Re: [compost_tea] Re: Molasses as fungal food

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 13:21:39 -0500

What we have seen with molasses is that concentration is important.

Remember the e-mail I sent out about 0.1%, 0.5% 1% and 5% molasses?

We found that the lower concentrations of molasses JUST grew bacteria. Fungi were in fact HARMED.

But at 5% molasses, the bacteria were reduced, and fungi grew like gang-busters.

The trick is too maintain aerobic conditions, however. Probably, right at first, the shock of that much concentration of sugar, puts the bacteria to sleep. If you have good fungal biomass in the compost, the fungi probably start growing and the bacteria are out-of-luck.

But, if you don't have adequate fungi in the compost, then the bacteria recover, and you better have SERIOUS aeration capacity to keep up with their oxygen use......... That much sugar! Phew! You're brewing beer.....

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
SFI Corvallis, OR
SFI Port Jefferson, NY
SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
www.soilfoodweb.com

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