Re: [compost_tea] organism feeders, was Soil Foods was SFI Soil Test Results-...

From: Thomas Giannou <thomas_at_tandjenterprises.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 11:26:08 -0700

Hi Elaine,

I remember going around to different ponds and getting water samples and lo=
oking at the protozoa that was in the water. Many were stagnant ponds. Do=
 protozoa stay attached to organic material? Are the Soil Soup and Growing=
 Systems brewers somehow filtering out all the protozoa? What is it about =
the Soil Soup and Growing Systems brewers that needs to be improved? Have =
you advised the two companies of the improvements that are needed?

--Thomas Giannou
http://www.tandjenterprises.com
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Test Results-...


  Tom J is correct on the worm compost - all good worm composts contain GRE=
AT numbers of protoza, easily extracted into tea when using an actively aer=
ated CT machine.

  Do not expect any good protozoa when using either Soil Soup or Growing So=
lutions systems. Only if the GSI system is improved the way Hendrikus Schr=
aven has shown is possible can you get passable protozo extracted.

  Otherwise, the EPM, KIS, AG, Sottilo, Earthwise, WormGold, Bob Norsen, Hr=
onek brewers (all the ones that stay aerobic during brewing), extract proto=
zoa from the compost, and allow them to survive, just fine in the tea. As =
long as you have good protozoa numbers in the compost.

  Elaine Ingham



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