[compost_tea] Re: added more food to long bew time lost booming population of flagellates

From: John Potts <johnpotts55_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:34:52 -0000

aaah- think you are right. I remember Elaine Ingham talking about the prese=
rvatives in fish hydrolysate having the potential to kill off organisms if =
not diluted properly before use - makes sense if the preservative is meant =
to prevent the organisms growing and exploding the container. If that is t=
he case, what is the proper way to use the fish hydrolysate so it isn't wor=
king against you? It didn't seem to kill off the bacteria. I continued bre=
wing- to see what would happen, coming up 5 days still no protozoa, but the=
re are no ciliates, so doesn't seem like the brew went anaerobic.
Again, thanks for the help.
John Potts


--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Tim Wilson" <thegoodjob_at_...> wrote:
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> I'll second that ding ding. Be aware or wary of adding stuff to finished =
tea...no matter what anyone says.
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> Tim
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> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, phishphan12_at_ wrote:
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> > Ding Ding....Winner!!!
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> > From: "Jason Kalka" <shortstop42000_at_>
> > To: "compost tea" <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 1:10:32 PM
> > Subject: RE: [compost_tea] added more food to long bew time lost boomin=
g population of flagellates
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> > You killed them off. Too much/too little food, not enough oxygen, chang=
e in temperature or acidity all could account for the drop in population.
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> > From: John Potts <johnpotts55_at_>
> > Sent: April 18, 2011 9:01 AM
> > To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [compost_tea] added more food to long bew time lost booming po=
pulation of flagellates
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> > I have been experimenting with a long brew time to increase protozoa, a=
fter 72 hours the flagellates were booming, so thought I had better add som=
e more food for the bacteria- added 1 oz of molasses and 1 oz of fish hydro=
lysate to the 2 gallons of the 72 hour brewing tea. Now after 96 hours- no =
flagellates- can't see a one..... any ideas what happened?
> > Appreciat the help
> > John Potts
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