RE: [compost_tea] Sawdust in compost tea

From: Bill Skerrett <bill_at_ictorganics.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 09:12:59 -0500

Hey Cameron

As a friend of mine used to say "you can't do it wrong you can just do it
better"

The sawdust should be fine in the mix, no worries. Just make sure it is not
from wood that has a chemical in it to preserve the wood, often they are
pretty toxic

 

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From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Cameron Jenkins
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 6:30 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Sawdust in compost tea

 

  

Hi all,

Been a lurker for a month or so, but this is my first post.

I live on a small suburban block in Melbourne, Australia. I have a number of
worm farms, two of these are can-o-worms. They work well for me, except the
castings in the bottom tray always seems to be quite wet and the castings
are all clumpy and not really suited for the 44 gallon drum I brew my
compost teas in.

Today, I emptied the bottom tray out of one of the can-o-worms, and mixed it
with some non treated sawdust. As the sawdust drew in some of the moisture,
it allowed the worm castings to break apart into smaller bits. I then used a
sieve to sift the castings to use into my compost tea.

So the question is, how would sawdust go in a compost tea? I'll only be
adding some molasses and fish emulsion to my next brew, so I'd be interested
in feedback as to whether there would be anything wrong with sawdust mixed
with fine worm castings would go in a brew.

Regards,
Cameron Jenkins







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