I have posted previously on using ACT in hydroponics. I believe it could be done but the whole system would need designing with the brewer itself being the resevoir. Exploration of this is waiting up ahead in the future along with everything else.
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Hey PetFlora,
Your welcome. But no, ACT usually needs to applied in under 4 hours after brewing stops, but YMMV. The four hour rule is a good one to adhere to.
LCE (Liquid Compost Extract) has a longer shelf life but that is still only a few days to weeks. I will ask MM or CTGuy to chime in on the LCE issue, re: shelf life.
Your welcome. But no, ACT usually needs to applied in under 4 hours after brewing stops, but YMMV. The four hour rule is a good one to adhere to.
LCE (Liquid Compost Extract) has a longer shelf life but that is still only a few days to weeks. I will ask MM or CTGuy to chime in on the LCE issue, re: shelf life.
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Hey there MM,
Yea I thought I remember reading some of your posts on this topic. Thanks.
Yea I thought I remember reading some of your posts on this topic. Thanks.
Microbe brewery as reservoir - sounds like aquaponics to me. The trick is to have enough medium to support enough microherd to process enough nutrients for your plants - Beds.
Simultaneously there must be enough aeration to maintain aerobic conditions and keep everything alive - continuous flow with gravity return, or ebb and flow with extra circulation in the pond.
Many beneficial organisms typically found in soil reside in AP beds.
Results of a good system is organic hydro that easily competes with conventional hydro and kicks it's ass completely on the smoke test.
Simultaneously there must be enough aeration to maintain aerobic conditions and keep everything alive - continuous flow with gravity return, or ebb and flow with extra circulation in the pond.
Many beneficial organisms typically found in soil reside in AP beds.
Results of a good system is organic hydro that easily competes with conventional hydro and kicks it's ass completely on the smoke test.
So how would my buckets figure into this? 3 gal of medium on top, lava rock and water with bubblers in the 2 gallons below. I maintain (try) LactoB and Fungi from an initial inoculation of MycoMadness.
I don't know of any micro-members that would thrive specifically in that water layer though?
Sorry if that's what you guys were discussing back there. I popped in to see XMO's diagram and didn't read far back
I don't know of any micro-members that would thrive specifically in that water layer though?
Sorry if that's what you guys were discussing back there. I popped in to see XMO's diagram and didn't read far back
XMO, I couldn't possibly fit all that under my pail.. 
I'm wondering if there is anything that I could do with the water table I have down there. I have maybe 6" of depth. Goes between 2" and 6" I'd say.
Probably nothing in that bit of wet rock other that what I'm doing already.
I'm wondering if there is anything that I could do with the water table I have down there. I have maybe 6" of depth. Goes between 2" and 6" I'd say.
Probably nothing in that bit of wet rock other that what I'm doing already.
