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Old May 29, 2015   #18
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I used to know all this stuff. I remember molasses feeds the bacteria. For some reason Soilfoodweb no longer reccomends molasses, I see on their website. Not sure why. But there are also fungi, protozoa, and some other living things in there and they all have their own food needs. You can tweak the food recipe to tweak the mix towards bacterial or fungal. I think the rock dust feeds the fungi. I used to go for a "balanced" brew that was all purpose, and I remember using Neptune's fish & seaweed, molasses and Neptune's liquid humate.

Foam results from proteins in the brew, such as when fish emulsion is used.
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