[compost_tea] very disapointing soil test

From: Daniel Fury <danielfury_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:14:20 -0800 (PST)
I've been recycling my soiless media made of mostly
coco coir and about 10 percent bagged worm castings
put in a year ago and perlite.  We ammend our soil
after each crop with some rock dusts, 7-7-2 fish
pellets, and oystershells.  We've been applying good,
tested ACT for about 6 months with slow but steady
results.  We've been top dressing with good compost
each crop for about 2 months.  The plants have NEVER
looked and performed better. 


We got an qualitative analsys performed by a certified
SFI advisor and was very disapointed to get a rating
of adequate to good leaning more towards adequate.
Heres the data: 

Bacteria >480      Fungi 10%    Protozoa 35.00%  
Beneficial Nematodes Absence           
     
Does anyone have any knowledge about how well soil
organisms live on coco coir?  We know its not great
for fungi, but we thought after time the bacteria and
such would decompose many of the natural fungicidal
properties. 

We will we experimenting with differnt media soon.
Does anyone have any suggestions?  We grow flowering
herbs which we usually harvest within 4 months.  We
would only need about 20 cubic feet total so a more
pricy alternative is possible. 

Idea's people, we need ideas!!  This is suprising
considering the positive effects of ACT we've been
recieving. 
     


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