[compost_tea] Re: Is Cattle Feed a Bacterial or Fungal Food?

From: William Edward Cureton, II <curetonw_at_vmcmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:51:24 -0000

Another point of interest. I use a lot of composted fresh fish that
I collect from a local fish market. I usually compost the fish in 5
gallon closed buckets using little water, fresh sawdust, dried
leaves, and dry molasses powder. After several days, I use a little
of this fish paste in my aerated compost tea recipes.

After 24 hours, I can see some fish oil scum on top of the tea.
Plenty smelling, and some foaming.

Is this a strong fungal tea?



--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "William Edward Cureton, II"
<curetonw_at_v...> wrote:
> I make about my aerated teas in a cheap 20 gallon plastic tub with
a
> cheap aquarium air pump with one bubbler.
>
> I use about 1/3 tub container or less, of mature compost made from
> 75% horse manure/sawust, 25% leaves, grass clippings, and produce
> food scraps from a local grocery store.
>
> I use about 1/4 cup of dry molasses as my biostimulant in the tea.
> I also use old alfalfa hay and cattle feeds as optional bacterial
and
> fungal foods for my tea.
>
> The cattle or horse grain feed I use is basically salt-free (0.5%
to
> 0.7% salt per volume), it is usually pelletized, but sometimes I
use
> the whole grain feed types. It contains lots of corn, oats, wheat,
> millet, and molasses.
>
> I know after just 12-24 hours, the tea turns light brown, with a
> yeasty smell and some foam or bubbles on top.
>
> If the grain feeds acting as a fungal food for mycorhizza fungi?
> Is the alfalfa hay a fungal food too?


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