Re: [compost_tea] Puzzled!!! Wow Numbers

From: Jeff Lowenfels <jeff_at_gardener.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 17:10:53 -0600

Scott,

I have made very good teas that have not gone bad in two days...smell wise.=
 Who knows what is left a alive without a test. So, don't jump to conclusi=
ons just because your tea doesn't smell bad after two days at 75 degrees in=
 a closed bottle.

If there are no nutrients left in the tea, what will the microbes live on?=
 Each other. How long will the microbes live eating each other? A pretty lo=
ng time, I would guess....at least several days.

Seems to me its the O2 problem, again, in the long run.

NOW as for making great teas out of great compost, what you get going out h=
as a lot to do with what you have going in. Compare the numbers for the tes=
ts at http://www.alaskahumus.com/SFI_Results.pdf
with those at http://www.alaskahumus.com/fungaltest.htm. I pulled those gr=
eat tea fungal numbers out of the same Alaska Humus. But, don 't stop there=
! The latest SFI tea numbers, still in prelim report status, have fungal =
numbers in the high 70s.

These kinds of numbers are so easy to get if you follow the UNPATENTED, Ala=
ska Humus method for increasing fungal numbers in teas: Add nutrient to yo=
ur compost/humus to wake up the fungi and get them growing BEFORE you add i=
t to tea. It is easy. Well, it is easy to do if you use ALASKA HUMUS. See=
 if it is easy to do in your compost. If not, we've got some for your next =
tea!

Cheers,

jeff law



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