Re: [compost_tea] Simple CT maker
The article in Taunton's is not obsolete. It is a great system for the pers=
on 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 ma=
king, 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 l=
ose 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 resear=
ch station), scientists have identified less than 5% of the total life in t=
he 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 t=
he soil........
Tell your sister to go with it and have fun...it is truly a learning proces=
s...
Steve Bridges
Kimas Tejas Nursery
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Austin
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Simple CT maker
Hi Jeff
I encouraged my sister in New Zealand to make a small CT brewer using the=
Taunton's article as a model. She bought the parts then the day she was r=
eady to assemble you come out with this "obsolete" comment <groan!>
Now remember what your mother must have taught you, criticism alone is ne=
gative. To be constructive, you must also show the person how to do it bet=
ter! <grin> So how would you suggest a 5 gallon brewer be made?
Jason
Jeff Lowenfels wrote:
Re the article from Taunton's: I think since that article was publish=
ed that there has been a lot of research that make it "obsolete." I starte=
d with "that" machine and several of my first ones were constructed using a=
ir stones and small pumps.
The problem is the size of the bubbles....may be too small and the inad=
equate air supply. It is a good place to start, but not to remain very long=
, IMHO!
Cheers,
Jeff L
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Received on Sun Apr 27 2003 - 01:16:29 EDT
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