'This is a strand of cellulose that is typical of what I find in my compost. It is not living and is resistant to breaking down. It is the part of the plant structure that is left when everything else has been consumed by the microbes in the soil food web. It is an important component of living soil because it is a good food for fungal mycelium. I find a large amount of cellulose is the liquid compost I make with my AeromatiCo composter. The AeromatiCo composter works by continuously aerating the compost with an industrial air pump that delivers 60 liters of air per minute. The soil food web in the composter consume the organic matter and leave the cellulose to be consumed in the garden where fungal mycelium reign. I drench my garden beds and potted plants with the liquid compost which inoculates the soil with a diverse set of microbes creating living soil with a thriving soil food web. video details microscope: Olympus CX23 camera: Olympus LC30 objective: 40x (400x total magnification)'
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