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Honeoye Falls New York

cna anybody post thier recipies I would really like to try this out but not sure what to use in my tea thank you

5/13/2010 7:11:56 PM

Buffalo, new York, USA

http://www.starrfarms.net/composttea.htm#recipes

5/14/2010 9:03:01 PM

Seattle, WA

http://gardeningwithmicrobes.com/teaarticle2.shtml

5/17/2010 12:25:40 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Tad, I just figured out, that my reply on an earlier post...might be not as funny as I thought it was!!! You are using a variety of "meals" in yer recipe!!! Good, bad, or ugly!!! ? Is there a reason why, of a difference in using several different "meals"? Peace, Wayne
PS...the Hicks, have been using a variety of different "meals" in their brew for a couple 3 years!!!
are their different nutrients in different meals?

5/18/2010 12:35:55 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

OOps,hope I dint just give away the secret for super duper spook juice!!! Sorry, Mr. VanSandBaggus!!!

5/18/2010 12:37:07 AM

Gold Hill, Oregon

i was wondering about that myself.

5/18/2010 5:24:09 AM

Gold Hill, Oregon

wow just checked it out cool. do you sell alaskan humus tad?

5/18/2010 8:09:18 AM

Seattle, WA

We do sell Alaskan Humus. If you're interested in it in large quantities, I can get a good price for you.

We use a variety of "meals" in our teas because they are more accessible to the microbes than say a pellet form (I'm thinking of alfalfa as I type this). The reason we use more than one "food source" is to increase the microbial diversity in the tea. If you think about it, some microbes are going to be more efficient at consuming molasses, while others may be more efficient at consuming alfalfa meal. By having a diverse food source, you'll have a good diverse AACT (provided the organisms were originally present in your compost).

5/18/2010 2:40:34 PM

Honeoye Falls New York

what are examples of the compost . Worm casings?

5/18/2010 8:37:42 PM

Seattle, WA

3 types of compost:

Thermal composting (min. 3'x3' pile, balance of carbon and nitrogen; "greens and browns", temps need to reach 131F to kill off pathogens and weed seeds)

Static composting (this is the pile that sits in the corner of your yard for years and slowly breaks down, you never get that heating cycle)

Vermicomposting (where the worms do the work for you, and also remove pathogens but not weed seeds)

For making compost tea, I tend to recommend the worm castings, unless you can find compost that has had biological testing done on it or are confident in your own compost making skills.

5/19/2010 1:03:28 PM

Honeoye Falls New York

awsome Tad thanks for the input I will go with the work castings

5/19/2010 3:27:16 PM

Seattle, WA

If you can find more than one source of compost, it will only help your biological diversity.

If it's just for your pumpkin and not edibles, then manure based composts are just fine for making tea (you still want to make sure they're fully composted).

Some people even throw in a handful of forest litter that has a lot of mycellium (little white strands) in it.

Good luck!

5/20/2010 1:13:28 PM

Gold Hill, Oregon

whats your email addy tad?

5/21/2010 7:42:17 AM

Gold Hill, Oregon

need to get some of that alaskan humus.

5/21/2010 7:43:15 AM

Seattle, WA

You can email me at tadhussey@yahoo.com

5/21/2010 12:42:00 PM