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[compost_tea] Re: Agitation



--- Jason, Yes I'm using flexible  3/4 inch air lines going into each 
of two 5 gallon buckets with lids which hold the compost.  The 
buckets have 1/16 inch holes drilles in the bottom and lower half 
(around the sides). I plan to drill more holes near bucket top and in 
the lid before next batch.  The 1/16 inch holes in the bucket(basket) 
allowed me to spray (apply) thru i/16 inch nozzles without serious 
plugging problems.  I'm planning to filter before the pump with a 12 
or 20 screen next time provided the screen arrives.How do you filter 
ACT? Thanks Jason.  Dennis Kemnitz


In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, Jason Austin <jason.austin@s...> 
wrote:
> Hi Dennis
> 
> Are you using flexible air lines that are floating to the 
surface?     I 
> used 2" Schedule 40 rigid pipe.  I made a cross that sits on the 
bottom, 
> with a vertical pipe going up, then a pipe to the air pump.   I 
drilled 
> holes in the cross at the bottom and it boils like crazy.   One 
could 
> even add more legs to the cross and get more coverage if desired.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> dkemnitz2000 wrote:
> 
> > ---Hello Mike, mixing by aeration will surely depend on location 
and
> > amount of air flow. I haven't been successful in keeping my air 
lines
> > in or near the botttom of my tank so I'm getting less mixing than 
I'd
> > like.  Dennis Kemnitz
> >
> > In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Benton" <compost@m...> 
wrote:
> > > Hi all. I have an off topic question which I would like to put 
to
> > everyone
> > > out there. Has anyone done any work with agitation of chem.
> > fertilizer in
> > > tanks, using air instead of paddles. It seems to me that our ACT
> > machines
> > > should do a great job of agitating the solution. Yes ,I know, 
why
> > would
> > > someone want to use chem. fert instead of ACT  :-)The guy in
> > question is an
> > > IPM fruit farmer with three of my 1200 liter ACT tanks, so any
> > preaching
> > > would be to the converted. He is even an occasional visitor to 
this
> > group.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Regards
> > > Mike Benton
> > > Compost Technologies
> > > mike@c...      mobile 0823345371
> >
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