Re: [compost_tea] Comfrey compost tea recipe

From: Jonathan Bewley <ummyepp_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:07:09 -0800 (PST)

I must disagree.
I took a professional mushroom cultivation seminar with Paul Stamets up in =
Olympia, Washington where I grew up.
One method of spore propagation is called a "spore slurry mass" where you t=
ake mushrooms, put them into a bucket of clean water, a bit of sea salt to =
prevent bacteria yet not enough to hurt the spores, and also as immediate f=
ood source "molasses".
The spores meet in the solution and create actual microscopic yet fully fun=
ctioning mushrooms. It takes two spores to make a mushroom. They meet in th=
e solution and feed on the molasses, growing before even hitting the ground=
.
I'm sure there is some truth to your statement, I don't claim to know all b=
ut I do know these facts above.


--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Jeff Lowenfels <jeff_at_gardener.com> wrote:

From: Jeff Lowenfels <jeff_at_gardener.com>
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Comfrey compost tea recipe
To: "compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com" <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 7:00 AM










        
 











Sugars do not promote fungi, but rather bacteria....

Please plant a row for the hungry in your garden. Ask me how!
On Feb 25, 2011, at 5:50 AM, Jonathan Bewley <ummyepp_at_yahoo.com> wrote:






 



    
      
      
      Comfrey Tea is one of those nutty biodynamic creations I believe.
You only want to add sugars to a compost tea if you are working to intentio=
nally propagate fungus.
Bacteria specific to your sugars will out compete the bacteria of your comp=
ost.


















    
    










      

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