Matt,
hopefully you’ll get an answer from ‘Peter’ on that – as that’s where that
message originated.
Not
sure how my name became the subject line of this post – possibly because I’ve
been one of the rebels that had wanted to design my own? On a sidebar, I am finding the cost of
the pump to be higher than expected, and where another brewer designer on this
list (hi Bob) is able to produce a much less expensive system that has tests
to prove its viability – I’m finally coming around to probably buying my
own.
Mike
BosKo.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Ryan,
Matthew [mailto:matthew.ryan@rodaleinst.org]
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 5:29
AM
To:
compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [compost_tea] Re: ReMIKE
BOSCO
Mike,
Can you tell
us how you secured the soaker hose to the bottom of the
55
gallon
drum? I have tried this system, but always have trouble
with
getting the
soaker hose to stay on the bottom. FYI - No SFI
test
results yet.
"Fittings to
connect the soaker hose to the compressor while the
soaker hose
is in the bottom of the drum."
Matt
> >
Here's is a system that is working very well for a winery in
Paso
>
Robles.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > 55
gallon plastic drum.
>
>
> > 25
ft of soaker hose
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> >
Large air compressor - like from sears
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> >
Shade cloth bag on a hoop that sits on top of the drum and
allows
> the
compost to sit more or less in the center of the drum
>
>
> >
Fittings to connect the soaker hose to the compressor while
the
> soaker
hose is in the bottom of the drum.
>
>
> > A
valve on the air line.
>
>
> > A
way to get the tea out of the drum (sump pump?)
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> >
Place compost in bag and place bag in drum
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> >
Fill drum
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> >
Open valve to compressor - you should get a rolling boil of air
at
> the
surface.
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> >
Add some nutrients (Organic Gem?, Humax?, ???)
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> >
Wait 12 to 24 hours
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> >
Peter
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