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

From: ray gore <xrg22000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 12:08:00 -0700 (PDT)

Thx David,
   To be clear I have been using the AK Humus product
in our EPM 500 and Modified Growing Solutions 500 and
our 35g homebuilt. After I remove the Humus/vermi mix
I reintroduce it to the plastic containers I keep the
base products in and add fresh vermi as well. I have
tried different things including low sodium soy that
grows something, what I have no idea.
   On the potato comments on this site I have to add
that I have heard some negative as well as positive
results from different customers of mine that have
used other peoples tea. The negative reactions have
come from customers of a vendor that uses the most
popular tea machine mfgr. I have heard that he might
be having problems with his vermi.
   I have talked with Jason Kimm so anyone that wants
basic info I can relay what he told me. Also Reggie
Destrie has given me some excellent recomendations on
potatoes that one of my organic customers is trying.
The conflict that I am working on is that I have been
told by the mfr not to add fish products or anything
else to my brews. I have been working with Lance Funk
here in Idaho who has EPM brewers and hooked him up
with the Fort Hall Reservation potato fields so I may
have more potato info later this season for those
interested.
--- David Loring <dloring3_at_cox.net> wrote:
> Ray - I have found that fish hydrolysate grows fungi
> on almonst anything . . . anything that is that
> still has enough undecomposed material for fungi to
> grow on. If what you have is really humus that
> means, by definition, it has already been worked on
> by fungi and bacteria and may not support much more
> growth. You might try mixing a little woody
> material 1:4 to provide foods for the fungi in your
> humus to grow on.
>
> David A. Loring, Project Leader
> Southeast Asia Project
> Dietrick Institute for Applied Insect Ecology
> dloring3_at_cox.net ph (760) 489-9438
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ray gore
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re; Why activate the
> compost?
>
>
> 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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