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



Thx David,
   To be clear I have been using the AK Humus product
in our EPM 500 and Modified Growing Solutions 500 and
our 35g homebuilt. After I remove the Humus/vermi mix
I reintroduce it to the plastic containers I keep the
base products in and add fresh vermi as well. I have
tried different things including low sodium soy that
grows something, what I have no idea.
   On the potato comments on this site I have to add
that I have heard some negative as well as positive
results from different customers of mine that have
used other peoples tea. The negative reactions have
come from customers of a vendor that uses the most
popular tea machine mfgr. I have heard that he might
be having problems with his vermi.
   I have talked with Jason Kimm so anyone that wants
basic info I can relay what he told me. Also Reggie
Destrie has given me some excellent recomendations on
potatoes that one of my organic customers is trying.
The conflict that I am working on is that I have been
told by the mfr not to add fish products or anything
else to my brews. I have been working with Lance Funk
here in Idaho who has EPM brewers and hooked him up
with the Fort Hall Reservation potato fields so I may
have more potato info later this season for those
interested. 
--- David Loring <dloring3@cox.net> wrote:
> 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 ----- 
>   From: ray gore 
>   To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com 
>   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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