[compost_tea] Re: New to the game

From: baresoil <baresoil_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:29:59 -0000

What are you trying to accomplish? What is use of tea to be?

"smells like it is fermenting" may not be good if you are trying to develop=
 a healthy microbial community on leaf surface or in soil. Usually aerobic=
 organisms are considered more favorable. Fermenters are certainly anaerob=
ic, and while not necessarily harmful, anaerobic microbes generally include=
 or favor disease organisms. Some commercial products use fermentations to=
 make nutrients more readily available to plants, but the idea with aerated=
 compost teas is usually to multiply the beneficial aerobic organisms. Als=
o, aerobic populations will not keep active for long in a sealed container.=
  They need fresh oxygen supply. But maybe it just smelled alive, in which=
 case you did great.

Dan

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "prestonwhite21" <ceo_at_...> wrote:
>
> This is my first adventure into the world of making teas and here is how =
my first batch went.
>
> 2c Feed Store Bought Organic dry molasses
> 2c Feed Store Bought worm castings
> 4c Fine "warm" Compost
>
> All material went into a bag similar to a cloth tea bag.
>
> I used a 5 gal clear tub. A 6v solar fountain. Every day the cloth bag wa=
s kneaded. Mixed for almost 3 days...
>
> Outcome: Smells like it is fermenting. Put it into gallon jugs and darned=
 if even in sealed jugs this stuff is still active, full of bubbles now and=
 looks alive.
>
> Did I get good results as far as smell and activity?
>
> PReston
>




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