Re: First Tea Analysis Results

[Cheryl Kemp]

Dear Dan,   One of our members recently got some 5 year old BD 500 tested at SFI as a lump - compost and it came up with Total fungal biomass 688 ug/g with good diversity in sample. Active fungal biomass was 19.5 ug/g and active Bacterial biomass 23.2ug/g    We are awaiting the final bacterial biomass count to see what protozoa  are there.   Maybe you could add 500 to your brew!! We have also sent off some recent BD 500, so will update you when we get the answers! Did you see Elaine Inghams Ezine report where she saw the BD Flowform in action - my friend who was there said she was blown away by it !! and they go their O2 levels up in 8 hours instead of 16 hours! The guy trialling it said he left the compost tea basket in too long, and that was why the numbers suddenly dropped, so we are looking forward to further trials on the flowform. A few of us went to see and hear her when she was in our area recently - she certainly is amazing - will be great when she takes BD on board (maybe after these results she will look more closely at it!)   Cheers Cheryl.     Cheryl Kemp Education and Workshop Coordinator BDFGAA Phone /Fax : 02 6657 5322 Home: 02 6657 5306 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.biodynamics.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 6:55 AM Subject: First Tea Analysis Results Got the analysis from SFI on my first tea of the season. Total Bacteria 4314 ug/ul,  total fungal  2.6 ug/ul Need to get bacteria down and fungi up but both are in desired range.  Not bad for first run on low-cost homemade brewer.  Will make some tweaks and run again. Compost was half thermal cow manure and half vermi brewed for 31 hours. Dan Lynch Long Mountain Vineyard