"Hormones? Enzymes? Hunnh? I never heard those claimed as benefits of compost tea".
Just one example of what your first sentence is about, go down to compost extract.
http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/...
"Nutrients? I GUESS ... if you expect to extract a significant amount of any nutrient from the small amount of compost, manure or molasses you add to a 5 gallon pail. I'd call that another easy-to-refute straw man or red herring argument that I didn't know anyone was proposing seriously".
Did you listen to podcast #80 starting at about minute 35?
I won't go down the list but I don't think he picked things that were not being discussed and promoted often by gardeners.
