Mark,
Have been looking through and categorizing old posts for
some time now.
There have been interesting ideas every year (starting at the
beginning in 2002) for raising the oxygen level and avoiding
problems from a sediment layer.
Like other people I have my own ideas but this thread is not the
time or place.
I will say that perhaps several camps have ALL been right to one degree or =
another but may have stopped short in one way or another.
What has amazed me the most so far is I'll draw up plans thinking
hey this is a wonderful new idea. Then find out someone was on it long ago.=
Usually they didn't follow through or explore enough options. Pressing the=
'outer limits' of gardening never was cheap.
It can be simple enough but usually costs.
An example was the muscle car days. A guy could put as many carburetors (or=
whatever) as he wanted on a small block motor.
Then someone with a real good running 427 that had some tricks laid to it (=
like a single 3 barrel) pulls up along side.
The motor was deliberately under rated by Chevy and was already around 500 =
HP from the factory - stock.
It was no contest.
It may well be time to think of splitting the CT Machines
into 2 Camps. When we get into the actual depth and the
difficulties of what is 'ionic' some might agree that
a split is necessary for more reasons than how much 'billing'
the fungi gets.
We need to take a trip (mentally) to Israel for some 'ionic' answers.
This was a good thread from 2011.
Bobby Grimes
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost_tea/message/26480
That Post led to this short You Tube Clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjXFh_ICxic&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Naturally surface area has been talked about as recently as
Tim in this current thread.
Mark, does your Vortex Machine supply increased surface area
like this Bobby Vortex Brewer supplies - in living color.
Are many of the other machines presented in various video's
sorry in comparison to Bobby?
Thanks, Bill
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preciate that because it pulls air downward i don't have to deal with foami=
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it for immediate use to Mendoncino, CA.
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> There's a small pic of it here:
> http://www.dunmor.org/land/consulting-services/
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> Mark
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o do you have plans to be able to make the 5 gal brewer or larger.
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Received on Sat Jan 28 2012 - 14:02:40 EST