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Green sulfer bacteria question

SillyTrippyHippy
SillyTrippyHippystarted grow question 2 years ago
During my last experiment have cultured green sulfur bacteria. I usually just toss it when this happens... but I have a gallon of it are there any benefits of using it in my garden? I can't seem to see any solid research articles about green sulfer bacteria in the garden.
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Benzels
Benzelsanswered grow question 2 years ago
Ask yourself why you would want it there- whats the point of adding it? What are you trying to achieve? by adding a bacteria that feeds on a certain element- once that element is used up what do u expect to happen? or once the conditions for life that it had during the culture process are no longer there, i.e after adding it to the soil, medium ect... it wont survive. Adding sulfur would help, adding bacteria that eats sulfur may make it more bio available, but you have to be adding sulfur often to get any benefit from it. more to the point why do u need so much sulfur anyways? Look, this whole cultured bacteria thing is great n all, but the bacteria we want is easily added to soil via manures. U try running some straw or grass thru a cows four guts for a few days and let it ferment in there for a bit, and you will see how mother nature cultures her bacteria. And thats the good bacteria we want in our soil to break down organics and feed our plants. Mushroom compost is another good one, u grow fungi in any media for a while in the dark with nice damp conditions for a few weeks and you will see another version of mother nature culturing up a storm. odds are if you add your mix, it will be off the PH charts and will screw up more things than it helps. In saying all that, if you have one plant you dont mind losing, u can try it on it and see... but ive never heard of adding any kind of sulfur in larger amounts so no idea what will happen.
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