I’ve been using Azomite for years in
my own fertilizer mixtures and also as an anti-caking agent in poultry feed. I believe the bulk of Growing Solutions’
nutrient mix for compost tea to be Azomite. They are also the west coast distributor. Azomite Mineral Powder: This powdery
mineral supplement, containing montmorillonite clay
and many other compounds, comes from an ancient seabed. It is an excellent
source of silica, calcium, magnesium and the gamut of trace minerals. Clay also
has detoxifying effects as the negatively charged clay particles attract
positively charged pathogens and take them out of the body. Technically sold as
an anticaking compound and available only in 40-pound
bags, Azomite is incredibly cheap when used as a mineral supplement, costing
less than one dollar per pound delivered. Take a heaping teaspoon mixed with
water daily as an insurance of adequate macro- and trace mineral ingestion in
these days of soil depletion through intensive farming. …from the Western A. Price Foundation http://www.azomite.com/ Judi -----Original Message----- 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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