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Re: [compost_tea] Brew length with 500



The organisms grow just as fast in 500 gal as in 200 gal, or 50 or 5.  And that's what we're after, organism growth.  The compost is just a source of the organisms, and thus, at 500 gal, the inoculum can be less.  The organisms grow rapidly, as long as the soluble nutrients from the compost, and from the added food resources, give them the right foods to grow.

Talk with Ron Stewart at Columbia Gorge Organics in Hood River about the bag material.  I like nylon, as in a laundry bag, or a paint strainer bag.  Opening size in the bag needs to be around 400 micrometers.  Felt holds up the critters in the fabric and is a perfect place for mildew to get going. 

Make sure the aeration is ok in hte brewer by measunring oxygen through the whole tea brew.  The critical hours are 14 to 20 hours after start, as long as temperature is reasonable and the orgnaisms are growing.

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
www.soilfoodweb.com
SFI Oregon, USA
SFI Australia
SFI New York
SFI Europe
SFI New Zealand

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