Re: [compost_tea] Protazoa

From: Jeff Lowenfels <jeff_at_gardener.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:39:16 -0900

They need air, yes! Bubble away.

Jeff

Plant A Row For The Hungry...and read "TEAMING WITH MICROBES: THE ORGANIC G=
ARDENER'S GUIDE TO THE SOIL FOOD WEB."

On Jan 19, 2012, at 4:21 AM, "markhommez" <mark_at_perfectcirclecorp.com> wrot=
e:

> First time on the forum so please be patient. We have been playing around=
 with making compost tea using worm castings rather than compost.After send=
ing a sample to Soil Food Web, results show no active protazoa. According t=
o SFW, you can soak hay for two days to get a population of protazoa. We di=
d that, checked after 1 day and found some buzzing around. On the second da=
y, we found nothing. Should we be bubbling this hay because just plain soak=
ing didn't seem to do the trick? Thanks!
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