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[compost_tea] Is Cattle Feed a Bacterial or Fungal Food?



I make about my aerated teas in a cheap 20 gallon plastic tub with a 
cheap aquarium air pump with one bubbler. 

I use about 1/3 tub container or less, of mature compost made from 
75% horse manure/sawust, 25% leaves, grass clippings, and produce 
food scraps from a local grocery store. 

I use about 1/4 cup of dry molasses as my biostimulant in the tea.
I also use old alfalfa hay and cattle feeds as optional bacterial and 
fungal foods for my tea.

The cattle or horse grain feed I use is basically salt-free (0.5% to 
0.7% salt per volume), it is usually pelletized, but sometimes I use 
the whole grain feed types. It contains lots of corn, oats, wheat, 
millet, and molasses.

I know after just 12-24 hours, the tea turns light brown, with a 
yeasty smell and some foam or bubbles on top. 

If the grain feeds acting as a fungal food for mycorhizza fungi?
Is the alfalfa hay a fungal food too?





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