I need help identifying what sort of anaerobic
bacteria we've grown. Someone gave us a recipe for a sort of tea which
is supposed to "increase the amount of sunlight absorbed" when applied as
a foliar spray. The recipe goes like this:
soak a pile of fish scales in water.
Strain the water through red cinder (we have a lot of this in Hawaii...).
Let the water sit in a full sealed glass jar in the sun.
Well, we did it, and the glass jar sat
and say for months and then all of a sudden turned bright red - which was
what was supposed to happen... we can make more of it by just putting mixing
it with clean water and adding it to more jars; each in turn will turn red
after a bit.
But what is it? Anyone ever heard of
this stuff? Does it really increase sunlight absorption? I though maybe
'cuz it was so red, it might somehow let the plant intake a different part
of the spectrum - but I'm no scientist, I'm just guessing.
Thanks!
Elijah