[compost_tea] Re: Help with a good tea recipe

From: migrainexx <rap.rem_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 20:15:17 -0000

Hi Tim
I'm confused again…In your recipes you say to have a brewer capable of ra=
ising DO2 rates close to 10 or 12 ppm…I thought do2 levels had to do with=
 water quality, temperature and what sea level your at…I live in PA and a=
t my sea level at 66.5 F. my do2 saturation value in water is around 8.2…=
That's all my water will hold…How do I raise a level to 10 to 12 ppm if m=
y water can't hold it…I know my pump has the capabilities to do 25 gallon=
s using your math and formulas. So with only a 15 gallon it's real efficien=
t…It will raise the do2 levels 3.6 mg/l in less then one hour to 8.2…wh=
en I take my readings I hold me probe in the water where theirs no air agit=
ated discharge…What am I doing wrong…Thanks as always…Migraine


--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Tim Wilson" <thegoodjob_at_...> wrote:
>
> Hi Joshua,
>
> I don't think that overcrowding microbes is a concern in ACT. I do have s=
ome recipes listed here. http://www.microbeorganics.com/#Compost_Tea_Recipe=
s They may be of some help.
>
> Tim
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Bewley <ummyepp_at_> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have been currently brewing 40 gallons of tea at a time and wish to m=
ove up my scale to 140 gallons. I purchased the correct pumps to have the r=
ight amount of air but now I need to revise my ingredients to brew 140 gall=
ons instead of 40.
> >
> > My recipe for 40 gallons was 20 cups of worm poop, 3/4 cups molasses, h=
umic acid and fish emulsion.
> > I was using also Maxicrop seaweed extract but have been seeing some stu=
dies that seem to suggest the addition of seaweed could not be beneficial b=
ut rather work against the end objective of creating an environment where t=
he soil is alive and working more on it's own.
> > I'm hoping it takes less ingredients to make more tea as I've been care=
ful in the past not to over breed the micros too fast so they are not overc=
rowded.
> > Any info is appreciated.
> > Joshua Peters.
> >
>




Received on Fri May 13 2011 - 17:32:25 EDT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Tue Feb 07 2012 - 13:58:09 EST