I have yet to read any papers stating that neem cake would be detrimental to fungi, and the micro herd. Actually neem cake has been shown to help out the micro herd, inhibit bad fungi, and set the stage for growth of "good" fungi. Do you have any papers, or studies that you are sighting this information from?
No I don't have any studies to reference. I was just thinking
neem oil is used as a fungicide and therefore harmful to even the beneficials. I know for sure you arent supposed to use the foliar pack (fungal spores) in conjunction with
neem oil or azidiachtrin. I was actually asking you if you knew about this... but I may just be assuming that neem cake is like
neem oil. Looks like I need to do a little research...
check page 22 post #422 of this thread for a microscope pic I took of just molasses and spores. No compost/EWC/or anything else.
Just had a test done on the compost tea with root and foliar packs. the prelim results show bacteria counts at 6,000 spores per microgram. Their standard for a high count brew is 1000 spores per microgram. The fungal count was average though, but I think thats because I didnt use any fungal food or brew for more than 24 hours. Im working on new batch next week per their advice to make a fungal dominant tea.