Re: [compost_tea] Defining what is compost tea exactly

From: ray gore <xrg22000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:37:45 -0700 (PDT)

I was asked recently about a article that might have
been written in Biocyle on UV protection for microbes
so they can be sprayed in miday sunlight. Anyone hear
anything on this? Sunglasses maybe
--- soilfoodweb_at_aol.com wrote:
> I think I made it clear in the e-mail that in my
> experience with Soil Soup
> machines, when we follow the manufactruers
> directions, the liquid goes smelly.
>
> We have worked with people who modify the
> manufactureres directions and then
> the machine can give you decent bacterial tea. But
> it is not compost tea. No
> fungi, no protozoa, no beneficial nematodes.
>
> I said as much in my previous e-mail. Do something
> different from the
> directions, and it can be ok.
>
> The soil Soup machine does not give the biology
> needed to improve the soil
> foodweb, because it generally gives you just
> bacteria. It can be really bad
> news when the bacteria added are anaerobic bacteria,
> because you then lose the
> beneficial fungi, protozoa and nematodes.
>
> If you modify how you use Soil Soup machines, then
> it can stay aerobic, and
> you add aerobic bacteria. That can be useful,
> because then you can protect
> against easy-to-deal with fungal disease like black
> spot. Generally can't help
> against mildew, although it would be good to hear if
> people have managed that
> with Soil Soup.
>
> Actually, that would be useful, wouldn't it? How
> did different people modify
> the Soil Soup process to get good results. What do
> you do to make the
> machine work? What diseases have you been able to
> deal with? What benefits?
>
> That would be positive and beneficial, don't you
> think? How do you make Soil
> soup work?
>
> Elaine Ingham
> President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
> www.soilfoodweb.com
> SFI Oregon, USA
> SFI Australia
> SFI New York
> SFI Europe
> SFI New Zealand
>
> "Hope is not a feeling. It is not the belief that
> things will turn out well,
> but the conviction that what we are doing makes
> sense, no matter how things
> turn out." -- Vaclav Havel, former President of
> the Czech Republic
>
>


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Received on Sun Jun 08 2003 - 23:10:09 EDT

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