Elaine wrote " We have some work to do to understand when anaerobic teas
will result in killing plants, versus just not having much affect. Clearly
it isn't just dissolved oxygen levels that are important"
Both brews dropped to D O of 1.5 ppm after about 6 hours and no matter how
much MORE air I pumped in I couldn't get them to rise.
"The first anaerobic brew probably helped set the stage for the nastier
organisms being ready to take off faster in brew number two."
Tank was as spotless as the first one.
>
> "With the two brews, which one smelled bad? Color? Foam? What
differences?"
Both smelled exactly the same - a lovely sweet smell of molasses. Black in
colout. Foam was billowing out - I think after it became anaerobic.
>
> "You'll probably say neither, so the brews weren't growing the stinky
anaerobic bacteria all that rapidly. But the second brew was bad news, and
the first wasn't. What difference?"
The second brew was made with kelp powder whereas with the other one I used
a blend of kelp, fish and fulvic acid (Nutritech Seachange Blend KFF)
If i could get the recipe Elaine used, I would like to try the 6% molasses
brew one more time to see if i can replicate it with my material and
equipment.
Scott
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Received on Tue Oct 21 2003 - 00:26:45 EDT