of health through the bd soil and atmosphere that you are apparently taking for granted at your place right now. In the meantime, it's very helpful to many of us to have access to non-intrusive, pro-diversity biological tools like compost tea to keep the garden in trim as we work to that balanced future. Just the same, I'm very, very, VERY interested in hearing from you what a person could be doing wrong in SEED BED PREPARATION, PLANTING, SOWING, or CULTIVATION that would promote fungal diseases. (A a more precise choice of words in your original post might be DON'T GARDEN SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON, of course.)
