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I'm new to Dave's Garden and was excited to see some threads in the SC forum that have to do with some of my current interests...improving the soil food web using compost, teas, brews, beneficial microorganisms, composting, etc.
I was doing some research on bokashi composting and someone on some site left a comment that referred back to this article:
A search of the internet finally lead me to the "recipes" , such as they are, here:
(Warning...long article, somewhat difficult to read through...but powerful stuff..)
An organic farmer over in GA, who uses biochar and all kinds of teas, is VERY excited by the results he has seen from some brews he has made from the BIM.
Here's another recipe for some good stuff for the soil food web...recommended by the organic farmer in GA.
He also did an experiment and put his charcoal (made his own but a bag of Cowboy would do) into an LB solution (just LB and water) and said it really softened up the charcoal. His was already chopped up, I think. I'm going to try it before I crush mine and see if it makes it any easier.
If you're interested in more pix and discussions on this, go over to the GW site to the SCM forum and find the thread "Why I love the internet..."
Also, one of the most intriguing things about all this research was finding that LB was a good odor fighter (used in chicken houses and piggerys in the Phillippines, allowing them to have said piggery right next to their homes--ok, that speaks VOLUMES to me) and wanted to try it out. I have made a solution of uncholorinated water (important to be unchlorinated water) and whey from yogurt/kefir and sprayed on a stubborn pet urine spot. It is working. I will contine to treat.
My organic farmer friend from GA also used some LB solution to completely eliminate the odor from a 'brew" he had made of cabbage which he said was so bad it nearly made his eyeballs pop out.
Happy reading!
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