Compost Tea [part 6]: Pre-fed, Fungal-Dominate (Vermicompost + Fish Hydrolysate + Guano + Rock Dust)

[@andglasgo]

Loved having access to what's happening under the microscope! Thanks for the informative video.

[@mrguevara8846]

Thanks for sharing and recipe..and I love how it looks through the magnification. Like a whole world itself

[@awsome869]

Hahaha xD your commentary on the microscope was crackin me up xD. Thanks for the share :)

[@gmaster716]

I'll be curious to see your results under the microscope!! keep up the great videos!

[@B01]

easy way to tell fungal food or bacterial i came up with is it's pH value. Fungal decomposers don't like alkaline food sources and bacterial decomposers dont tend to like high pH. Based on that, molasses does indeed seem to be fungi friendly!

[@cqammaz53]

Beautiful organisms floating in the water

[@gmaster716]

i tend to believe that if there's no sugar Source or very very minimal you can Brew the cycle longer without the bacteria dominating also I'm using the same set up for Brewing which has a really strong air pump, 952 GPH for 4 gallons of water, and a additional fungal food added half way through brew cycle bacterial dominated tea I would cut my Brew time back to 24 to 36 hours. thanks again for the informative video will

[@grokshop]

Your logic makes sense to me. I will try some longer brews this season without the bacterial food source and see what it looks like. Thanks for sharing your experience. Always lots to learn and experience is the best teacher!

[@PBRaft]

@@grokshop Have you had any luck trying this out without the bacterial food? I would love to see the microscope results! Great video by the way! Very cool stuff and your tea is very biologically active

[@surferdude-ll2qu]

Thanks for sharing under the microscope, that was cool.👍🏻💪🏽🌱

[@uygarkahraman8951]

Very nice and informative video, thanks.Greetings from Turkey.

[@gmaster716]

nice video! would applying the molasses with the compost encourage more bacteria? my latest fungal dominated tea consist of... r.o water and ground oatmeal, 3-4 days under heat mat what kind of compost did you use? have you checked under the microscope regarding longer brew cycles? 48=72 hours ? i have been having some success using pre charged humus along with kelp, neptunes fish hydrosalate , yucca extract , kelp extract and calicum lignosulfonate. 60 hour brew cycle smells like fish for the first 30 hours then after 48 and alittle addional microbe food it will smell like earthy mushrooms ! again thanks for the educational video, well done!

[@grokshop]

Thanks. This was done with straight vermicompost from the heap. Yeah I have experimented longer cycles but not scoped them yet. Maybe this year I will do that. Have you had any issues with generation of anaerobic bacteria on your longer cycles? That is the typical reservation I see cited on the longer cycles. If it smells like shrooms though - one would think its going in the right direction for a fungal tea!

[@davidmaynard84]

So cool thanks 🌱

[@Qtturner1]

Would be interesting to see a sample of the fuzzy fungal growth under the microscope, via taking a direct sample of the fuzz and putting it on a slide. That way we can know for sure if it is growing good mycelium, or Oomycetes! Don't Oomycetes typically have a fuzzy characteristic?

[@jasonjefferson6596]

Incredible. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Nicolasdu5]

I am no expert but this seem more bacterial dom..., but its a really nice vid with the microscope scenery !!!

[@johndenver5029]

I was thinking the same

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

This will always be the case, numbers of bacteria explode while fungi are very slow. The thing is to favor conditions for fungal growth, like putting wood chips, keeping temp. 25 degree c or below.

[@beansrice6322]

Awesome. We are lucky to have content like this. Real shit bro appreciate your knowledge. And how can we keep them alive in a hydroponics system?

[@pinball000]

Tried a starting culture like woodchips with mycelium? Could be more diverse. Then slowly increase bacteria just as food for fungal

[@cqammaz53]

Wow that’s super cool

[@kennethjackson3727]

awesome man ,subbed,thumbs up

[@supplies4reptiles228]

after adding all those power packed nutrients, who can say that the oatmeal actually does anything....

[@cqammaz53]

We have a lot of cement companies here in PA do you think they can give me some rock dust or is what they use on acceptable

[@bashinwari]

Wouldn't the compost have dangerous bacterium or fungal spores that we may help flourish? Say a peach leaf curl fungus from a near by peach tree? I mean how do we know we are growing the good ones? Thanks

[@shannonphilpott214]

Would you use this in your garden? If yes, is it okay to apply after the seedling have already put in the ground?

[@cqammaz53]

Did you use garden soil or potting soil?

[@noob-rw4gc]

How long do you leave the mix in the brewer?

[@johhnyglaze1]

On day two I had a nice white beard. The next day it was dark grey. Is it ok to use it in tea?

[@beansrice6322]

Would be cool to see them in action in the soil bro idk if you can do that?

[@johnnycake020]

It would look exactly the same as this. They live in the water film in the soil bro

[@bosatsu76]

Increasing the fungal biology of ANY soil would seem to be beneficial... Even a vegetable patch.

[@jeffhahn9782]

What microscope set up are you using? I tried my daughters cheapo 400x and could only see vague movement. No real clarity. I’m researching 1000x tri nocular scopes for video and to pique her interest. Nothing like a shitty scope to turn a kid off to the micro world. My experience with microscopes was 20 years ago. I’ve forgotten more than I know about them now.

[@grokshop]

I put the microscope amazon link in the description. It's a good scope for the price, but the plan objectives are more clear than the default achromatic objectives I used in this video. There are adapters for different types of cameras & you can output that to a monitor live which makes it so everyone can see at the same time (fun for kids).

[@citybiointtopshelf2536]

How long can it sit?

[@fairdinkum1079]

Great video but please put your camera on a stand you are moving far too much Making me very dizzy and feel a bit nauseous

[@alroyesserrao]

It's a bacteria dominated compost tea than fungal

[@sweetbone96]

Molasses feed bacteria though

[@cqammaz53]

You did get your wife’s permission to grind whatever that was and her coffee grinder I hope

[@I.am.Mumma.Bear.1]

Take the camera off your body 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@I21oIoIl3]

You don't know what you're talking about in this, bye.

[@johnnycake020]

What’s the swimming bucket near the end of the video

[@I21oIoIl3]

@@johnnycake020 Chlamydia.

[@johnnycake020]

TwiggierOyster Lol. Ol mate must have been having too much fun