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

["Soil Foodweb, Inc." <info AT soilfoodweb.com>]

> Hi Dan -

As long as you have the diversity of organisms you need, then addition of the 
food to the soil works fine.  Compost tea is a way to deliver food and  the 
organisms to plant surfaces - both above ground and belowground - to soil, to 
ponds,
pools, lakes, etc.

How do you know if you have the needed diversity?  Typically, the higher the 
total bacteria and total fungi biomass, the better your diversity.  Not a 
perfect relationship, but typically we can detect disease outbreaks, and 
point them out to you.

With many soils, lack of diversity is an issue.  Thus, applying compost, or 
compost tea will deliver an inoculum of organisms that can improve the 
diversity of your soil.  Build that diversity over time.

Does compost work better than compost tea?  Compost has more food resources 
than tea, but it is harder to transport, more expensive to apply than compost 
tea.  But, your choice what you want to do.......

Hope this helps!

Elaine