RE: [compost_tea] Compost Tea vs. Worm Tea

From: Carlson, Sally <Sally.Carlson_at_wesd.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:10:24 -0800

The program I am working with involves 16 rural communities in Oregon. The=
 communities have all received grant funds to start community education pro=
grams. One criteria of the grant is that they all be able to sustain the p=
rograms they are starting once the grant runs out. One of the methods of s=
ustainability we are considering has to do with starting a school based ent=
erprise. My supervisor saw an article about compost tea and thought that m=
aking and selling it through a web site or through a chain store or both mi=
ght work. He asked me to look into it. I am open to any and all ideas and=
 suggestions.
 

Sally Carlson
AmeriCorps*VISTA - Entrepreneur Corps
Willamette Education Service District
Rural Community School Partnerships
2611 Pringle Rd.
Salem, OR 97302
503-385-4604

"A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled." Plutarch

 
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: Robert Norsen [mailto:bnbrew_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 10:01 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Compost Tea vs. Worm Tea



I havew to guess fromwhat I have leraned from Dr Elaine that you ae more ri=
ght than wrong. If it is bottled my guess is that it is worthless or worse=
. You could find out with a ttest by SFI. The dry bag of worm castings mi=
ght have some value but the value would increase greatly by adding it to a =
small controlled 'compost ; situation where it could regain a live conditon=
 over several days, then use that as part of your compost to bew compost TE=
A.
 
Are you looking for a product to buy, then sell? Or a product to manufactu=
e, then sell?
and in what market? to home owners for house plants? or for mega farms? =
 Bob

"Carlson, Sally" <Sally.Carlson_at_wesd.org> wrote:

Some people consider the run-off from the worm farm to be worm tea, but it =
is my understanding that true worm tea is a brew similar to compost tea. Y=
ou simply use the vermiculture as the compost and let it brew in water. I =
am asking about this because I found a web site that sells bottled worm tea=
. I was surprised to see it bottled. The site also offers worm tea bags -=
 dry vermiculture in a large tea bag that the home gardner can brew just li=
ke a cup of tea. The project I am working on is looking for a product to s=
ell as a social enterprise and is considering something like compost or wor=
m tea. My concern is that such a product wouldn't have a shelf life.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Norsen [mailto:bnbrew_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:58 PM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Compost Tea vs. Worm Tea


If You tell us compost tea experts what worm tea is then we can tell you t=
he difference?? Bob

ervuqar <Sally.Carlson_at_wesd.org> wrote:

I am a VISTA volunteer doing some research for my project. I am not
at all scientific, but I am fairly intellegent. I have just
finished reading The Compost Tea Brewing Manual. Am I correct in
understanding that compost tea has live organisms in it and so can
not be bottled and stored? I would also like to know how compost
tea and worm tea are the same and how they are different. If anyone
out there can help me out by answering these questions, I will
really appreciate it.





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