[compost_tea] Brew tests

From: Mike Bosko <mjbosko_at_jmtsystems.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:44:15 -0800

That helps, thanks. Sounds like I need to work on better aeration with the
brewer, or better methods with my aeration. The brewer is of your approved
models, so it must be something I'm doing... go'figure.
 
After writing that last message, I got to thinking that I should at least,
at this point, send in a sample of my compost for testing. I'll look into
that.
 
But, I'm curious, what about the procedure I wrote about using, prior to a
SFI tea test? Would you consider that a viable means of testing until I
get a batch that I think will work? I'm applying the tea now to ground tha=
t
really doesn't matter much at this point. A test spot of timothy and, well=
,
weeds.
 
Once I get this all figured out with my brewer, I want to get a bio test on
my soils to start matching a brew according to those needs - but I need to
figure out how best to brew first. Baby steps -with monopoly money first -
then the real stuff. ; ) ???
 
Thanks, -m

-----Original Message-----
From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com [mailto:soilfoodweb_at_aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 12:24 PM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] same recipe - compost free in water


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 i=
s
about the same when you finish the 24 hour incubation, then it's ok. If th=
e
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.
 
Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc,
1128 NW 2nd ST., Suite 120
Corvallis, Oregon
Soil Foodweb Inc., Australia
Soil Foodweb Inc., New York
Soil Foodweb Inc., New Zealand
Soil Foodweb Inc., The Netherlands
Soil Foodweb Inc., Mexico
Board Member, Sustainable Studies Institute, Eugene, OR

"Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that things will turn out well=
,

but the conviction that what we are doing makes sense,
no matter how things turn out."
-- Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic


  _____

Yahoo! Groups Links


* To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/compost_tea/
  

* To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
compost_tea-unsubscribe_at_yahoogroups.com
<mailto:compost_tea-unsubscribe_at_yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe>
  

* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .






Received on Wed Mar 17 2004 - 18:19:35 EST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Tue Feb 07 2012 - 14:15:09 EST