Just my two cents: all though Elaine has blessed Jose's vortex nozzle and we know from Jose that he does produce good results with his tea, in other conversations with Elaine she's been pretty firm that you want to avoid running the tea through pumps and nozzles if possible. Microbes are life, of course, and can easily be bumped, bruise, broken, and squashed. I'd recommend setting up a system that maximized aeration by pumping air, not tea. You will definitely want a 'professionally made' bag for your compost and consider designing a diffuser that goes into the bag in the middle of the compost. I'm hearing lots of stories about compost caking and becoming inpenetrable during the brewing process.
-Allan > >Dear fellow bdnow list members, >> >>I am building a compost tea machine. I have located a 500 liter conical >>plastic container. I need some advice on sourcing the vortex nozzle, the >>diffusers and an appropriate rotary pump, web-page would be fine. >> >>Henry >>Costa Rica > >Dear Hank, > >Jose Garcia (Ginger Joe) has some super ones made from nylon in Brazil. >Find him on this list. > >Best, >Hugh Lovel
