Re: [compost_tea] Brewer types,fish oil and DE

From: Anthony Quinlan <boofq_at_wn.com.au>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 17:43:56 +0800
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= 5371
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