Cool website on EM info

Check this out, excellent information http://www.emrojapan.com/

Thanks for the link.

I"m finding more and more websites available on the topic of EM. It's a lot of material to digest and put into action. It's certainly very exciting to see what it can do. The more I learn about it, the more I want to try.
Many applications go beyond soil and composting. EM is a topic so large that it could easily warrant its own forum if there were enought interested DGers.

http://www.effectivemicrobes.com/welcome/whatisem.html

I've downloaded the APNAN manual for using EM in crop and animal production from this site:
http://www.apnan.org/EM_Application.htm

An interesting article on how EM use helps in a hospital in Tamil Nadu (India).
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062660090300.htm


This abstract was encouraging. There's hope yet for reclaiming land that has developed excess salinity from chemical fertilizers.:

I agree Gardenmermaid. It's a far more complex subject than I realized and they can do amazing things with this culture. Talk about Permaculture! Great stuff.

Truly great stuff!

I do highly recommend downloading the APNAN manual.
There is a section in there on EM Fermented Plant Extracts. This is a way to make your own fertilizer and "plant protectants" (vs pesticides) using weeds and garden waste. It's similar to the "Bokashi juice". I think it is a promising way to use the plants that are often left out of compost piles. I'm thinking of things like field bind weed, mints and bermuda grass here. They can be fermented to extract the nutrients in their tissues for use as a liquied fertilizer, and the fibrous remains can then be safely added to the compost pile, or dug into the soil, without any concern of the plant spreading. Weeds and plant residue simply become another crop. :D