Archive for March, 2008

Compost Preactivation and Extraction Trial with Fish Hydrolysate

Here’s a fun look tracing some compost from when we built the piles, through preactivation, and into a liquid extraction.

Compost Preactivation and Extraction Trial with Fish Hydrolysate

Recent compost preactivations

Here are the results of two recent compost preactivations.

PC-020108-A

PC-020108-B

Recent tote results

Here are the results from a couple of recent compost totes made here at SMI. These links will take you to the process sheets we use that show the ingredients and the results of our tests.

Notice that the first tote was made with several types of fungal foods, and the second one was made with all of the same composts, but with no foods added.

As always, comments and observations welcome.

PC-020808-A

PC-020808-B

Comparing teas made with different amounts of Fish Hydrolysate

In the ongoing quest to explore the relationship between different foods in different amounts added to compost tea, here we have the first round of tests using fish hydrolysate.

Comparing teas made with different amounts of Fish Hydrolysate

More Turf Pro Comparisons

Here’s the latest from the ongoing comparison of compost teas made with different amounts of turf pro.

Comparing teas made with different amounts of Turf Pro