For making compost teas that are fungally dominated I have read on a few forums/threads/posts that you add oatmeal to your ewc 2 days before making the compost tea, and the oatmeal is food for the fungus and gives it a chance to get establised. Fungi don't multiply apparently the way bacteria do, they just grow.
Heres the problem, the last 2 times I added my cooked porridge to my container of ewc, it starts smelling something horrible.
I don't think its going anerobic, because it happens so quick, and gets plenty of air, and isn't that wet. Maybe its fermenting or maybe thats the smell of the oatmeal breaking down by bacteria. I also see no fuzzy mycelium on the oatmeal.
The oatmeal is made with water only. Any ideas? This smell does not go away and makes the whole compost tea smell as well. Maybe I will add dry oatmeal flakes without cooking it next time and let it soak up moisture from the ewc, and see what happens after a week or so.
Heres the problem, the last 2 times I added my cooked porridge to my container of ewc, it starts smelling something horrible.
I don't think its going anerobic, because it happens so quick, and gets plenty of air, and isn't that wet. Maybe its fermenting or maybe thats the smell of the oatmeal breaking down by bacteria. I also see no fuzzy mycelium on the oatmeal.
The oatmeal is made with water only. Any ideas? This smell does not go away and makes the whole compost tea smell as well. Maybe I will add dry oatmeal flakes without cooking it next time and let it soak up moisture from the ewc, and see what happens after a week or so.