Why so much tea, Lloyd? Elaine is recommending 5 gallons of good tea to the acre and says that tea has less than a 24 hours container life.
I want to thank both you and Frank for reminding me that simple pumped air is impractical for working with large volumes of liquid. -Allan >----- Original Message From: Frank Teuton > > >> 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? >> > >Hi Frank > That would be one helluva aquarium pump I reckon! >I make a "brew" - (not compost tea but there's some compost in as >feedstock) -just a microbial brew - and getting enough air in is a big >problem. I usually make 4 to 500 gallons in a old milk tank and a ten cubic >foot /minute air compressor was not up to it We got reasonable results >recirculating the whole lot with a submersible trash pump injecting back >into the tank. Plan "B" is to put a three tier flow form running back into >the tank (lack of funds is presently interfering with the implementation of >plan "B"). I would be real pleased to hear any other suggestions. I am >thinking Jose's system is worth a look? >Cheers >Lloyd Charles
