Re: [compost_tea] Snails Day 4

From: Margaret Lauterbach <melauter_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:01:03 -0600
I've always assumed the white growth in my compost was mycelium. Is that
what you're talking about here?

>1.  No obvious fungal growth?  Find some real compost, compost that has
>fungi in it.
>
>2.  You see fuzzy wuzzy growth?  You have compost that isn't really
>compost, because you have mostly bad guy fungi.  Inocluate your pile with
>some beneficial fungi, with whatever local source you might be able to
>find that you KNOW has good fungi (talk to Highlands Soil & Water in
>Salinas and Monterey -or New Era Farm Service - they both make compost
>with good amounts of fungi - check the SFI website.  Actually, Highlands'
>compost is SUPER high in fungi, just like Leon Hussy's compost - the KIS
>brewer -, or Alsaka Humus)
>
>3.  If you see "santa's beard"  then, ok, you have some ok fungi.  May
>still want to improve the species diversity by adding some additional
>fungal sources, like Alaska Humus.
>
>4.  Thick threads of fungi growing IN THE SOLID PART OF THE COMPOST, not
>fuzz on the outside of the pile in any way.  This is the primo stuff.  If
>you see these guys, you have the fungi.
>
>Can you tell us what you actually see in your compost?  Look at the
>compost.... don't need a description of the tea, or the brewer, or
>anything else at this point.  OK?
>
>Elaine Ingham
>President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
>SFI Corvallis, OR
>SFI Port Jefferson, NY
>SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
>SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
>SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
>SFI Culiacan, Mexico
>SFI Jerome, Idaho
>http://www.soilfoodweb.com

Margaret L
Gardening in Intermountain West and Handicapped gardening
http://www.margaretlauterbach.com 



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