[compost_tea] Re: Making compost tea extract

From: waynerz123 <wayner123_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:10:55 -0000

Thank you for that information. I thought I had done my homework but my ter=
ms seem to be off. Here is where I am still confused. Let's say I took half=
 a gallon of compost and put it in a paint strainer bag. Then added that ba=
g to a 5 gallon bucket of water. I then ran 2 airstones which aerated the w=
ater. I did all of this for 24 hours. I do NOT add any food source. Would I=
 be left with LCE? According to what I can find, the answer would be yes. S=
o would this "extract" be able to be stored for days?

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, phishphan12_at_... wrote:
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> Extraction is basically taking the microbes off of the compost without ad=
ding any additional foods to the brew. This is what gives LCE its shelf lif=
e. You do use roughly 10x the amount of compost used in tea brewing, so it =
does have its disadvantages too. Buying an extractors isn't cheap either, b=
ut 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 som=
e 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>
> 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 microbe=
s in compost tea lessen the longer it sits. But there are a number of compa=
nies that sell compost tea extracts. So how does one take homemade compost =
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 w=
hen needed/wanted.
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