EM1 & EM5 “Effective Micro-organisms” Fungicide/Pesticide Uses

Microbeman said:

I just started my first EM mother culture tea, I added 5 gal water, few tbs high nitrogen ap bat guano, eath juice microblast, and catalyst, which has kelp molasses etc... and a couple tbs of EM. I tried to figure out the AEM content and feel like I may have made a super concentrate after the microbes bloom. Can anyone give me a simple answer and a simple procedure for a standard EM brew. Also in regards to microbemans post can I brew the tea without heat in say a 70 degree environment. if so should it brew longer than a week?

this is my first post on ICMAG and any help would be grately appreciated

As previously posted in this thread.

The instructions for extending/fermenting is all the same thing. You don't need to add the fancy stuff; just 1 part EM: one part black strap molasses; 20 parts warm non-chlorinated water kept at around 100 degrees for 3 to 60 days or more. For ag use 5 to 7 days works well. pH must drop below 3.8.

Some people ferment at room temperature or near a warm source. You can tell it is ready when the pH goes down.

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CosmicGiggle said:

Many years ago I made a very embarrassing (but interesting) mistake when up-potting my well-rooted starts.

I added the beneficial microbes to the new soil and transplanted 5 of the babies.

The next day I did the same for the remaining 5.

About 3 days later I realized to my horror that the 2nd batch had been amended with septic system microbes rather than the benificial microbes.

The containers were the same size/shape/color and located under the sink next to each other (duh, headsmack).

I was expecting a disaster since I had thrown in a good handfull but to my surprise, the 2nd batch with the anaerobic microbes did just as well as the 1st batch.

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