Thanks Peter. This is how this thread started: we use paunch manure from the first unit, but it is a stinky job, and not super easy to transport. This is only an issue as we are ramping our installations up to 5-10 per week. I was hoping to find a comparably effective method that maybe cultured the same bacteria, or at least concentrated the stomach material. Any thoughts?
A On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:56 AM, P M Allison <[email protected]>wrote: > For an excellent AD starter culture I have used the contents of a freshly > slaughtered cow's stomach, preferably the first unit which contains the > methano-bacteria, rather than the others. > I have also trialed septic tank biological cultures in dried and pelleted > forms as long as anaerobes are part of the cultural mix. > Peter. > ____________________________________ > Digestion mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org > Beginner's Guide to Biogas > http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ > Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ > http://info.bioenergylists.org > -- Alexander Eaton Sistema Biobolsa IRRI-Mexico Mex cel: (55) 11522786 US cel: 970 275 4505 [email protected] [email protected] sistemabiobolsa.com www.irrimexico.org ____________________________________ Digestion mailing list [email protected] http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org Beginner's Guide to Biogas http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/ Biogas Wiki http://biogas.wikispaces.com/ http://info.bioenergylists.org _______________________________________________ Digestion mailing list [email protected] http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org
