I just came across the following at a web site selling humic acid:
"Molasses favors fungi over bacteria to speed up process
Fungi produce enzymes that can break down lignin and cellulose. Bacteria
then take over and finish the job forming humus. What takes so long is that
most composting is not done with fungus initially. The key is to favor fung=
i
right from the very start, as fungi can break down ligno-cellulosic waste
without high temperatures. It has been demonstrated that the addition of
molasses to the pile will favor fungi over bacteria and can speed up the
whole process dramatically. 500 ml per 4 kg (2 pints per 10 pounds dry
waste) waste works good and probably adds trace minerals. Molasses is cheap
in many areas and may be available from feed stores or sugar factories.
Either cane or beet can be used"
This seems contra to what we do with teas visa vis fungi. Any ideas or is
the author of the bit simply "wrong>" Seems it is time to do a test in
compost. Incidently, the use of soy bean meal seems more effective than
malt at growing fungis in compost......all that stuff with BRAGGS which is
just liquid soy for the most part....why didn't we think of soy bean meal
earlier?
Cheers,
Jeff L
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Received on Fri Nov 29 2002 - 20:59:30 EST