Re: [compost_tea] Ready Tests & Standards

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:40:22 EST

Hi Kirk -

There are a couple things I've suggested and seem to be working well.

To help you determine if your tea getting adequate aeration? When your tea
is done, half-fill a plastic water bottle with a sealable top, make sure the
top is sealed, and let the tea sit in a warm place for 24 hours. If the
bottle is blown up in 24 hours, or all sucked in, you have a problem with
your tea maker that you need to deal with, most likely anaerobic conditions.
If the bottle is normal looking, then open the top slowly, and use your nose
carefully. If it stinks, you have a problem. If it smells good, and the
color is dark brown, your tea is likely in good shape relative to aeration.

The little microscope is still with the engineers. So, please be as patient
as I am trying to be! And it was only since August that we've been talking
about it, so not quite a year on that.....

The Beneficial Organism Assay should be up this next week. So, please stay
tuned on that.

Elaine
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
www.soilfoodweb.com



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Received on Tue Dec 31 2002 - 21:15:39 EST

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