Scott,
I have made very good teas that have not gone bad
in two days...smell wise. Who knows what is left a alive without a
test. So, don't jump to conclusions just because your tea doesn't smell
bad after two days at 75 degrees in a closed bottle.
If there are no nutrients left in the
tea, what will the microbes live on? Each other. How long will the microbes live
eating each other? A pretty long time, I would guess....at least several
days.
Seems to me its the O2 problem, again, in the long
run.
NOW as for making great teas out of great compost,
what you get going out has a lot to do with what you have going in. Compare the
numbers for the tests at http://www.alaskahumus.com/SFI_Results.pdf
with those at http://www.alaskahumus.com/fungaltest.htm.
I pulled those great tea fungal numbers out of the same Alaska Humus. But, don
't stop there! The latest SFI tea numbers, still in prelim report
status, have fungal numbers in the high 70s.
These kinds of numbers are so easy to
get if you follow the UNPATENTED, Alaska Humus method for increasing fungal
numbers in teas: Add nutrient to your compost/humus to wake up the fungi
and get them growing BEFORE you add it to tea. It is
easy. Well, it is easy to do if you use ALASKA HUMUS. See
if it is easy to do in your compost. If not, we've got some for your next
tea!
Cheers,
jeff law
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