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

[Jim Fullmer <jfullmer AT peak.org>]

Graeme,
I have been using a tower of 7 forms to aerate compost tea for my own
caneberry operation as well as 3 vineyard consulting clients. The same
tower is also being used to stir preparation 500 and 501.

The forms in the tower [10 ft high, one on top of the other] are my own
renditions created out of side by side castings of my wife's pregnant
belly. Such a form lends itself quite well to the creation of a vortex.
The castings are fused togehter in such a way that the unit generates
well formed opposing vortices w/ vigrous flow.

I've been really pleased with it's ability to aerate compost tea.
Looking at nature, a creek for instance, it becomes apparent that the
vortex plays a paramount role in the aeration of water [ good reading on
this is T. Schwank, Sensative Chaos]. I feel it works well. After some
testing I discovered that the compost I built this year [ cow manure ,
grape pommace] is very "bacterial". It has worked quitre well for the
control of powdery mildew [ grapes] and leaf spot [ caneberries].

j
Jim Fullmer
Hoskins Berry Farm / Philomath, Or.

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> From: Graeme Gerrard <ggerrard AT resonant.com.au>
> Subject: [Compostteas] Flow forms
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> Hi,
> Is anybody using flow forms to aerate their teas?  Had any tests?
> How do they compare to regular tanks?
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> Graeme Gerrard
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> Subject: [Compostteas] flow forms - oops!
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> Sorry,
> A couple of people sent me mail asking what a flow form is.  I guess
> that means they don't use them, but here are a few websites, all the
> same.
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> http://www.anth.org.uk/virbelaflowforms/
> http://www.mullum.com.au/flowing/waterflowform_kits.htm
> http://www.livingwaterflowformsaustralia.com/
> http://www.waterflow.net/
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> They are used:
> - to stir the BD preparations (this is contentious for some)
> - to aerate and purify grey water
> - as garden sculptures
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> Graeme Gerrard
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