[compost_tea] Re: Making compost tea extract
Also one could ask what is the point of the 24 hours? Why not just stir up =
some compost in water and apply if dormant microbes is what one wants? Espe=
cially if one is adding a sufficient ratio of humic acid prior to applicati=
on to kill or chase those microbes back into dormancy. Check it with a scop=
e. Tad & I did. Of course I did not check your specific ratio but based on =
what I've seen I would never add humic acid, nor kelp nor fish hydrolysate =
to a liquid with active microbes. I would only add a small amount at the be=
ginning of a brew.
Tim
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "mikethewormguy" <mikethewormguy_at_...> w=
rote:
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> Tad,
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> You bring up a very excellent point which I have some questions about. I=
n nature..form follows function so.....
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> 1. Do the microbes in an application liquid need to be actively growing f=
or a soil application if the goal is just to add wee beasties to the soil ?
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> 2. What type of benefits, thinking of the soil as the customer, can be ac=
heived by applying dormant microbes, via an extract, along with foods stimu=
lants to the soil during an application event ?
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> Thanks for insights.....
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> Mike Flynn
> Green Quest LLC
> BioSpecific LLC
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> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Tad Hussey <tadhussey_at_> wrote:
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> > Keep in mind as well though, that you won't have the same microbial act=
ivity or
> > concentrations of microbes that you get from an aerated compost tea, be=
cause
> > you're not adding a food source to the brewer at the beginning of the c=
ycle.
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