Re: [compost_tea] same recipe - compost free in water

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:23:33 EST

The tested brew should be used - although you'll find out how "worth it" it
was once the data are back.

Smell the tea when you put it in the bottle before sealing. If the smell is
about the same when you finish the 24 hour incubation, then it's ok. If the
tea was oxygen limited, it will smell like ammonia, rotten eggs, vinegar, sour
milk, vomit or putrid in 24 hours. That means, it is time to up the aeration.
   And time to brew again, because that tea you applied was not the best.

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