[compost_tea] Re: Sea Minerals as a Food Source

From: Tim Wilson <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:50:49 -0000

I want to add, don't get me wrong, I think it would be really useful and mi=
nd blowing if nutrients were left in solution following bacterial predation=
 by protozoa...revolutionary really. The lab testing I've had done did not =
indicate this but in retrospect it was a crappy lab that got shut down late=
r.

Tim

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Tim Wilson" <thegoodjob_at_...> wrote:
>
> "Segway into the conversation on nutrient cycling. When stores distribute=
 tea out of a perpetual brew from a Vortex Brewer they are working with gro=
wers who are many times not really trying to set up a soil food web."
>
> If this is the case, then the person picking up the tea to take home is g=
oing to want to see hardly any microbes left, determining that the nutrient=
 cycling is complete and all he has left is the protozoa poo(?) since addit=
ionally he does not wish to set up a soil food web.
>
> Most longterm brews I've seen consist of high numbers of flagellates or c=
iliates prior to encysting. [or adding more foods and restarting the bacter=
ial bloom]
>
> Tim
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Evan Folds" <evan_at_> wrote:
> >
> > I hear you, Tad. It is an indirect observation over many different
> > experiments in regards to the sea minerals changing the nature of the b=
rew.
> > They are clear and would not alter the color of water. It doesn't prove
> > anything, other than the increased activity we note under the microscop=
e.
> > Color and foam are not metrics to define good compost tea. The same way=
 brix
> > is not for claiming nutrient dense food.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's what I think is happening with Earth Tonic. Microbes use element=
s as
> > co-factors to create enzymes, which allow them to do their work. The sa=
me
> > bacteria may make myriad different enzymes if given the co-factor to do=
 so.
> > In other words, all enzymes cannot be created without all elements. Not
> > having all elements in a compost tea brew or root zone is like hiring
> > someone to build a house with half the tools. If they can do it at all =
it is
> > going to take them much longer. I am positing that from the presence of=
 ALL
> > minerals in a natural form that the microbes are simply more capable of
> > doing their work more efficiently and in a more diverse way. One may sa=
y
> > that it takes them a shorter amount of time to do what the non-Tonic br=
ew
> > does, OR, as I think is happening, the presence of all minerals allows =
them
> > to create a more textured plant food.
> >
> >
> >
> > Segway into the conversation on nutrient cycling. When stores distribut=
e tea
> > out of a perpetual brew from a Vortex Brewer they are working with grow=
ers
> > who are many times not really trying to set up a soil food web. If this=
 is
> > the angle it may make more sense to brew for shorter amounts of time, t=
hat
> > is if you can determine that this aspect of the food chain is deficient=
.
> > (Per previous posts, this has not been established, but is the future).=
 They
> > may be growing with hydroponics or hand watering containers, etc. In th=
is
> > application, simply having a solution that has been created by microbes
> > (plant food), even with an "unbalanced" compost tea, is a net positive.
> > Especially in hydroponics. That's not to say that a brew is unbalanced =
when
> > run perpetually. In the end questioning the meaning of "balance".it's a=
ll
> > relative to your perspective and application, which is why we can never
> > agree about all of this stuff. J It's also what keeps it interesting. =
 
> >
> >
> >
> > Hopefully, what we can come to is an understanding of how to brew a com=
post
> > tea based on the application - fungicide, biological balance, container
> > gardening, hydroponics, etc. This would include stage of growth and pla=
nt
> > grown. Imagine we had a feeding schedule that described how long to bre=
w and
> > what food sources to use based on the stage of growth and plant being g=
rown?
> > We have barely started to move in that direction and have a long way to=
 go..
> >
> >
> >
> > Be a farmer, start a garden.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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