[compost_tea] Re: Cotton bedsheet for filter

From: Tim Wilson <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:29:45 -0000

Here is my take on it.

http://www.microbeorganics.com/#So_You_Wanna_Build_A_Compost_Tea_Brewer

"Filtering;
You can place a submersible pump into a mesh bag as a screen, drop it into =
the tank (barrel, pail) and pump the CT out. I use a regular cheap sump pum=
p for this with a 800 to 1000 micron mesh bag (about the size of window scr=
een) See the testing I did; Does Microbial Life Survive Pump Impellers? . Y=
ou can purchase mesh bags at www.aquaticeco.com or make your own. Likewise,=
 you can filter the CT by placing the same size screen over top of another =
pail and pour or siphon the CT through the mesh into the other vessel. If r=
esidue builds up, stop and clean off the mesh. As residue builds up it stop=
s the passage of the microbes you want. Never run CT through a pipe constra=
ined filter unless essential as part of your irrigation system or spray rig=
."

Tim



--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "barley.corn" <barley.corn_at_...> wrote:
>
> I have built my brewer and have just bought a 300 gallon trailed 40' spra=
yer. I want to start to experiment with compost tea before the winter sets=
 in so I am ready for the spring.
> I have a course suction filter to load the the sprayer, but thought if I =
could wrap a bit of bedsheet round it, (if I can smuggle one out of the hou=
se!), that would ensure that the nozzles didn't block. Would this be OK, o=
r would it be too fine for the fungi to go through? Thanks.
>




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