Ed Rosenthal Recommends Organic Bountea Compost Tea

[nsavarirayan]

@mattrize: Bountea for sure works I am producing some of the best soil grow weed ever!! If I could just post pictures on these comments you would see. It makes growing awesome stuff so much easier because you don't need much else!! the plants love it for sure.

[microbegardener]

Not hear to comment on the Boutea brewer, but rather would like to state that the idea that molasses feeds only the bacteria and causes bacterial blooms is a myth. I use it all the time to grow both bacteria and fungal hyphae. It is actually a quite balanced food source.  Bacterial blooms are caused by the addition of too much "food" for the bacteria, relative to the air pumps ability to maintain dissolved oxygen above 6mg/l.

[mattrize1]

Bountea is a joke. The aeration ring is junk after a few brews. The "alaskan humi soil" is dirt that is shipped around the world, instead of LOCAL COMPOST or EWC that can be made FOR FREE by anyone. Buying humisoil goes against core organic principles of reusing, reducing carbon emissions, getting rid of packaging and shipping, and using local compost. The bioactivator is easily replaceable with blackstrap molasses (wholesome sweeteners) and yucca juice (T&J Enterprises). Waste of $

[escapeearthnet]

@mattrize1 Have you tried Bountea? Yes, you can use your own compost but the Humisoil has more diversity of microbial life than any other compost tea starter - otherwise we would not use it. The Bioactivator is irreplaceable - it has a bunch of proprietary ingredients that are not in any other preparation. Liquid molasses will simply cause a burst of bacterial growth and then fizzle out. Try reading "Teaming with Microbes" by Jeff Lowenfelds - good for background information.

[mattrize1]

@escapeearthnet YES, I bought the Bountea brew kit and feel horribly ripped off for buying it. Yes, I've read/own Teaming. That book is just the start. Brews are for bacteria/archae/protozoa/nemat­odes. Fungal inoculants should be applied directly to the roots via propagules and/or spores during transplant. Shipping soil around the globe is against everything that oraganics is about and is a sales ploy. Making your own compost and worm castings is real organics, bountea is a for noobs. .

[escapeearthnet]

@mattrize1 I am sorry you feel ripped off. You should have let us know and returned the kit - we would have refunded your money. We now have an updated more efficient air diffuser unit in our brew kits.

It sounds as though you have been doing your research and have your own successful methods of making compost tea. Good luck.

[escapeearthnet]

Hi @athomedad1 - Actually, Ed did this for us as a 'freeby' because he is a very nice shy guy. Thanks for your endorsement of Bountea. We use dried molasses as one of many ingredients of Bountea, but the blackstrap is not a good alternative. It produces a heavily bacterial brew that burns itself out fast. Tea foods need to have a balance of carbohydrates and proteins in different forms to create a diverse microbial ecology. Good luck and thanks

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[HikingPhotos2010]

Ed, you should have done this 'commercial' without reading cards. Try making it come from the heart, not the pocket.