Re: [compost_tea] Re: pre-activation results
Do you mean you just dump the compost into the brewer? I've been using
bags from Simplici-Tea, and cutting open the bags and tossing the
fabric. Contents go on compost pile.
>
>Free Suspension:
>
>Clean
>Maintenance free
>Can contribute to anaerobic conditions if your aeration isn't adequate.
>Are easy to clean.
>
>The only drawback with free suspension is that you have to filter the tea
>after you brew. Depending on how you do this, you could restrict the
>amount of fungi, protozoa and nematodes that get applied. I have tried
>gravity extraction and I use an extraction pump (Wayne models) and tested
>my fungal and protozoa counts before and after extraction. After the
>counts were slightly less but I don't think the amount was significant
>enough to make the system unusable. I would extimate a 10 to 15%
>reduction in higher level critters. Biomass seemed about the same density
>but in smaller clumps. I tests with a 1000 x Spencer Microscope.
>
>Ted Peterson
>EW/SOE
>Are messy.
Margaret L
Gardening in Intermountain West and Handicapped gardening
http://www.margaretlauterbach.com
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