RE: [compost_tea] Re: Making compost tea extract

From: Carl Brodeur <cbrodeur1_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:23:38 -0400

Mike,

Were you using it as a foliar for disease suppression? As a prevention? Wha=
t were you targeting?

Carl

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From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On B=
ehalf Of mikethewormguy
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:13 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Making compost tea extract

 

  



a possible option to consider is to take the liquid compost extract LCE), s=
ubtract a portion volume out and make that volume into ACT. Then at the tim=
e of application, you combine the LCE and ACT portions together to get both=
 diversity and activity.

I have used this 'combo' approach more for foliar applications.

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> ,=
 "Stephen Steyn" <ssteyn_at_...> wrote:
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> But you would have more diversity, because foods you add tend to favour c=
ertain microbes over others â€" and over time the microbial ba=
lance shifts due to depredation of some species and explosive growth of oth=
ers given the nutrient rich environment.
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> SS
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> From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> =
 [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com>=
 ] On Behalf Of Tad Hussey
> Sent: 17 March 2011 23:20
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re: Making compost tea extract
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> Keep in mind as well though, that you won't have the same microbial activ=
ity or concentrations of microbes that you get from an aerated compost tea,=
 because you're not adding a food source to the brewer at the beginning of =
the cycle.
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> From: mikethewormguy <mikethewormguy_at_...>
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 1:59:06 PM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Making compost tea extract
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> if you have a choice than always make the liquid extract fresh.
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> Here is a simple&affordable DIY LCE approach I have used for my home lawn=
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> 1. Extract 1 gallon of high quality vermicompost in 5 gallons of water fo=
r a 24 hour period. I stir, using a long handled spoon, vigorously each hou=
r for the first 4 hours and again each hour 4 hours prior to harvesting the=
 liquid.
> 2. Filter out the solids using a 5 gallon paint strainer bag.
> 3. Dilute the extract liquid concentrate to 100 gallons with water using =
2-55 gallon rain barrels with spigots.
> 4. Add 1 quart of 12% Humic Acid to each rain barrel. Mix well.
> 5. Apply the diluted liquid to 1 acre of turf using a hose and a Honda 1h=
p pump.
> 6. Repeat monthly during growing season.
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> So with this procedure I use around 1 cubic foot of vermicompost and 4 ga=
llons of 12% humic acid per season.
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> Keep in mind that the LCE is a soil microbial inoculant where less used m=
ore often is better than alot used less often.
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> So use less compost, apply liquid monthly, and watch your soil improve.
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> my 2 cents.....
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> Mike Flynn
> Green Quest LLC
> BioSpecific LLC
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> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com>=
  <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> , phishphan12_at_ wrote:
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> > Extraction is basically taking the microbes off of the compost without =
adding any additional foods to the brew. This is what gives LCE its shelf l=
ife. You do use roughly 10x the amount of compost used in tea brewing, so i=
t does have its disadvantages too. Buying an extractors isn't cheap either,=
 but I think in the archives someone uses an old washing machine.
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> > Also, a lot of the bottled "teas" on the market are dormant spores or s=
ome other brew and other not really "teas". Do some homework.
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> > Matt
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "waynerz123" <wayner123_at_>
> > To: "compost tea" <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40ya=
hoogroups.com> <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> >
> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:59:26 PM
> > Subject: [compost_tea] Making compost tea extract
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> > If I understand it correctly, and I am probably way off, the good micro=
bes in compost tea lessen the longer it sits. But there are a number of com=
panies that sell compost tea extracts. So how does one take homemade compos=
t tea and make it dormant or give it a shelf life?
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> > The benefit of this would be to make one large batch and then aerate it=
 when needed/wanted.
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