In a message dated 2/4/03 12:43:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Compost tea has been used by BD farmers for a long time and no one bothered to get all technical about feeding the culture. Allan's explanation was very good; we just don't yet know if "brewed" compost tea is needed. >>
There are several fertilizer companies that will pay you a small dividend if you let them clean the muck out of you pond every few years. What they are accumulating is an incredible quantity of microbes that live in this muck. As it turns of many of the same organisms that live in the soil also live in this pond environment. The extra attention given to aerobically brewed tea gives several orders of magnitude higher of these beneficial organisms in aerobic tea than anaerobic. Always, when cleaning out the brewer the muck smells wonderful and reminiscent of a big healthy lake. This muck goes back into the compost pile. Likewise the tea organisms can be reproduced through judicious use of the biodynamic remedies. With the tea what is not needed id spending thousans on a brewer when you can easily make one with the biggest investment being a tank and a great compressor...sstorch
