Re: [compost_tea] smell while brewing

From: Leo Fernandez <helamanf_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:01:27 -0800 (PST)
The smell like a friut wine and my bio-films are of
Bacillus and P. fluorescens principaly.......obiously
I put samples in non specific growth media and
specific media.....for indentification...non E.coli
presente...some E. cloacae finded...

Leo


--- soilfoodweb_at_aol.com wrote:

> Fermenting tea?  What do you mean by that, exactly?
>

> Any clues on what kind of smell.  I know describing
> a smell is hard,  but a
> clue or two would be good.

> But it means, most likely, that you have some
> particular organisms that  make
> a unique secondary metabolite.  It could be
> anaerobic, if you have a 
> bio-film forming someplace in the tea brewer.  Can
> you check any pipes,  hidden
> surfaces, corners, etc for bio-film development? 

> Have you done a look-see of the organisms using a
> qualitative test? 

> Can you contact your closest SFI advisor to get some
> help? 

> Elaine


>
>
>
> When we  brew ACT we have at about T+24H a smell
> that is not as
> pleasant as the  smell of good fermenting ACT. It
> lasts for about 10
> to 12 hours and is  then replaced by a pleasant
> "neutral" smell. The
> brew is well aerated  during the whole process and
> we are probably ok
> for nutrients (ie we don't  feed the brew too much).
> What should we
> understand about the process from  that smell?
>
>
>
>
> Elaine R.  Ingham
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Port  Jefferson, New York
> Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
> Soil Foodweb  Institute Cambridge, New Zealand
> Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan,  Mexico
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho
> Soil Foodweb Inc., South  Africa
>
>

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