At 12:04 PM 6/5/02 -0400, you wrote: >I've found a good source of horsetail which I plan to harvest next week. >Usually I used dried horsetail to make 508 as needed. I'm wondering if >anyone has every made the tea at harvest, stored and used the tea as need ? >any concerns with storage/fermentation ?
Kolisko has some beautiful chromas of the tea pre and post fermentation. He felt the fermented showed much more potency. I belive that it is Koepf who recommends using the fermented tea. It is described as going until it develops it's "characteristic odor". It reeks! At that point, it can be filtered and stored. One local farmer ferments a large batch which he then uses for the rest of the season, including injecting into the irrigation system. I use it both fresh, if I need it right away, and fermented, if I have some. It's a lot easier to store the dried stuff. ========================== Dave Robison
