Re: [compost_tea] Simple CT maker

From: Jason Austin <jason.austin_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 21:59:14 -0700

Thanks Steve - I passed that on!

Jason

Steve Bridges wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jason Austin <mailto:jason.austin_at_shaw.ca>
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto: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 ready to assemble you come out with this
> "obsolete" comment <groan!>
>
> Now remember what your mother must have taught you, criticism
> alone is negative. To be constructive, you must also show the
> person how to do it better! <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
>> published that there has been a lot of research that make it
>> "obsolete." I started with "that" machine and several of my
>> first ones were constructed using air stones and small pumps.
>>
>> The problem is the size of the bubbles....may be too small and
>> the inadequate air supply. It is a good place to start, but not
>> to remain very long, IMHO!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff L
>
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