[compost_tea] Re: Hay hay

From: chriscreid <reidchris_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 02:37:18 -0000

  
Elaine Ingham said:
> What is it that protozoa do for you? Why do you care that they
are there?
> Testing to see if you all know the answer........
>
Okay, this is my understanding:

Leachable nitrogen and readily available nitrogen equals nitrate.
The nitrate is taken up by bacteria. Without the protozoa in the
food web, the N can stay sequestered (except when the B die) and not
be out there available for the plants.

The protozoa eat the bacteria and release the nitrate/make available
again in the form of ammonium nitrogen.

Question: Do bacteria poop out nitrogen? In what form??

(Never saw anybody ask that question before on the list...)

Cheers,

Chris Reid



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