Re: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE
Nice one mike
DE, I asked the same yesterday with no response, but I presume it now means=
diatomaceous earth.
Some people are trying it for weevil control in vines over here. dangerous<=
BR>
stuff if you inhale it.
cheers
AQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Harvey" <mharvey_at_westnet.com.au>
To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE
> Mike Benton,
> I have taken a while to reply to your post as I had sent a sample in t=
o
SFI
> Lismore Aus that had a bearing on this topic.
> I use the rubber disc type diffusers in my machines and they create a<=
BR>
medium
> size bubble of high oxygen transfer rate.
> I have used fish emulsion regularly as a way of feeding fungi and keep=
ing
> the foam down The oil content seems to be the important part (for fung=
i)
and
> I have found it difficult to source high oil content fish hydrolysate.=
So
I
> have been using cod liver oil, however it goes straight into emulsion =
so
is
> no good to keep the foam down however it does feed fungi incredibly we=
ll.
> There is a guy in Eastern Australia who passed this info on to me - he=
said
> he had done lots of testing with it and it gave consistent results. I<=
BR>
> believe he lurks on this site so if you are still there thanks for the=
info.
> I have trialed using sunflower oil as an oil to keep the foam down and=
this
> works ok (you need a fair bit though). Canola oil is fungicidal so it =
may
> not be a good idea to use it (it is in most vegetable oils). Does anyo=
ne
> know if sunflower oil has any fungicidal effects?? The oil does float =
on
the
> top so it does not come into contact with all of the tea. The followin=
g
test
> results I got today and the recipe has 0.1% cod liver oil as well as 6=
%
> molasses, paramagnetic rock dust, 2.5% humic acid by weight, sunfower =
oil
> (to keep foam down) and other material. (You need massive aeration to =
keep
> this aerobic).
> It took 3 days to get to the lab so the numbers direct out of the tank=
would
> have been better.
> This material was used as a soil drench and inoculant on strawberries.=
> By the way what is DE?
> Regards Mike Harvey New Life Soils www.composttea.com.au
> Sample
> Unique
> Tea
> Active
> Total
> Active
> Total
>
>
> #
> ID
> Volume
> Bacterial
> Bacterial
> Fungal
> Fungal
> Hyphal
>
>
>
> (mL)
> Biomass
> Biomass
> Biomass
> Biomass
> Diameter
>
>
>
>
> (µg/mL)
> (µg/mL)
> (µg/mL)
> (µg/mL)
> (µm)
>
> 4134
> NLS-Soil food
> 1
> 40.3
> 110,080
> 239
> 382
> 3.5
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Bold
>
>
> In
> Excellent.
> Excellent.
> Excellent.
> Disease-
>
> Means Low
>
> desired
>
>
>
> suppressive
>
>
>
>
> range.
>
>
>
> fungi were
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> extracted.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Desired
> 1 -
> 10 -
> 150 -
> 2 -
> 2 -
> (A)
>
>
> Range
> 1
> 150
> 3000
> 10
> 20
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Benton" <compost_at_mweb.co.za>
> To: <compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:40 PM
> Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE
>
>
> > OOPS yes Kirk I did me to say water.In my rush to get everything =
done I
> had
> > a bit of brain fade :}
> > On diffussers,I also started with drilled pvc about 3 years ago a=
nd with
> big
> > holes ,then I got inside the unit while it was running,goggles an=
d
snorkel
> > time,luckly this was in summer..There I realised that smaller was=
> > better.This meant drilling about 2000 holes af about 1mm or 1/25&=
quot;.Hmmm
> less
> > than funny.I have been interesed in waste water treatment for a w=
hile.I
> > found rubber diffusers thru the net in the USA but the costs wher=
e too
> > high.So I started making them locally.This allowed me to change t=
he size
> of
> > the slash that let the air out.As for durabilty I have only had o=
ne
> customer
> > with damage to the sleeves and he has a triple 1200 lt set ,runni=
ng if
one
> > big blower and at times I suspect the his workers are putting all=
the
air
> > thru one tank and stressing the sleeves to much.As for cleaning b=
eing
> > difficult,I can not agree ,less than 10 minutes turn around time.=
> > Bending PVC is easy enough.Use glycerene heated up to 110/120 C i=
f I
> > remember right.?Or was that210C Icant remember..
> > I did a fish oil brew and this time the oil formed an emulsion on=
the
top
> of
> > the water.There was still foam ,so I added a teaspoon of cooking<=
BR>
> > oil.[Veg}Made great tea even the fishy smell was reduced.
> > Anyone using DE in their tea ?If so why?
> > Regards
> > Mike Benton
> > Compost Technologies
> > mike_at_composttea.co.za mobile 082334=
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