[compost_tea] Re: Brewer types,fish oil and DE

From: falldecor <danny_at_dannysfalldecor.com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 21:40:44 -0000
Hi Mike,

Would you be willing to share where you purchase your cod liver
oil.  I have been trying to order some, but I am unable to find a
source that I sells large quantities. 

Thank you




--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Harvey" <mharvey@w..= .>
wrote:
> Mike Benton,
> I have taken a while to reply to your post as I had sent a sample
in to SFI
> Lismore Aus that had a bearing on this topic.
> I use the rubber disc type diffusers in my machines and they
create a medium
> size bubble of high oxygen transfer rate.
> I have used fish emulsion regularly as a way of feeding fungi and
keeping
> the foam down The oil content seems to be the important part (for
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
incredibly well.
> There is a guy in Eastern Australia who passed this info on to me - he said
> he had done lots of testing with it and it gave consistent
results. I
> believe he lurks on this site so if you are still there thanks for the info.
> I have trialed using sunflower oil as an oil to keep the foam down 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). Does
anyone
> know if sunflower oil has any fungicidal effects?? The oil does
float on the
> top so it does not come into contact with all of the tea. The
following test
> results I got today and the recipe has 0.1% cod liver oil as well
as 6%
> molasses, paramagnetic rock dust, 2.5% humic acid by weight,
sunfower oil
> (to keep foam down) and other material. (You need massive aeration to keep
> this aerobic).
> It took 3 days to get to the lab so the numbers direct out of the
tank would
> have been better.
> This material was used as a soil drench and inoculant on
strawberries.
> By the way what is DE?
> Regards Mike Harvey New Life Soils www.composttea.com.au
>       Sample
>      Unique
>      Tea
>      Active
>      Total
>      Active
>      Total
>
>
>       #
>      ID
>      Volume
>      Bacterial
>      Bacterial
>      Fungal
>      Fungal
>      Hyphal
>
>
>
>      (mL)
>      Biomass
>      Biomass
>      Biomass
>      Biomass
>      Diameter
>
>
>
>
>      (µg/mL)
>      (µg/mL)
>      (µg/mL)
>      (µg/mL)
>      (µm)
>
>       4134
>      NLS-Soil food
>      1
>      40.3
>      110,080
>      239
>      382
>      3.5
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>       Bold
>
>
>      In
>      Excellent.
>      Excellent.
>      Excellent.
>      Disease-
>
>       Means Low
>
>      desired
>
>
>
>      suppressive
>
>
>
>
>      range.
>
>
>
>      fungi were
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>      extracted.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>      Desired
>      1 -
>      10 -
>      150 -
>      2 -
>      2 -
>      (A)
>
>
>      Range
>      1
>      150
>      3000
>      10
>      20
>
>
>
>
> ----- 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 everything =
done I
> had
> > a bit of brain fade :}
> > On diffussers,I also started with drilled pvc about 3 years ago <= BR> and with
> big
> > holes ,then I got inside the unit while it was running,goggles and snorkel
> > time,luckly this was in summer..There I realised that smaller was=
> > better.This meant drilling about 2000 holes af about 1mm or
1/25".Hmmm
> less
> > than funny.I have been interesed in waste water treatment for a <= BR> 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 change <= BR> the size
> of
> > the slash that let the air out.As for durabilty I have only had <= BR> 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 putting all the air
> > thru one tank and stressing the sleeves to much.As for cleaning <= BR> being
> > difficult,I can not agree ,less than 10 minutes turn around time.=
> > Bending PVC is easy enough.Use glycerene heated up to 110/120 C <= BR> if I
> > remember right.?Or was that210C Icant remember..
> > I did a fish oil brew and this time the oil formed an emulsion on the top
> of
> > the water.There was still foam ,so I added a teaspoon of cooking<= BR> > > oil.[Veg}Made great  tea even the fishy smell was reduced. > > Anyone using DE in their tea ?If so why?
> > Regards
> > Mike Benton
> > Compost Technologies
> > mike_at_c...      mobile 0823345371
> >
> >
> >
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