[compost_tea] Re: My homemade brewer and such

From: unvenezuelan <unvenezuelan_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:10:42 -0000

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "J+K Delvas" <greenthumbs_at_c...>
wrote:
> In case anyone is remotely curious, this is my homemade brewer,
compost and
> microbe foods.
> I got most of my components from www.aquaticeco.com
>
> I use a 3.25 lpm Whitewater Linear Air Pump. For diffusers I use
2, 12"
> Sweetwater medium pore diffusers. Bubble size for those is 1-3 mm.
I connect
> the air pump to the diffusers with 1/2 inch pvc. The diffusers
have 1/2 NPT.
> The compost goes into 2, 30 inch long mesh filter socks. The tank
is a 50
> gallon root beer concentrate barrel. The CT is really moved well
with the
> air alone. Good agitation through the compost in the mesh socks.
>
> The water starts out warm and is kept that way with a 300 watt
submersible
> heater that is mounted to the airline pvc in the tank. The whole
thing comes
> apart super easy and cleans up quick.
>
> This year I used a combination of Alaska Humus, and vermicompost
from Orner
> Farms. My microbe foods were Humic acid, fulvic acid, liquid kelp,
and some
> liquid fish. I adjusted my hard water pH with Phosphoric acid.
After the
> brew was done I added Nufilm and preservative free Yucca.
>
> Never had my TEA tested. But it seems to work just fine. All my
plants were
> very healthy this year. I applied the CT every 14 days from
beginning to end
> of season.
>
> Approximate cost of my stuff,
>
> Air pump $170.00
> Diffusers $30.00
> PVC and fittings $5.00
> Barrel $5.00
> Mesh socks $16.00
> AH and Orner compost $120.00 (1/2 for shipping)
> Kelp $60.00 2.5 gallon
> Humic/fulvic 2.5 gallon $50.00
> Liquid fish $30.00 1.0 gallon
> Phos acid $15.00 quart
> Yucca $30.00 quart
> Nufilm $40.00 1 gallon
> --------------------------
> total $571.00
>
> John
>
> Oh yea, I started out spraying with a 25 gallon, battery powered
sprayer
> from Northern tool. But I found that dropping a submersible pump
into the
> brew tank and spraying with garden hose and regular nozzle was
much easier.
> Can get some pretty good size chunks through the regular old
garden nozzle.



Hi John!
It is good information.
Will you be so kind and be a little more specific
About:
1. - Model of pump
2. - The quantity of nutriment for each brewer (Recipe)
3. - What side of mesh socks and how long to brewer the CT

 I will appreciate your help

 If is any problem you can E-mail to me at
     tortigoza_at_qwest.net




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