Re: Fw: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE
DE is short dor diotamous earth. It is used for insect control. I mix
it with minerals for my cattle. It keeps them free of stomach worms by
scoreing their exo-sketons with its sharp edges.
Jimmy Muse
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Harvey" <mharvey@w..=
.> wrote:
> I have re posted this message as it apears the test results got
jumbled up.
> This should present the results in a readable form.
>
> Mike Benton,
> I have taken a while to reply to your post as I had sent a sampl=
e
in to SFI
> Lismore Aus that had a bearing on this topic.
> I use the rubber disc type diffusers in my machines and they cre=
ate a
> medium
> size bubble of high oxygen transfer rate.
> I have used fish emulsion regularly as a way of feeding fungi an=
d
keeping
> the foam down The oil content seems to be the important part (fo=
r
fungi)
> and
> I have found it difficult to source high oil content fish
hydrolysate. So I
> have been using cod liver oil, however it goes straight into
emulsion so is
> no good to keep the foam down however it does feed fungi incredi=
bly
well.
> There is a guy in Eastern Australia who passed this info on to m=
e -
he said
> he had done lots of testing with it and it gave consistent resul=
ts. I
> believe he lurks on this site so if you are still there thanks f=
or the
> info.
> I have trialed using sunflower oil as an oil to keep the foam do=
wn
and this
> works ok (you need a fair bit though). Canola oil is fungicidal =
so
it may
> not be a good idea to use it (it is in most vegetable oils). Doe=
s
anyone
> know if sunflower oil has any fungicidal effects?? The oil does<=
BR>
float on
> the
> top so it does not come into contact with all of the tea. The fo=
llowing
> test
> results I got today and the recipe has 0.1% cod liver oil as wel=
l as 6%
> molasses, paramagnetic rock dust, 2.5% humic acid by weight,
sunfower oil
> (to keep foam down) and other material. (You need massive aerati=
on
to keep
> this aerobic).
> It took 3 days to get to the lab so the numbers direct out of th=
e tank
> would
> have been better.
> This material was used as a soil drench and inoculant on strawbe=
rries.
> By the way what is DE?
> Regards Mike Harvey New Life Soils www.composttea.com.au
>
> NLS-Soil food test results 20/04/05
> Active bacteria 40.3 (µg/mL) in the ra=
nge
> Total bacterial biomass 110,080(µg/mL)Excellent.
> Active fungal Biomass 239 (µg/mL)Excel=
lent.
> Total fungal Biomass 382 (µg/mL)Excell=
ent.
> Fungal hyphae diameter 3.5 Disease suppr=
essive fungi were
extracted.
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Benton" <compost_at_m...>
> > To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:40 PM
> > Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE
> >
> >
> > > OOPS yes Kirk I did me to say water.In my rush to get everyt=
hing
done I
> > had
> > > a bit of brain fade :}
> > > On diffussers,I also started with drilled pvc about 3 years =
ago
and with
> > big
> > > holes ,then I got inside the unit while it was running,goggl=
es and
> snorkel
> > > time,luckly this was in summer..There I realised that smalle=
r was
> > > better.This meant drilling about 2000 holes af about 1mm or<=
BR>
1/25".Hmmm
> > less
> > > than funny.I have been interesed in waste water treatment fo=
r a
while.I
> > > found rubber diffusers thru the net in the USA but the costs=
where too
> > > high.So I started making them locally.This allowed me to cha=
nge
the size
> > of
> > > the slash that let the air out.As for durabilty I have only =
had one
> > customer
> > > with damage to the sleeves and he has a triple 1200 lt set
,running if
> one
> > > big blower and at times I suspect the his workers are puttin=
g
all the
> air
> > > thru one tank and stressing the sleeves to much.As for clean=
ing
being
> > > difficult,I can not agree ,less than 10 minutes turn around =
time.
> > > Bending PVC is easy enough.Use glycerene heated up to 110/12=
0 C if I
> > > remember right.?Or was that210C Icant remember..
> > > I did a fish oil brew and this time the oil formed an emulsi=
on
on the
> top
> > of
> > > the water.There was still foam ,so I added a teaspoon of coo=
king
> > > oil.[Veg}Made great tea even the fishy smell was reduc=
ed.
> > > Anyone using DE in their tea ?If so why?
> > > Regards
> > > Mike Benton
> > > Compost Technologies
> > > mike_at_c... mobile 0823345371
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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