> Lloyd- Do you mind talking about the substances that you spray, again? -Allan Hi Allan. Briefly - we make a base "brew" that has liquid fish, liquid kelp, humic acid, and molasses as feed stock, this is not compost tea - Elaine would not like it - the nutrition load is much greater than you use to make aerobic tea, probably five to ten times more - and its a slow brew - I have never had it tested in a lab, I test it on plants. Into it we put a couple shovels full of soil from a few different places where things are growing to my liking (looking for beneficial microbes here) anywhere there is good microbial activity is worth trying, a little compost and I will use a little barrel compost in mine this year, you can do this in a 50gallon drum and all thats needed as far as stirring is to turn it over with a few buckets taken out and poured back in from head height twice a day. I let the solids settle to the bottom and dont disturb them too much. I guess this is an anearobic brew (by Elaine's definition) but I dont like that description - this is nice stuff with a pleasant smell, a little sweet, and is nothing like the putrid poop that aerobic compost tea quickly becomes when you loose the aeration. Two totally different animals these! If you get a sour smell or it goes acid (under pH 4.5) its gone off - DONT USE - our use rate is only around two litres per hectare in a mix with other stuff. This will probably take ten days to two weeks to make (maybe less if its warm) - your drum should generate bubbles after a day or two. Once you have the base brew done OK then its just a matter of mixing and testing additions till you get what the plants are after. I'll do this on an installment basis as I am kinda busy. More later - or questions Cheers Lloyd Charles
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