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Re: [compost_tea] Defining what is compost tea exactly



I was asked recently about a article that might have
been written in Biocyle on UV protection for microbes
so they can be sprayed in miday sunlight. Anyone hear
anything on this? Sunglasses maybe
--- soilfoodweb@aol.com wrote:
> I think I made it clear in the e-mail that in my
> experience with Soil Soup 
> machines, when we follow the manufactruers
> directions, the liquid goes smelly.  
> 
> We have worked with people who modify the
> manufactureres directions and then 
> the machine can give you decent bacterial tea.  But
> it is not compost tea.  No 
> fungi, no protozoa, no beneficial nematodes. 
> 
> I said as much in my previous e-mail.  Do something
> different from the 
> directions, and it can be ok.  
> 
> The soil Soup machine does not give the biology
> needed to improve the soil 
> foodweb, because it generally gives you just
> bacteria.  It can be really bad 
> news when the bacteria added are anaerobic bacteria,
> because you then lose the 
> beneficial fungi, protozoa and nematodes.  
> 
> If you modify how you use Soil Soup machines, then
> it can stay aerobic, and 
> you add aerobic bacteria.  That can be useful,
> because then you can protect 
> against easy-to-deal with fungal disease like black
> spot.  Generally can't help 
> against mildew, although it would be good to hear if
> people have managed that 
> with Soil Soup.
> 
> Actually, that would be useful, wouldn't it?  How
> did different people modify 
> the Soil Soup process to get good results.  What do
> you do to make the 
> machine work?  What diseases have you been able to
> deal with?  What benefits?  
> 
> That would be positive and beneficial, don't you
> think?  How do you make Soil 
> soup work? 
> 
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> www.soilfoodweb.com
> SFI Oregon, USA
> SFI Australia
> SFI New York
> SFI Europe
> SFI New Zealand
> 
> "Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that
> things will turn out well, 
> but the conviction that what we are doing makes
> sense, no matter how things 
> turn out."   --  Vaclav Havel, former President of
> the Czech Republic
> 
> 


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