Re: [compost_tea] Re: Parcipitate, CT Naming, NOP & Manure
see comments below
>>On what we call making compost tea, I don't think it's too late to rena=
me
it. We all understand what we're talking about, but I have talked with m=
any
people unfamiliar with it, at farm markets, fairs, events, who assume wha=
t
Bob suggests: "brewing" implies a heating/cooking process, as in making
coffee, tea for drinking, etc, so they immediately get a wrong picture of
what's happening.
"Aerated compost tea" is a much more appropriate description, so that's w=
hat
I suggest (and sometimes you might warm the water to 70-80 degrees F...).
We want both aerated compost and the process is one of aeration... Oxygen=
is
critical to the process and to the soil, per Elaine's note today, aerobic
critters are what we are after... "Aerator" seems as easy as "brewer" and
is, after all, what the machine is doing. It just seems more
straightforward and supportive of more people getting it sooner, which I =
see
as an important and worthwhile goal.<<
I like "aerated compost tea" and "aerator." I think "compost tea" is a t=
erm that is too engrained in gardening culture to change--non-aerated tea h=
as been in existence forever. It's the aeration that makes this stuff wort=
hwhile. "Tea aerator" as opposed to "tea brewer" provides a much clearer p=
icture of the process.
Susan Cruver
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