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Compost tea: three BioCycle articles
Oxygen, extraction and batch quality.
Article series published:
Presence and activity
Ingham distinguishes the presence of anaerobic bacteria from their active growth. [1]
Preparation quality
The subsequent articles examine organisms, soluble nutrients, filter mesh, time, recirculation and aeration. [1]
Organizing our reading
The titles give us three different questions. Which preparation is described? What conditions prevail? How is the batch assessed? We can use these questions as an index for our own reading and training notes.
Three articles, one shared theme
The abstracts collected in the author’s manual connect microbial activity with preparation conditions and compost-tea quality.
Sources and references
- Ingham, E. (1998). Anaerobic bacteria and compost tea. BioCycle, 39(6), 86. Ingham, E. (1999). What is compost tea? Part I. BioCycle, 40(3), 74–75; Making a high quality compost tea. Part II. BioCycle, 40(4), 94. Abstracts reproduced in The Compost Tea Brewing Manual, fifth edition (2005). Article abstracts in the manual’s bibliography, pp. 60–61