[compost_tea] Re: fungal foods for worms

From: Terence Dodge <compostea_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 02:39:26 -0000

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, irene bensinger <irene_at_t...> wrote:
> So, my question: what is the best way to use these fungi? Eventually
> they will become food for other micro-critters, if I've followed the
> posts on these matters accurately. But is there a better use for
> them? Can I cut the inhabited burlap into pieces and bury them in the
> composted wood chips + donkey manure and that I use for mulch around
> trees and perennials? Would it be useful to put some the colonized
> burlap bits on vegetable raised beds under the winter mulch?
>
> And another question: should I order ground crab shell to add to the
> worms' diet?
>
> Thanks to everyone whose informative posts chip away at the edges of
> my (considerable) ignorance.
>
> irene
Hi Irene

Check out the following URL
http://fungiperfecti.com/mycotech/index.html
They do a lot with placing "fungal mats" for a variety of purposes. You take a risk with
out knowing what is growing in the burlap but it is how we learn, take notes.

Terence


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