[compost_tea] Aloe Vera and Compost Tea

From: Judi Stewart <js_at_olympus.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:21:18 -0800

 
Hello Peter,
Can you supply data on any lab tests you ran using your aloe vera in
compost tea to achieve the percentages you're showing on your company's
web site? (See below.)
Do you recommend using aloe vera on all crops?
Are you adding aloe vera at brew inception in the tank or the brew
basket, or adding it after brewing, but before application?
What part of the plant do you use and what form is the aloe?
I'd like to be able to increase my compost tea's fungal numbers.
Thanks for any information you can pass along.
Thank you,
Judi
"Our first major research with aloe involved verification of Elaine
Ingham's findings in relation to the biostimulating capacity of the
herb. NTS research scientist, Peter Masasso, embarked on microbe brewing
trials involving varying additions of concentrated aloe vera. The
results were outstanding, with a 670% increase in total bacterial
biomass over the control and a 1,340% increase in fungal biomass!
The aloe concentrate was then sent to a prominent microbiologist who had
recently developed a state-of-the-art microbe food, for comparisons.
Here, the simple aloe produced equivalent microbe counts to the
expensive, 'champagne' product, but the numbers appeared to reverse if
the aloe was oversupplied (consistent with the microbicide capacity of
the aloin fraction). A dilution of 0.5% to 1% aloe appeared most
productive as a microbe brewing additive."
 






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