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[heady blunts]

wetting your mix with some good ACT will definitely get things moving in there. of course, if your soil is healthy and moist, you've already got some biology going on, so the ACT is not necessary.

ACT really shines when you feed it to soil with living roots in it. without a plant to feed the soil food web kinda slows down, as the plant is an integral part of the nutrient cycle.

sounds like the LK is overkill if your mix is well fortified.

i dont know why you'd use the molasses at this point.

 

[Clackamas Coot]

This came today. 7" x 1.5" and hooked up to an 80 lpm pump it definitely produces a massive amount of air bubbles and water movement in a 5 gallon container.

I need to figure out a way to suspend the air stone with enough space to run the air line through the bottom and up about 3" or so.

CC

 

[OPT]

wetting your mix with some good ACT will definitely get things moving in there. of course, if your soil is healthy and moist, you've already got some biology going on, so the ACT is not necessary.

ACT really shines when you feed it to soil with living roots in it. without a plant to feed the soil food web kinda slows down, as the plant is an integral part of the nutrient cycle.

sounds like the LK is overkill if your mix is well fortified.

i dont know why you'd use the molasses at this point.

Well I'm transplanting my seedligns that are currently in canna coco getting fed general hydros micro and bloom ,and I'd like to get them in my soil mix asap....

I know the mix is supposed to sit for at least 2 weeks, I was just hoping I could find a way to speed it along so it's ready for when I transplant. Just wasn't sure if the tea would get the soil to the ready state for me quicker.

OPT

 

[greenmatter]

This came today. 7" x 1.5" and hooked up to an 80 lpm pump it definitely produces a massive amount of air bubbles and water movement in a 5 gallon container.

I need to figure out a way to suspend the air stone with enough space to run the air line through the bottom and up about 3" or so.

CC

a wire stand would work great, i use stainless steal welding rod for projects like this. you can bend it in any and every shape you want so you can bend a "clip"/stand (a bench vise helps, this stuff is a lot stouter than a coat hanger) and it will handle anything you will ever do to it in the garden. unbreakable and no glues picked up some were i get co2 bottles filled (welding supply).

80lpm ..... does the water stay in the 5 gallon bucket? wow

 

[Dawn Patrol]

80lpm ..... does the water stay in the 5 gallon bucket? wow

that was my thought - CC I'm using a Medo LA-45 that produces 46 lpm to aerate a 20 gal brewer for ACT and a 15 gal brewer that mixes my nutes at the same time. Now I'm not using air stones, just PVC manifolds with very small holes but I still get great results and it's more than enough air.

That really seems like overkill for a 5 gal setup, even with an airstone you should be able to get away with a pump with a lot less volume.

 

[Microbeman]

46 LPM = 1.6 CFM which is bang on efficient for sustaining over 6 PPM dissolved oxygen in a 20 gallon brewer.

80 LPM = 2.8 CFM which could efficiently run a 35 gallon brewer but there is no need to worry about using it in a smaller size brewer so long as you don't have overflow problems.

 

[greenmatter]

46 LPM = 1.6 CFM which is bang on efficient for sustaining over 6 PPM dissolved oxygen in a 20 gallon brewer.

80 LPM = 2.8 CFM which could efficiently run a 35 gallon brewer but there is no need to worry about using it in a smaller size brewer so long as you don't have overflow problems.

if more DO is a good thing then CC's 5 gallons is going to rock. would that much agitation of the water be a good or a bad thing for a fungal tea?

 

[Microbeman]

Unless you are blasting at a hard surface at over 75 PSI microbes of all sorts are generally okay with heavy agitation.

 

[organicterra]

I was wondering if anyone could recommend a quantity of organic agave nectar for a 5 gal ACT/AACT (which ever is the accepted version here)

50 lpm with pvc diffuser
2 cups bio-dynamic compost
2 tbs alfalfa meal
2 tbs kelp meal
3 tbs fish hydrolysate
1/4 tsp TM-7 or Cytoplus

 

[mad librettist]

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I was wondering if anyone could recommend a quantity of organic agave nectar for a 5 gal ACT/AACT (which ever is the accepted version here)

50 lpm with pvc diffuser
2 cups bio-dynamic compost
2 tbs alfalfa meal
2 tbs kelp meal
3 tbs fish hydrolysate
1/4 tsp TM-7 or Cytoplus

you got me thinking. too busy right now, but I could do a side by side with molasses to see if you need to use more.

 

[Microbeman]

how do they compare; antioxidants, micronutrients, elements?

 

[organicterra]

how do they compare; antioxidants, micronutrients, elements?

Running out the door but i found this on agave nectar

An except on how Agave is processed​

...Agave plants are crushed, and the sap collected into tanks. The sap is then heated to about 140°F for about 36 hours not only to concentrate the liquid into a syrup, but to develop the sweetness. The main carbohydrates in the agave sap are complex forms of fructose called fructosans, one of which is inulin, a straight-chain fructose polymer about ten eight to 10 fructose sugar units long. In this state, the sap is not very sweet.
When the agave sap is heated, the complex fructosans are hydrolyzed, or broken into their constituent fructose units. The fructose-rich solution is then filtered to obtain the desired products that range from dark syrup with a characteristic vanilla aroma, to a light amber liquid with more neutral characteristics. Excerpt from: FoodProcessing.com
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[mad librettist]

i have the extra dark stuff. but I haven't used it for tea

 

[organicterra]

I have Madhava brand Amber Agave Nectar.
http://www.madhavasagave.com/AboutAgave.aspx

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Madhava-Agave-Nectar-Amber-Sweetener-11.75-oz/15724109

Not sure how it compares to molasses as a foodstock item.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/list_nut_edit.pl

 

[organicterra]

I guess I'll try one tbs molasses and one tbs agave nectar and see how that does.
Thanks.

 

[mapinguari]

Any of you all ever use sucanat or rapadura sugars for your teas? Rapadura at least never has the molasses removed. Would it be too much sugar in relation to minerals etc.?

 

[heady blunts]

what do you guys think of this for applying teas? it is a syphon mixer. mixes at a ratio of 16:1.

 

[Scrappy4]

Hey guys, I have a tea question. Why is it that sometimes my teas become thicker? The viscosity seems to rise up for some reason at times. The last time it was ewc, molasses, and neptune's harvest fish seaweed at 1 tsp per gallon, brewed 30 hours at about 80 degrees F. I've seen it before, and using it does not seem problematic, I'm just curious and i could not find an answer in the first 7-8 pages here.....scrappy

 

[mad librettist]

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I've never noticed a change in viscosity, but 30 hours may be too long at 80 f.

 

[heady blunts]

what do you guys think of this for applying teas? it is a syphon mixer. mixes at a ratio of 16:1.

it works great btw