Re: [compost_tea] O.M.R.I. approved ?

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 21:46:49 EST

OMRI approval does not mean anything with respect to impact on organisms.

After all, OMRI approves copper sulfate, and that is a pesticide. It does a
great job of killing bacteria and fungi.

To learn if something will kill the organisms in the tea, you need to make a
tea, and do a test on that - say just the ACTIVE bacteria and ACTIVE fungi.
Then, add the product to SOME of the tea, and send in that sample, again,
assessing for active bacteria and active fungi.

You could do protozoa on both samples, also, to see what effect the material
had on the protozoa.

Then you would know for certain if it hurt, was neutral, or helped the
biology.

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc,
1128 NW 2nd ST., Suite 120
Corvallis, Oregon
Soil Foodweb Inc., Australia
Soil Foodweb Inc., New York
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