Allan, I read Elaine carefully because she's Our Lady of the Epiflourescent Microscope, in other words because she has a window I don't have into the haps on the leafs, roots and soil foodwebs....
'Best tea' made by brewer X is problematic because you don't have anyone setting up all the brewers under identical conditions and running them head to head with the same composts, nutrients, time frames, etc....as I am reading it, you have brewer X with compost Y and nutrients Z giving great tea, and then conclude it is the brewer....not so clear, my dear! So Allan, you say below : > All you need to infuse enough oxygen if you are using diffusion > tubing and/or devices from the aeration store is a good aquarium pump. Would you care to quantify that a bit, say talking about how many gallons, what sizes of tubing/devices, compost and nutrient amounts? Oh yes, and what exactly is a 'good aquarium pump' for 200-400 gallons of teamaking? Thanks in advance, Frank Teuton----has the 25 gallon sprayer from Agri-Fab set up with my pal Stefan's Microbial Tea Tower of Power Sprayer boom, a 13 foot high ten nozzle creation that bows down to go under certain obstacles, and puts out the mighty cloud of mist when all is going well. Still getting the kinks out of the pre-filtering process.....that chunky stuff just loves to clog up the pump intake.... Btw, I read it all, and then jump in with my own thinking, and see what seems like working, with a little help from my friends.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:57 PM Subject: Re: vortex pump > >Elaine Ingram states in an article on her website > > > >"There are two basic kinds of machines, one where the tea goes through a > >pump in order to mix the tea, and one where air is used to mix the tea. > >Actually the best tea being made right now is from a machine where the tea > >goes through the pump. Which is not what I thought was the best situation, > >so even experts can be wrong sometimes!" > > Sorry, this stuff is changing so rapidly that even elaine cannot even > keep up with it! It did surprise me the other day, however, when > Elaine said in a private conversation that it does not actually > appear that an impellor pump used with flow form damages any > substantial quantity of micro-life. > > Be that as it may, by Elaine's own statements, the best tea currently > is being made by the EarthWorks brewer. The Earthworks brewer only > pumps air. > > Diffusion equipment is available at any good aquarium shop or from the Aeration > Store (www.aerationstore.com) on the internet. > > All you need to infuse enough oxygen if you are using diffusion > tubing and/or devices from the aeration store is a good aquarium pump. >
