Re: [compost_tea] L.Bacillus sp
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From: Thomas Giannou
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:03 AM
Subject: [compost_tea] L.Bacillus sp
Elaine,
I think you will find the L.bacillus and other probiotic bacteria are fac=
ulative and will live in aerobic or anaerobic conditions. At least that is=
the claim of one of my suppliers. This is one of the component bacteria g=
roups I add to our microbe tea brewing kit ingredients. I looked up each b=
acteria species and they all break down organic materials in the soils. I =
ran a test or two by forcing the tea to go anaerobic and it had no detrimen=
tal effect upon the plants... young seedlings and roses that I treated. Th=
e plants actually did quite well after the tea was applied.
--Thomas Giannou
Hello Thomas.
Some of us in Aus have been working with these semi anear=
obic brews for several years - before the publicity splurge on ACT and EM h=
it our shores in fact -
from my limited and very unscientific work several points
* a much slower process, taking 10 days or so to complete
* much more difficult to get a good brew
* in the field , used as a foliar we have gotten far superior results com=
pared to ACT
* much lower application rates - 2 to 4 litres per hectare
* we have successfully mixed with many herbicides at reduced rates, which=
is a major plus in the transition phase
* able to store in closed containers for up to a month without ill effect
* suits us as a base for foliar sprays in a broadacre cropping situation =
where time and cost constraints for spraying are very limiting - if everyth=
ing goes right to schedule we will get three in crop sprays done - more lik=
ely only two.
*these are 'clean' brews - no fungi I guess - we can put them through our=
normal boomspray nozzles.
## this is a totally different process than aerobic tea - we provide lim=
ited aeration and limited stirring - once a day for a few minutes - the cri=
tters involved are different - the brew bubbles - giving off CO2 (I guess) =
-
### If you cut off the air supply from ACT you quickly get a dead stinky=
mess (most times anyway) that has no resemblance to any of the above or to=
EM. I think its a bit dangerous to be talking about 'forcing the brew to =
go anearobic' then using it - I reckon you got lucky if there were no ill =
effects - either that or you know vastly more about brewing than you are te=
lling here.
## for home gardening or intensive cropping (fruit and vegetables etc) -=
where the number of field trips is not a problem then the ACT process is g=
oing to be much easier to get results with but its two distinctly different=
brewing systems, I dont see much room for crossover.
## Elaine might like to comment on what would happen to the yoghurt type =
organisms under full aeration?
Cheers
Lloyd Charles
Received on Mon Jun 14 2004 - 23:16:03 EDT
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