[compost_tea] EM additions

From: Mike Harvey <mharvey_at_westnet.com.au>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:15:02 +0800

Elaine,

You said in your ezine........."...........One thing we've been doing is ad=
ding certain facultative anaerobes into the compost and tea. The specific o=
nes are in the inoculum called EM, and are lactic acid-producing bacteria a=
nd proprionic acid-producing bacteria. Rather like a protection just in cas=
e the tea has too much food, or gets too warm, and oxygen becomes limiting =
- these facultative anaerobes out-compete human pathogens even in limited o=
xygen conditions............"

I am not sure where I can get an EM inoculum however would using yoghurt ha=
ve the same sort of organisms??

 regards Mike Harvey.







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