On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Wayne Zschech < waynezsch...@calvarychapel.com> wrote:
> G'day All! > > I know that the quality of the liquid digestate as a fertiliser depends on > the type of feedstock ingredients. However, as a generalisation (or with > specifics) how does our liquid digestate compare to liquid worm castings? > Is the digestate even close to the 'potency' of the worm castings? Also > when comparing the standard NPK values of inorganic fertiliser is there a > rule of thumb that allows digestate to 'compete' with them even though the > NPK values are much higher in the inorganic fertiliser? This will help me > in talking to farmers when talk about the benefits of our product as > instead of fresh manure or chemicals. > > Blessings, > Wayne > > ___ > Have you actually tried to take the filtrate or digestate and feed it > directly to earthworms? I have. It kills them within hours. You can > analyze it all you want, but just do this one thing. Actually feed it to > earthworms and see for yourself what happens. -- Jim McNelly Renewable Carbon Management, LLC 44 28th Ave N Suite J Saint Cloud MN 56303 320-253-5076 www.composter.com Confidentiality Statement: This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, dissemination of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately.
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