RE: [compost_tea] composted cow manure on vegetable beds

From: Linda Meyer <linda.meyer_at_cadence.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:19:25 -0800

actually the farm is pretty big and has a pretty big pile, so it was a
full sized dozer with front blade


 
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-----Original Message-----
From: wpb_at_sympatico.ca [mailto:wpb_at_sympatico.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:30 PM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] composted cow manure on vegetable beds

Cool! What kind of bulldozer did you use?
Bill
>
> From: "Linda Meyer" <linda.meyer_at_cadence.com>
> Date: 2004/03/09 Tue PM 04:45:28 EST
> To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [compost_tea] composted cow manure on vegetable beds
>
> Question,
>
> I have come across some composted cow manure - turned with a small
> bulldozer for about 3 months, hot,and mixed only with a small amount
> of wood shavings. There is virtually no manure smell nor anaerobic
> odor to this mix.
>
> I am using this on my roses and other ornamentals, what pathogen
> risks, if any, do I run by layering it on my vegetable beds - along
> with my own home brewed compost and leaves?
>
> Linda Meyer
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Ted Peterson [mailto:ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 1:40 PM
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [compost_tea] sleeping critters
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rlbct <mailto:rlbct_at_clear.net.nz>
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:24 PM
> Subject: [compost_tea] sleeping critters
>
> I've recently been on Elaine's seminar; so packed with info
it'll
> take some
> time to get it into my head.
> My understanding is that if the critters run out of food they go
to
> sleep
> (so the O2 levels should level out high).
> OK, so in this condition can we store them in an airtight (or
> otherwise)
> container with the idea of waking them up later by adding food -

> obviously
> in an aerobic environment.
> ie: apply to soil directly; or dilute and aerate for a while.
> What's the purpose for doing this? The main one would be to be
able
> to
> store it - I was thinking of giving it a shelf life for resale
> actually.
>
> Anyone tried this?
> Lynton
>
>
> There will be some anaerobes in your tea. When you shut off the
air
> and "bottle" the tea, you are creating and environment perfect for
> these anaerobes. They will start growing and will use anything for
> food they can find. This means that sleeping aerobes become cattle
> for the anaerobic coyotes. Try putting some tea on the shelf and just

> smell it after 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours. Your nose will tell
> you without fail that the healthy, aerobic tea you have brewed has
> become an unhealthy swamp. Within all these anaerobes are a few
> pathogens, when you make an environment for anaerobes you also make an

> environment for ??? Yes, e coli and salmonella. Actually these are
> the two most prominent indicators but if you see these, you can rest
> assured you have others too.
>
> You would have to pump tons of air into the mixture just to get
it to
> a point where you would want to apply it if at all.
>
> Ted Peterson
> Earth-Wise/Spirit of the Earth
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