----- Original Message ----- From: Rambler Flowers LTD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Re: "Three-Up Tour" & compost tea brew
> Hi Lloyd I have made a small 50Litre brewer made from an old stainless > steel LPG cylinder with a couple of air stones an air pump it cost me about > $60. I have used worm compost worm leachate, comphrey tea with some > equisetum > and barrel compost,humic acid, hydroslated fish kelpand rockdust to produce > a rich smelling frothy ttea in about 24 hrs. I have been aiming for a > balanced fungal/bacterial tea this has been fed to the crop through the > trickle and overhead irrigation. I have been impressed on simple and easy it > is to make and use. Even tho we have had one of the most difficult growing > seasons for a long time I am very impressed with the quality of my crops > .Best yet. > Have you had any sample testes by SFW yet? Hi Tony I have not had any tests done - like you I am relying on feel and smell, we are only applying to fallow ground and stubble residue at the moment, I would use the brix meter on crop. I put my brew straight out - I do a tank at evening and morning and am running the brewer like a ginger beer plant - take out half the mix and top up with more water and nutrient - its back to full strength in 6 to 8 hours - (forgot - I took the compost bag out after 24 hours - I think its a major source of the dreaded biofilm/anaerobic stuff as it gets old) dont know how long this will last for but boy its simple!. I dare say Elaine would not approve of my methods, and if this was going on food crops we would have to test (funny how you can spray endosulfan on tomatoes two days before harvest without needing to test for residue - but compost tea is dangerous). Keep in touch , this is looking interesting. Cheers Lloyd Charles
