Re: [compost_tea] My compost

From: butch ragland <wilddog_202_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:22:20 -0800 (PST)
The one thing I know a great deal about is "big box"
bags and it is not likely that it really is composted
manure. Not that it is bad, it just probably isn't
what it says on the bag.
--- Ted Peterson <ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net> wrote:

> If you have a compost pile sitting around for five
> years, it is probably pretty inactive overall.
> There are probably active parts but probably a lot
> of inactivity also.  Fish heads are a good idea and
> there is a formula that someone posted that directed
> how to make an emulsion from them.  I'll bet if you
> dig them up, you will see a different story but you
> give no timeline on when you buried them.  If your
> pile has been around that long, you have plenty of
> local bacteria but probably not a lot of it is
> active.  Fungal counts are probably low but without
> seeing the pile, we can't be sure of that. 
>
> Composted manure is fine.  Check to see if the bag
> you bought at Walmart (A very funny South Park show
> is about stopping Walmart by killing it's heart.  I
> live in a small town and we are fighting to keep one
> out.) contains a percentage of human biosolids.
> Anyway, composted manures are great and using
> compost with a percentage of human biosolids is fine
> also.  What I would do is take that bag and mix it
> up with the pile I already have at say 2 parts of
> the pile to 1 part of the bag.  Get this mixture wet
> and turn it and let is sit for a week or so. You may
> want to turn it once during the week.  Keep moisture
> level at a point where you squeeze the stuff and it
> stays clumped but you cannot squeeze water out. That
> will distribute the manure from the bag and help
> reactivate the pile you have.  This should make good
> compost for your tea.  If the bagged compost or your
> pile have large stems and trunks, weed them out so
> you get the smallest particles you can.  Say
> anything over an inch thick and a couple of inches
> long you want out.
>
> Ted Peterson
> EW/SOE 


=====
Butch Ragland
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