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

["D" <madhava AT fidalgo.net>]

>Jeff,

COuld it be your brewer?  What are you brewing with?

Daniel

I am desperately seeking fungi and know that most of you are as well.
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>You can tell I just got back a report for what was really a humic acid based

>tea ie that was my food source--2 kinds, and some kelp and some Aloe. These

>are all fungal foods. O.K. I know my compost is admittedly notoriously low

>in fungi at times. However, I get great bacteria, but low fungi and this has

>to stop! I want to be able to manipulate the soil foodweb a bit and not be

>limited to bacteria or balanced teas.
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>Others have expressed fungal frustrations as well. And, I have never heard

>of anyone with a problem producing bacterial teas.
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>So I ask two questions to the group.
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>First, what has worked to increase fungi in your teas?
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>Second, what have people tested? Anyone tried JUST EQUISTUM or JUST BANANA

>PEELS or SHREDDED WHEAT?  or just worm castings or just peanut butter?  We

>clearly have tested the major fungal components of compost because what goes

>in is what comes out, but is there something else out there which does for

>fungi what molassas does for bacteria?  If there is, let's perfect it
>quickly.
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>Comments PLEASE!~
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>Cheers,
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>Jeff
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