RES: [compost_tea] fungi

From: Jose Luiz M Garcia <gingerjo_at_terra.com.br>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:20:42 -0200

Hi,

Most of the products that you have mentioned are already used to make
CT. At least I use most of them.
However, depending on the type of the machine you have one
has to pay close attention to the size of the particle.
Please remember that fungi and bacteria will have only 24 hours
of fun inside the brewer. The smaller the size of the particle the
faster its utilization.
If you are circulating the tea thru a pump some materials like rock
dust,
greensand, etc.. can actually damage the equipment.
Most of them are good depending on what type of brew you want to
make whereas fungal or bacterial. The Compost Tea Manual gives you a
very
good idea on what types of materials are used for each type of tea.
I have used those guidelines when I started brewing sometime ago.

Like I said I would go for fine powder instead of granules. I try to "
pre-digest" as
much as I can when it comes to make Compost Tea. I use powder
as fine as 200+ mesh whenever I can . Sometimes even 400+mesh.
I believe that this is one of the areas of future development in
eco-agriculture.
Micronization is the technique of the future. A Micronized Compost would
become
almost soluble ( actually suspended ).
By the way, have anyone in this list ever used Micronized Compost to
make Compost Tea ? That should be a good one.

jose


----- Jeff Lowenfels wrote:
> Folks, just to follow up on the malt, Braggs etc discussion re growing
fungi
> in the compost before using it for teas:
>
> Add soy bean meal to the list. Wow, did it ever grow fungi in Alaska
Humus.
> I hope others try it with their compost and report in. I actually
think I
> got better fungi, faster with the soy bean meal than with the
malt.......

I've been meaning to ask: what about using the following?

Norwegian kelp meal
Crab waste granulated
Flaked alfalfa meal
Blood meal
Fish waste granulated

cornmeal
corn bran
wheat bran

greensand
rock phosphate
rock dusts from quarries


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