Re: Salt and Urine (Was Re: [compost_tea] Re: A great raw material for compost

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:06:35 -0500

Hi Deb -

My father was a veterinarian, so I know the dogs weren't sick in any way. I don't think illness or abnormaility can be invoked. Male dog pee can result in brown spots just as well as female, although I will bow to others when they say that female pee perhaps causes more damage. Your idea of acidity would be one possible explanation.

If your compost tea has good humic acid content, which you can usually tell by color, then it definately would have ability to absorb salts. So, compost tea should be dark brown. Not black. Be aware there is a dry, soluble kelp that is very dark in color (burned during drying?) which imparts a dark color to a tea , but is not humic acid and has none of the benefits. Sigh. When you buy tea, you need to ask about the ingredients that are actually in the tea, or you may get dark color without the benefits of humics.

I leave for Australia today (with a stop in San Francisco for a talk Saturday in San Mateo), so I will not be responding to e-mails as readily for the next month. I plan on getting at least one surfing day in while I'm downunder!

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
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