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 dloring3@cox.net ph (760)
489-9438
----- Original Message -----
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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