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Re: [compost_tea] Re; Why activate the compost?



Ray - I have found that fish hydrolysate grows fungi on almonst anything  . . . anything that is that still has enough undecomposed material for fungi to grow on.  If what you have is really humus that means, by definition, it has already been worked on by fungi and bacteria and may not support much more growth.  You might try mixing a little woody material 1:4 to provide foods for the fungi in your humus to grow on. 
 
David A. Loring, Project Leader
Southeast Asia Project
Dietrick Institute for Applied Insect Ecology
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----- Original Message -----
From: ray gore
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re; Why activate the compost?

Jeff,
    Since I bought the AK Humus I have tried all kinds
of different things to grow fungi levels and
reinoculate it after use. Any suggestions? Most
recently I have been adding vermicompost with it then
again after use. Thx, Ray MVC Idaho
--- Jeff Lowenfels <jeff@gardener.com> wrote:
> Judi, you could activate will all sorts of stuff. My
> research, however, shows that the medical and other
> communities that grow soil fungi use Oatmeal
> products in the lab along with agar because oatmeal
> selects for soil fungi. For what it is worth, corn
> meal was number two.
>
> In addition, while it looks like you are only
> growing one type of fungi because it looks uniform,
> these fungi look a like and you are most probably
> growing lots of kinds.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff


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