Re: [compost_tea] Re; Why activate the compost?

From: ray gore <xrg22000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 11:43:11 -0700 (PDT)

Jeff,
    Since I bought the AK Humus I have tried all kinds
of different things to grow fungi levels and
reinoculate it after use. Any suggestions? Most
recently I have been adding vermicompost with it then
again after use. Thx, Ray MVC Idaho
--- Jeff Lowenfels <jeff_at_gardener.com> wrote:
> Judi, you could activate will all sorts of stuff. My
> research, however, shows that the medical and other
> communities that grow soil fungi use Oatmeal
> products in the lab along with agar because oatmeal
> selects for soil fungi. For what it is worth, corn
> meal was number two.
>
> In addition, while it looks like you are only
> growing one type of fungi because it looks uniform,
> these fungi look a like and you are most probably
> growing lots of kinds.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff


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