>
>> From Cheryl Kemp
>>
>> For Elaine, firstly thanks for the tremendous job you are doing -
>> were are learning so much, and your work is really helping us to
>> understand how Biodynamics works in the soil.
>
>> My question is: Can a flowform be used instead of a brewer for
>> compost tea, especially if we use warmed water?
>> My thoughts are that the oxygenation and movement helps develop
>>the organisms.
>> Have you done any experiments with this?
>>
>> PS. If you would like to do some experiments in Australia I could
>> help organise it! We have a flowform maker just near your Lismore Lab.
> > Cheryl Kemp
>
>Hi Cheryl -
>
>Thank you for the kind words. I do very much appreciate them.
>
>I think a flow form can make tea of just as good microbial activity and total
>biomass as commercial tea makers. Of course, I have more data on
>the commercial
>tea makers. Little differences in the design of tea machines can be extremely
>important, so I would think the same would be the case for flow
>forms. Movement
>and aeration are critical because you have to keep the organisms aerobic.
>Extraction through the compost is critical too, because you have to pull the
>organisms from the surface of the compost and into the water. So, if the flow
>forms keep the liquid well aerated, and pull the organisms from the
>compost, plus
>impose an energy pattern on the water, then maybe flow forms can
>make great tea
>too. We need to assess the organisms, and the impact on the plants, soil, and
>surfaces in order to document this.
>
>So, yes, I would like to do some experiments on this, but we'd need
>to sit down
>and talk about the experimental design, and that most unfortunate of
>topics, how
>is going to pay to run the experiments? I wish we could do all this work for
>free, but the technical staff need to buy food and pay rent......
>
>So, let me know what you see for possible interactions! I hope we
>can find some
>funding someplace!
>
>Elaine Ingham
