Bob aswers Tom- You are right Tom The essentials are all in those aqarium and irrigation shops. Most talented people can put a brewer together and make it work. Even the first one may work. The second willl work better and pose less of a nuisance to operate. The third and fourth and fifth will each be better than the last. Today after 5 years and about a hundred brewers one of my production men showed me an improvement that we will adopt. How can sucn a simple system as mine be improved so many times? Like my computer - how many ways can 1 and 0 be arranged? On the simple brewer I developed there are perhaps 10,000 details, including operating and recipes but not counting the microbes at work.... So how many ways can those be arranged?
If you have anything useful to do a well developed brewer may cost less than what you cobble from parts. But you will miss all the fun of experimenting. I have fully enjoyed the search. If you enjoy the search - like I do - I recomend stating from parts. Enjoy the re-search. If you are intent on gardening or agricultue or a related business - it may be a better trip starting with some known and tested stuff. Not majic. Just a lot of educated trial and less error with each trial
But even starting with a tested machine and tested recipe, the research has just begun. Choosing compost. Each is a bit different, adjusting temps and nutrients, doing the brew carefully, application machines, technique, conditions, conditions, conditions, adverse bugs, weather, irrigation water, seed, varieties, more !!!???
What saves us from perpetual defeat? It's gotta be the wonderful diversity, the resilience of plants and soil microbes to cope with variations, adversity and gardeners
Sorry Tom. I was just going to make a brief answer. Bob
Tom Jaszewski <tomj@livesoil.com> wrote:
There are no ?secret? ingredients that produce better results. There are a number of nutrient packs available that produce an excellent tea. You can build a 5 gallon brewer with simple parts found in an aquarium and irrigation shop.
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/Tea/tea1.htm
Get a dual port pump some porous irrigation tubing, ¼ inch fittings and you?ll be every bit as successful by minding your inputs.
Tom Jaszewski
www.livesoil.com
702-595-7012
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