[compost_tea] Tea-riffic brewer cleaning

From: <laura_s_at_vaxxine.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:21:40 -0500

If this appears to be a Sunday post please delete but in answer to Elaine's
question about cleaning our machines :

Small machines - extremely simple to clean. After brewing, lift out the
aerator THEN turn off the air pump, dump the compost, refill the brewer
with clean water and dilute hydrogren peroxide, replace the aerator and
turn the machine back on. Water level should be above the bottom of the
aerator. This machine is light enough and on a wheeled dolly so you can
roll the rinse water around to clean all surfaces and then discharge.

Larger machines - these use air and water. When the tea is emptied the
water pump should be turned off BUT the air pump left running. Then same
instructions as above. These machines have some 45 and 90 degree turns so
they are built with hand tighten disconnects to make pipe removal and
reinstallation simple. After refilling with rinse water to the bottom of
the aerator, turn the air and water pump back on. This will circulation
rinse water through all of the pipes.

Our machines do not use any porous surface parts ie soaker hose (Alaska
Giant) or poly diffuser (Growing Solutions) or ceramic airstone (many
homemade machines).


Depending on the inputs used in the brew you may need to use a bottle brush
to scrub the sides of the tank prior to the rinsing operation. As we are
also wine makers, I just use the readily available wine carboy cleaning
brush for the small machine. For the larger machines a corn broom works
well in the tank, the bottle brush can be used to clean out pipes.


Laura Sabourin
EcoVit Ecologically Sound Horticultural Products
Tea-riffic Aerobic Compost Tea and Acadian Seaplant Products
RR # 1
St Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P7
http://www.ecovit.ca
http://www.compost-tea.ca


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