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Abbotsford, BC

I made a giant garbage can full of tea, and have left it to stew. Can it eventually go bad? over months? WEeks?

5/28/2006 2:03:09 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Aerobic CT changes in mere hours. More info is needed. Is this an aerobic compost tea to which seaweed was added?

5/28/2006 7:32:53 AM

Chippewa Falls, WI

ohhh yaaahhhh..like a skunky beer....

5/28/2006 10:48:15 AM

Abbotsford, BC

I basically mulched up a whole crap load of seaweed put it in a giant garbage can and topped it up with water, I added a little mollasess and corn meal to boot. I stir it occasionally.

5/28/2006 12:03:03 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Next time, mulch up that seaweed and add it to your patch or compost it before use. If you want to add seaweed to your fertilization plan, get some Kelpman concentrate and mix it up as you want to use it. www.kelpman.com

5/28/2006 1:16:01 PM

Montoursville, PA

About ten pounds of any fresh manure and a handfull, of low salt animal feed, for trace minerals will put you into a pretty decent tea from where you are. Keep whipping in some oxygen. I would say, in two weeks or so you could dilute the tea, to a very light tan/brown tea and serve it up.

Granted it will not be as good as we know we can create today but it will be better than a lot, of home brew teas.

5/28/2006 4:45:21 PM

Chico, Ca

Skunky beer is caused by a reaction to light by the hops. If kept in the dark this will not happen to beer. Retailers are completely ignorant of this and promenately display bottled beer under bright flourescent lights which hastens the reaction. Clear glass is the worst,green glass is better and brown offers the most protection...This is if you brew with whole hops. If you use some of the new high tech hop oil derivitives, they are stabilized and are much less susceptable to being light struck. Miller brewing co uses a high percentage of oils in their brews so it is safe for them to use clear glass. Aint nothin aerobic/anerobic about it. Oh and hops have natural antibacterial properties, which is one of the reasons it ended up in beer in the first place.

Just incase you all were wondering....

5/28/2006 8:04:20 PM

Montoursville, PA

I did not mean, to be misleading with the term home brew tea. That is just what we called our witches brews working, from a base, of manure. Spent hops would indeed have antibacterial properties. If composted I see no reason why they would not be a good compost additive. In manure teas however the antibacterial might be going the wrong direction, in view, of the challenge, to increase bacterial content within the teas using manures. In all teas the increased bacteria and fungal content is the road, to follow. Many good anaerobic teas are whooped up, in a barrel, activated, by the heat, of the sun and modest oxygen induced by a simple paddle, while causing increased bacterial and fungal content as well as still having various fertilizer contents. It can be an most interesting and valuable brew, for the soil. In this case the natural biology, of the soil finishes the process.

On the other hand aerobic teas when properly made contain an enormous bacterial and fungal content that is finished. The biology, of this tea contains less fertilizer and more biology ready, to work, on the content, of the native soil and it's organic content.

If I lived close enough, to a really good beer or wine maker I would enjoy learning the art, of brewing. As most know there are really good brewmasters out there both professional and some amateurs. Needless, to say there are some undenialably horrible home brews stompped, from fruits, of the world. The horrible category is what I usually end up sipping. Mercy...I shall leave those skills, to the really good brewmasters. :)

5/28/2006 9:50:53 PM

Napa Ca.

C&R, You wouldnt happen to work at the sierra nevada brewery in Chico, would you? If you do, Can you get me a discount?

5/29/2006 12:41:26 AM

Chico, Ca

Samdog,Yes they pay the bills, I've been ther for eight years..... discounts are for my family and a few select friends...you would have to get to know me well.... your work is cutout for you.

Doc, hops do not compost well at all.If folks wanted to incoporate their qualities they would do best to boil them and use the tea.

Hops are now one of the hottest research compounds out there right now... from estrogen replacement to cancer research.

5/30/2006 9:25:08 AM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Robert, I know you dont I? You bringing beer with you if you make the pgvg patch tour ;) lol

5/30/2006 10:58:35 AM

Napa Ca.

Robert, It was just a guess that you worked at the brewery. You seemed very knowledgable with the brews. Sierra nevada is one of the best,if not the best in the state. I try to visit it each time i come up to visit my kid at the college. Sorry to switch for hijacking his post, but beer is almost as important as A.Gs Yours, Samdog.

5/31/2006 2:08:10 AM

Chico, Ca

Samdog, email me a week before you come up. maybe we can have a pint together.

5/31/2006 8:47:51 AM

Chico, Ca

Yes Cary I seem to remember you.... I try to please the ladies ;)

5/31/2006 8:48:42 AM

ipswich, ma usa

The easiest way to compost the hops is to first take the beer while working in the patch and drink it. Wait an hour or so while it composts then water at will!! Best home hops compost tea maker going so far!!....LOL

John (5150)

5/31/2006 9:43:33 AM