Hi Alex - The rate I mentioned is by no means a
recommendation, just the amount I've decided on after a lot of testing and
talking. If you're not trying to put the tea through a small nozzle or
drip system it makes sense to grow a bit more bacteria than you might
need. I don't know who could afford to add 5% sugar, (1.25gals of molasses
in a 25 gal brew). Is anyone actually doing this??
Dave
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:19
AM
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Filtering
ACT
thx, dave... it seems that I have been growing fungi,
what with adding ten times as much sugar as you recommend... now I got the
picture
brgds, alex --- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com,
"dkemnitz2000" <dkemnitz2000@y...> wrote: > ---
In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com,
"David Loring" <dloring3@c...>
> wrote: > > Alex - There is a poll on this compost tea site
on addition of > molasses, have a look. Right, 2oz. is not much
in 25 gals but the > tea was analysed and had good numbers for both
active and total > bacteria. Active bacteria at 200ppm is only
about 0.67 ounces of > bacteria in 25 gals. It's not hard to
imagine that 2 oz. of sugar > can grow way more than 0.67 ounces of
total bacteria. It goes > something like this for 25 gals of
tea: > > 25gals x 8.35pounds/gal x 16oz/pound = 3,340 ounces of tea x
> 0.000200 (200ppm recommended active bacteria) = 0.668oz. AB >
> > > <><><><><><<>Hey
Dave, So using the above calculation(example) the > bacteria are
weighed. Is that right? 200ppm active bacteria in 25 >
gallons water weigh 0.67 oz. Would they be dried or as is,
basis? > That's interesting. Dennis > >
> > > > I'm not sure why the basic recipe in
the Compost Tea Brewing Manual > calls for 16 ounces of molasses/50
gal brew. It will certainly grow > a lot of bacteia at just
0.2 percent of 50 gals. I understand that > the 5% rate is meant
to actually inhibit the bacteria for a fungal > brew. > >
> > Dave > > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: alex de mello > > To:
compost_tea@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, August
27, 2003 2:06 PM > > Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Filtering
ACT > > > > > > dave: thx for the
info... but 2oz. in 25 gal, isn't that like > 0,06% molasses? that
would be far from the 5% I recall reading as a > max. here in this
forum... > > > > >Subject:
Re: Re: Filtering ACT > > > > Alex - Maybe
there are paint filters with different size holes? > I can
filter five gallons about as quickly as it comes out of my 50 > gal
tank, maybe 30 seconds. I put the 5 gal pail below the brewer >
outlet valve and hold the filter bag so the stream of tea passes >
through it. A little shaking is needed sometimes to keep the >
materials moving to the bottom of the bag. I don't substitute >
anything for molasses, just use less of it. I've had good SFI >
numbers using 2oz. molasses in 25 gals of tea starting with a few >
pounds of vermicompost. > > Dave > > >
> > > alex de mello > > > >
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