[compost_tea] Re: Anaerobic boy crosses over

From: Titel Ryzhomer <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 20:10:29 -0000
Bob & Mike,

Okay, so if I'm going to pump air only into my 1500 gallon resevoir
then how do I go about it in a practical cost effective manner.
Doing it the way I'm proposing (by copying what I saw in use) is
costing me $120 for the resevoir and $200 for the pump. I'm going to
split off of 1-1/2" pipe after the venturi and run three  3/4 lines,
one into the bag and two into the resevoir. I'm game to do whatever
works best with the materials at hand. If you explain a system set
up for me please estimate the length of time for the brew to be
completed and the temperature I should expect.  The little batches
I've been brewing have sometimes climbed up to 85 degrees. One thing
I can tell you for sure is I can't shell out big bucks for a
commercial brew system

Thank you for your input.

Regards,
Titel

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Robert Norsen <bnbrew@y...>
wrote:
> I have no problem with your ingredients.  Your farm friend may
grow well with his pump / venturi system.  And yours may also work. 
But if you kill 10% of the microbes you are tryng to cultivate in
yor ACT every trip thru the pump, even as fast as they grow the
result will be reduced by the pump.  And  Will the pump inject as
much DO2 as your colony needs?  Pump venturi systems are not very
efficient at injecting  DO2.  Lots of energy with little air.  But
do what you wish.  Bob
>
> Titel Ryzhomer <thegoodjob_at_h...> wrote:Hi Robert (I assume),
>
> My 'pond' is actually at ground level and therefore can be
drained.
> I am attempting to copy a system I observed which has been
producing
> high quality tea (attested to by the plants) for several years. It
> is a 5000 gal. above ground swimming pool using a 2 hp irrigation
> pump through a homemade venturi. The farmer uses nothing but his
> compost tea; no fertilizer of any kind. He has overcome some very
> serious deseases and has better yield than ever.
>
> You did not comment on proportions of ingredients.
>
> Regards,
> Tiyel
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Robert Norsen
> wrote:
> > Welcome Titel - Your use of a 1500 g pond rather than a tank is
a
> change worth thought.
> >
> > Emptying and cleaning the open air "kettle" will be different.
> All cleaing water will be pumped out. Can you have a floor drain
> in the pond to make it easy to pump it all ?
> >
> > IMO You should be thinknig air driven aeration, air driven
> extraction not a water pump. A water pump will drive the microbes
> thru a pump repeatedly. Kill a bunch with each trip. Water pump OK
> to pump out the ACT but that is just one such trip. Our 1500
brewer
> uses a 2 or 3 hp regen blower to furnish enough air to keep the
DO2
> at aerobic levels, extract from the compost and induce
> circulation.
> >
> > Titel Ryzhomer wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm brand new to this group and may irritate some with my
> > ignorrance. As the subject infers, I have been making soil
> > ammendments fermenting anaerobic microbes utilizing EM. Recently
I
> > have been experimenting with brewing batches of aerobic compost
> tea.
> > Some batches have been successful and some not. Success being
> > ascertained by a clean sweet smell, light amber color and gobs
of
> > persistent foam (yeast?) on the surface. The materials used are;
> > fresh spring water, 10 liters of worm castings/100 liters of
> water,
> > 225 ml of fine kelp, 225 ml. of fine rock phosphate, 225 ml. of
> > pyrophylite clay powder, .75% black strap molasses, a fine mesh
> poly
> > bag, a 50 gallon plastic barrel, an aquarium airator and a jet
> pump.
> >
> > My next step is to a 1500 gallon homemade plastic lined pond and
a
> > 1.5 hp irrigation pump (for brewing and delivery to crops). I am
> > especially wondering if I can cut back on the amount of molasses
> I'm
> > using because at .75% I'm going to use over 9 gallons per batch.
> > I am having some trouble finding information on the internet,
> > including the archives of this group, regarding ingredients and
> > proportions. Should I use powdered eggshell? in the water or in
> the
> > bag? I would appreciate any input available to this greenhorn.
> >
> > Oh ya, about the anaerobic ammendments. I've been having success
> > combining it with compost tea. Success being ascertained by
happy
> > shiney leaves and spongy (sp?) soil. If I can get my pond system
> > functional then we can do some real testing over the next couple
> of
> > years.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Titel
> >
> >
> >
> >
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