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