[compost_tea] composted cow manure on vegetable beds

From: Linda Meyer <linda.meyer_at_cadence.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:45:28 -0800

Question,
 
I have come across some composted cow manure - turned with a small
bulldozer for about 3 months, hot,and mixed only with a small amount of
wood shavings. There is virtually no manure smell nor anaerobic odor to
this mix.
 
I am using this on my roses and other ornamentals, what pathogen risks,
if any, do I run by layering it on my vegetable beds - along with my own
home brewed compost and leaves?
 
Linda Meyer


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        From: Ted Peterson [mailto:ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net]
        Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 1:40 PM
        To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
        Subject: Re: [compost_tea] sleeping critters
        
        
        ----- Original Message -----
        From: rlbct <mailto:rlbct_at_clear.net.nz>
        To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
        Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:24 PM
        Subject: [compost_tea] sleeping critters

        I've recently been on Elaine's seminar; so packed with info
it'll take some
        time to get it into my head.
        My understanding is that if the critters run out of food they go
to sleep
        (so the O2 levels should level out high).
        OK, so in this condition can we store them in an airtight (or
otherwise)
        container with the idea of waking them up later by adding food -
obviously
        in an aerobic environment.
        ie: apply to soil directly; or dilute and aerate for a while.
        What's the purpose for doing this? The main one would be to be
able to
        store it - I was thinking of giving it a shelf life for resale
actually.
        
        Anyone tried this?
        Lynton
        
         
        There will be some anaerobes in your tea. When you shut off the
air and "bottle" the tea, you are creating and environment perfect for
these anaerobes. They will start growing and will use anything for food
they can find. This means that sleeping aerobes become cattle for the
anaerobic coyotes. Try putting some tea on the shelf and just smell it
after 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours. Your nose will tell you without
fail that the healthy, aerobic tea you have brewed has become an
unhealthy swamp. Within all these anaerobes are a few pathogens, when
you make an environment for anaerobes you also make an environment for
??? Yes, e coli and salmonella. Actually these are the two most
prominent indicators but if you see these, you can rest assured you have
others too.
         
        You would have to pump tons of air into the mixture just to get
it to a point where you would want to apply it if at all.
         
        Ted Peterson
        Earth-Wise/Spirit of the Earth

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