Compost Teas: 24 hour, EM, IM, BD & fermented plant extracts

["Tom Jaszewski" <tomj AT lvcm.com>]

>Elaine

>Elaine >If compost is made correctly, it will not have E. coli in it.

That’s perhaps the biggest hurdle for me as property manager. Having found
this burgeoning industry fraught with poor science, I’m justifiably
concerned.

>But just thinking things through, understanding the basis for why E. coli
is
>killed in a properly made compost.

I can’t address the pundits, but I can say I’ve seen plenty of poorly made
compost. I’m afraid I’ve already seen some alarming test results on pathogen
content in compost. Certainly not the peer reviewed results that will
finally set our standard, but alarming none the less.

>Elaine >Look at the written versions of the papers from the recent
Composting meeting in
 >Ohio, on the Biocycle website.  Both papers about compost tea and E.
oli  - DID
 >NOT USE COMPOST!!!!!!!!
>Now, should you ask your compost maker for evidence that their compost has
no E.
>coli?  Yes.  When we have tested Freedom Organic compost, we have not found
E.
>coli in their compost.  But, any composting company that sells compost
needs to
>have that documentation.

Ok E. coli is there. I make a batch of tea in a nasty old machine with
little regard for the most basic of laboratory procedures, and I produce a
batch of pathogens. From my view it appears that it could happen.

Thanks for the insights,
Tom