Well said Jose. I support your sentiments, sometimes we get so much into the head that we have a preconceived idea of what we expect the answer to look like. James Hedley.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Luiz M Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 9:58 AM Subject: RES: vortex pump > I make Compost Tea Brewers that do circulate > the tea many times. A tea like that will not have a very high > fungal population but will have an excellent bacterial population. > Users of my brewers are coming to me on the phone everyday > telling me that this process is excellent and control many fungal > disease. > Please do not forget that most plant diseases are from > fungal origin and not bacterial and the best way to control fungy is > not to use another fungi but to use some bacteria. > Now , you want me to believe in what I see everyday or do you want me to > believe in what is written in Elaine Ingham web site ? > I believe that you people are too much attached to some eco-icons > like Elaine and that is the worse sort of handycap one can have. > I have nothing against Dr Ingham who I also admire but my admiration > for her does not stop me from thinking clearly. > Did you break away with the system to follow what some specific > icons have to say or do you break away from the system to be free > In your actions and thoghts ? > Be inovative. Be corageous. Try to spend more time trying to see what > Nature has in fact to tell you. Truth will come from direct observation > of nature > and not from the screen of your P.C. and above all try to be less > theoretical and more practical. > > > Jose > > > > 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!" > > I am trying to make my own 10-30 gallon brewer that uses airs to mix the > tea. Any suggestions on pumps and diffusers would great. > > Daniel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 3:32 AM > Subject: Re: vortex pump > > > > >Could the original poster please repost the link to vortex pumps ? > thanks > > >I am looking for the "perfect" pump for my compost tea brewer > > > > Laura - You do not need to pump compost tea to brew it. You do need > > to pump it out of the barrel, if you want to filter it in the > > process, but you don't need to even do that if you just open a drain > > at the bottom of the tank and let gravity do the work. > > > > What you do need is an excellent airpump and excellent aeration hoses > > that will infuse the water with oxygen and agitate the compost at the > > same time. > > > > None of the better brewers circulate the tea itself. -Allan > > > > > >
