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Re: RES: [compost_tea] Feather Meal



Steve Scortch uses dog food in his brewers 

At 11:40 PM 02/02/2003 -0200, you wrote:
>                 What happens if you use Dog Food instead ?  I mean a good
>Dog Food made without preservatives.  Lets say an Organic Dog Food brand. I
>don´t see too much of a  difference between a dog food and the list you
>gave below.        Jose          JD asked about feather meal.             
>I assume you are going to try and grow fungi in your compost, something I
>urge you all to try so you don't bang your head against the wall trying to
>grow fungi in a tea using compost that isn't fungally dominated.           
>  The point is to grow the fungi right ones and as far as I can tell
>there"perfect" or "better way"   I have not noticed much of a difference
>between"blooms" I get using"the meals" and malt individually or in
>combinations. Some grow faster, but once they establish, there is little
>difference  So if you can't find feather meal, don't despair and surely
>don't spend lots of money trying to get some.              Incidentally,
>there are several organic fertilizers out there that contain feather, bone,
>blood and alfalfa meal. Since I believe in promoting our own, meaning folks
>on this list, check out Hendrikus Schraven's site"     
>http://gardenshoponline.com/blendfert/hsocomplete.html, this stuff looks
>like a veritable three course meal with all  trimmings fungi in compost. If
>it won't grow fungi, nothing wil and you need a different compost.         
>   John Evans used vinegar to alter the pH in his AH and got very fast
>growth. I worry  that this may have a deleterious effect on some of the
>microbes John really knows what he is doing, so I think this is worth
>looking into   I have not done much testing on the pH side of
>things....there is just so much she who is in charge will allow by way of
>experimenting.             Hope this is useful.             Cheers,        
>    Jeff      www.alaskahumus.com      Ask us about bulk quantity rates, 1
>cubic yard or more.           
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