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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Mycoremediation of petroleum-polluted sites.
  • Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:20:15 -0500



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re: Compost from municipal sources
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:42:18 -0500
From: William Carr <Jkirk3279@Fastermac.net>
Reply-To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com


On Dec 16, 2007, at 3:42 PM, soilfoodweb@aol.com
<mailto:soilfoodweb%40aol.com> wrote:

> Are you aware that it is the bacteria AND FUNGI that release the
> heat that develops in a composting process, as a result of
> reproduction, i.e., rapid growth?

I've seen a episode of "Bioneers: Saving The Planet" where a renowned
Mycologist showed using compost and added fungi to de-comtaminate soil
soaked in fuel oil.

I highly recommend watching this, if you can find it.

What occurs to me, is you could get this "mulch", add some nitrogen,
heck, even waste cooking oil, then inoculate with the correct species
of fungi.

The Mycologist used an edible species, and not only were the mushrooms
safe to eat, the fungi digested the oil so the soil was completely
reclaimed.

That would end up with a batch of compost high in fungi, pretty much
ideal for our use in Compost Tea.

Has anyone done this? What species of fungi would you add to compost
to speed decomp?

William Carr





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