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[Todd <todd@mycrobz.com>]

venaurafarm <venaurafarm@...> writes:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:      [compost_tea] Compost tea in Honduras - Advice needed
> Date:         Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:48:39 -0800 (PST)
> From:         Olivier Francescangeli <olofran10@...>
> 
> Hi all,
> My name is Olivier, I just joined the group, I am 20 years old and I am
> an agronomy engineering student. I will be doing my thesis
> this following year. For that, I have built a home made compost tea
> machine and I have based my research on Dr. Elaine Ingham's brewing
> manual as well as Tim Wilson's microscope microbial evaluation videos.
> The thesis subject is a comparison between compost tea and other organic
> compounds such as compost, bokashi and some other organic
> bio-fertilizers in order to introduce compost tea and show its
> properties in Honduras which are unknown. This will be done in Honduras
> (where the Zamorano university is located) which has a tropical climate
> (24 °C average temperature and 1100 mm average anual rain) and an
> altitude of 800 meters.
> I am not sure yet what plants I will be doing the tests on but one of
> the possibilities is chili peppers (/Capsicum annuum)
> http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum/
> //
> This is why I was wondering if I could get some advice on:
> 
>   1.   An easy to find receipe for the foods to add to the compost tea
>   2.   What natural substitutes are there for Molasses, Kelp, Humic Acids
>      and other important ingredients
>   3.   What plants would better fit for the experiment
>   4.   How can I best measure the differences between the treatments
> 
> Any other advices, experiences and comments would also be very much
> appreciated.
> Thank you very much,
> Sincerely,
> Olivier
> //
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Hello Olivier,

Sounds like a very interesting thesis.  I live in Canada and operate a small 
business that cultures a version of EM.  I also produce Bokashi Starter and 
promote Bokashi composting (the anaerobic method done indoors in a sealed 
container).

In regards to Bokashi and your experiments, I think it would be very 
interesting 
if you compared the effects of a compost tea brewed with regular compost to a 
compost tea make with fermented Bokashi waste.  They can both be prepared 
using 
Dr Ingrham's method of aerating them for 24 hours.  I don't think this 
comparison has been done before and, though I would expect the Bokashi Tea 
perform better (due to the preservation of nutrients during the Bokashi 
process 
and the addition of microbes), I don't know for sure and it would be quite 
helpful to understand the differences if any.

If you have any questions on how to Bokashi compost in a sealed container and 
produce the fermented waste; please get in touch and I can explain and inform 
you on the few ingredients and items you will require.

Good Luck,

Todd Veri
todd@mycrobz.com
>