The article in Taunton's is not obsolete. It is a
great system for the person new to the idea of making compost tea. Sure you
could use a bigger pump. And sure you could be concerned with the size of the
bubbles. And then you could buy a DO meter, and a fine temp gauge, and a Brix
tester, and on and on. But for the person just getting into aerobically active
compost tea making, the simple set up described by Dr. Elaine is just
fine!
Use a little bigger pump, play with inexpensive air
stones, but let's not lose the play involved here. From what I've been told by
Dr. Larry Zibilski at the USDA Weslaco Research Station (the only USDA approved
organic research station), scientists have identified less than 5% of the total
life in the soil.
Do not scare people away by all the science! It is
good, it is needed, but let's not get carried away by all the data.
Nature knows no data. And we are nowhere close to
unraveling the "DNA" of the soil........
Tell your sister to go with it and have fun...it is
truly a learning process...
Steve Bridges
Kimas Tejas Nursery
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