Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle

2002-02-27 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 2/27/02 9:21:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve, did I miss a list of beautiful beneficient fungus with the nicest fattest hyphae ? I assume you are speaking of mycorrhizal mycelium are there others? Also how are you going to keep those fat hyphae in suspension and how

Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle

2002-02-26 Thread Gil Robertson
. Stephen Barrow -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle Equisetum likes pond edges. I have not yet started my own

Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle

2002-02-26 Thread Allan Balliett
What we are seeing is that equisetum tea used on an agar plate grows the most beautiful beneficient fungus with the nicest fattest hyphae of any other inoculant. These are the type of things we need to see in our soils to suppress the pathogenic fungi...sstorch What's this 'we,' Steve? Are you

Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle

2002-02-26 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 2/26/02 9:26:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What we are seeing is that equisetum tea used on an agar plate grows the most beautiful beneficient fungus with the nicest fattest hyphae of any other inoculant. These are the type of things we need to see in our soils to

Re: BD 508 as inoculant

2002-02-25 Thread Peter Michael Bacchus
Allan--- Steve - I've always been very happy using 508 as an anti-fungal spray 508 is not anti-fungal...it sets up the environment for beneficial fungus to grow. Sstorch Hi All, as I understand it equisetum was suggested for overcoming or conteracting excessive

Re: BD 508 as inoculant

2002-02-25 Thread Rambler
Frank Teuton wrote: My understanding was that for trees it is preferred that fungi were predominant, for grasses bacteria is the preferred predominant. For veggies and flowers, and the like, I thought it was about 50% fungi and 50% bacteria. Did I misunderstand? Hi Bonnie,

Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle

2002-02-25 Thread Rambler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nettles is for weed suppression and flavor enhancement and nitrogen, Hi Steve How do nettles supress weeds? Thanks Tony Robinson New Zealand

Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle

2002-02-25 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 2/25/02 3:56:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Steve How do nettles supress weeds? Beats me, but the nettles manure tea [~10 days] seems to have a weed supressing effect, try it...sstorch

Re: BD 508 as inoculant; stinging nettle

2002-02-24 Thread Dorothy O'Brien
Steve-- Seems like I have read somewhere that stinging nettle tea is a good substitute for equestem. True? The reason I ask is that we have a fine crop of nettle growing here and no equestem. If equestem is the only proper ingredient, can you provide some information on how it gorws, what

Re: BD 508 as inoculant

2002-02-23 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 2/23/02 11:13:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve - I've always been very happy using 508 as an anti-fungal spray. I feel I've gotten incredible results using it that way. I assume you are recommending using it to knock back undesireable fungal populations before you

Re: BD 508 as inoculant

2002-02-23 Thread Frank Teuton
Hey Allan, Yeah Elaine does be saying that, eh? My broc has always been real happy in the leaf compost/ wood chippy stuff I have here, and Eliot also notes that rototillering in leaves in the Fall is just dandy for brassicas in the spring, and leaves are sort of fungally foodish. Methinks