Chris - The Active Fungi in my first two teas
were3.54 and 2.68ug/ml and Total Fungi was 3.73 and 4.95ug/ml. I added the
pretreated Greenways mulch (used a 20oz.disposable clear plastic food
container with a half dozen vent holes drilled in the lid, filling it
with the slightly moist mulch product which was recommended by SFI as a
mulch with good diversity of materials and without toxic components, added 2oz.
fish hydrolysate and mixed it together. It was not wet, just moist).
I pretreat in a styrofoam egg incubator costing
$30 set at 85*F. When I included the pretreated mulch the fungal numbers
were quite high, Active 37.5 and Total 56.11. The Hyphal Diameter went
from 2.5 to 3um. I have not been able to consistantly achieve this high
number and only suggest pretreatment as a way to develop a fungal
tea. I'm still looking for better ways to get the fungi in vermicompost
growing faster and think Azomite might be part of the solution as it adds
growing surfaces and nutrients.
Dave Sotillo 50
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