Hi Frank thanks for the reply I've done some more digging locally, we can get compost or tea tested for E Coli for about $30 Aus, reasonably easy - not going to work with tea tho - 24 hour brew then instant application dont leave enough time. > > Process standards alone may not get the job done, and it seems like the only > way to build a concensus that will allow compost teas in organic production > is to move to performance standards. Agree here - we have available to us grade "A" certified organic composted manure from the local feedlot - its been thru all the hoops and passed all the tests - and it is awful stuff - stinks to high heaven and full of salts - its heated anearobic crap - these people have all the good equipment to turn it and have a wide variety of other materials available to add - from straw to vegetable cannery waste - town tip could supply tree waste - but they wont do the job properly - they sell this stuff to conventional farmers based on its NPK equivalent price compared to bagged fertiliser - its cheap but low grade -the process standard in this case is almost worthless as is the organic certification (my opinion) > For those unclear on the distinction, time, temperature and aerobicity > standards are process standards; verified no E. coli in the compost is a > performance standard. This would be not difficult to test for nor expensive ??
> Ingham and Bess both seem to feel this would work, now the question is, what > are the other quiet voices in the compost science NOSB community saying, and > why are they saying it? Sounds like these two should be getting together but that does not seem like much of a chance judging from the tone of Elaine's messages Thanks again Lloyd Charles
