Hi Stephen,
People can try what they wish but I don't like to mess around with adjustin=
g pH in a brew as it just throws things out of balance (IMO).
Do these people supply any data or do they do any research? Their statement=
that molasses selects for a limited number of bacterial species seems to i=
ndicate a lack of time looking down a microscope tube. That molasses feeds =
only bacteria is old information which was started 'I don't know where'. Bl=
ack strap molasses feeds both bacteria/archaea and fungi equally well, in m=
y experience. Paul Stamets uses molasses to grow out fungal hyphae.
[as a side note, I believe that it has yet to be proven that the fungi grow=
n out in ACT is the same type of fungi we refer to when we speak of fungal =
dominated soils. I'm not saying that the fungi grown in ACT does not contri=
bute to the health of soil, just that I've not seen supportive data that th=
e species of fungi grown in ACT have a direct role in nutrient delivery to =
the roots of plants similar to endomycorrhizal fungi. I am hopeful of relat=
ed research)
I do not usually have trouble extracting and growing fungi in an efficient =
brewer using [vermi]compost which has fungi in it. The time it takes usuall=
y ranges from 10 to 24 hours depending on how active the [vermi]compost is.
Here is my data from two brews made with only 2.38% vermicompost mixed with=
0.50% black strap molasses. Judge for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZz7vnaX2S8&feature=context&context=C3=
016b7eADOEgsToPDskJTsOMGQcbl821vfr-OSCGP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR7ZTrZQuFg&feature=context&context=C3=
016b7eADOEgsToPDskJTsOMGQcbl821vfr-OSCGP
Tim
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Steyn" <ssteyn_at_...> wrote:
>
> Dear fellow composters:
>
> Received this via my subscription to Graeme Sait's site. I hope you find =
it
> as interesting as I did. The idea of buffering the ACT to different pHs
> depending on whether you wanted bacterial or fungal dominance seems a goo=
d
> one.
>
> SS
>
> http://www.nutri-tech.com.au/blog/2011/12/8-essentials-for-microbe-brewin=
g/
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Received on Sun Dec 18 2011 - 15:37:16 EST