Hello

[Rjstoner]

nice looking set up jjay dont worry about all the smart asses in here lol.

I got some serious seeds white russian im waiting to pop like you said they dont hype so not to many people rep them here but its a great long term seed company with excelent gentics.

As far as your watering method if its not broke dont fix it i use the same kind of setup with the pipe and everything when im at full load

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

The Tea Process

Disclaimer: Everything is done by weight. I have converted all volumes to weight. Credit to Burn One for volumes.

15 gallon Flower Tea

Water 125 lbs

Earth Worm Castings 300 grams

Peruvian Guano 375 grams

Indonesian Bat Guano 525 grams

Maxi Crop 60 grams

Blackstrap 105 grams



Pictures in next post

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

I stretch a stocking over a pot, zero out the scale, add the component, zero out, and so on, until all DRY components are in.

I then pace the pot over a 20 gallon trash can I brew in. Notice I use a nail to fasten the pot to the trash can

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

I place my liquid component containers on the scale and zero out. I pour it directly into the stocking re-weighing until I hit my target. Notice the weight is negative

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

Fasten tube as shown and Voila! Total time is 5 minutes. There is a pond pump that recirculates the tea as well as 2 air pumps with 4 total air stones. I water with this same pump.

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

The beauty of all this is I do not have any volume measure devices around. Nothing to clean, I can pour and go.

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

2 hrs. later we've got microbe activity

 

[Microbeman]

How do you know you have microbial activity?

 

[mad librettist]

How do you know you have microbial activity?

I just made the picture bigger and bigger, then I'm pretty sure I saw microbes.


does your computer not do that?

 

[Sean Price]

Im not compfortable with an irrigation system. I use EW casting tea all the time.

You can have your cake and eat it too! Check out Tropf Blumats..

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=111046

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

How do you know you have microbial activity?

It's impossible not too on some scale is it not? Secondly I've got alot of foaming action. Always thought that's a good indication. it will get worse by the hour.

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

You can have your cake and eat it too! Check out Tropf Blumats..

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=111046

I looked into those, if fear i would clogg them up.

 

[Microbeman]

It's impossible not too on some scale is it not? Secondly I've got alot of foaming action. Always thought that's a good indication. it will get worse by the hour.

Foam tells nothing really. I've had brews bubbling over with barely a microbe in sight

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

Foam tells nothing really. I've had brews bubbling over with barely a microbe in sight

Than I'll just assume for now that my processes are tight enough. i.e. temp and product freshness.

Was your process controlled? Why did you not have any microbes? I ask this because it's pretty hard to kill off a herd. You can slow them down yes, but kill?

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

You must of had a gay herd.

Sorry couldn't resist. Please continue and take no offense.

 

[Microbeman]

Than I'll just assume for now that my processes are tight enough. i.e. temp and product freshness.

Was your process controlled? Why did you not have any microbes? I ask this because it's pretty hard to kill off a herd. You can slow them down yes, but kill?

read this www,microbeorganics.com that is my page

 

[TheyCallMeJJay]

So tell me Microbeman, did you ever figure out why the tea you mentioned fail? thanks for the link btw. That would definitley would be cool to own.

 

[jaykush]

i think what MM calls no microbe in sight compared to most is not the same. hes looking for proper nutrient cycling microbes, in proper ratios. not just a dead bacteria here, dormant one there, oooh ooh theres a fungi.

many things can be added to the teas to get crazy foam. try yucca, foam like you have never seen. and purely a chemical/physical process.

check out the 10 min $10 DIY aerated compost tea ACT brewer sticky if you want to learn how to build a brewer that kicks ass for cheap.

 

[VerdantGreen]

you never know what you're gonna find in the foam

 

[Microbeman]

So tell me Microbeman, did you ever figure out why the tea you mentioned fail? thanks for the link btw. That would definitley would be cool to own.

I apologize, I was typing in the dark again last night. I was actually trying to direct you to the amount of research and microscopy I have done on the subject (of microbial based horticulture). There is a lot of microscopic video footage on the webpage. I do not really gather what your comment means; "That would definitley would be cool to own"

Do you mean the webpage, microscope, brewer or...?

In my research I have created much foam by simply bubbling molasses in plain water without any compost or other ingredients. Others have reported the same effect using only aloe vera and other substances.

You stated that "2 hrs. later we've got microbe activity"
Without a microscope, (or reagent or agar test kit) you have no way of determining this that I know of.

When I first tried brewing ACT many years ago, I also thought the foam was an indicator of microbial multiplication (like eveyone was saying) but once I began scoping it, I realized how false that indicator is.

Don't you think it rather lame of whoever negative repped me for meerly pointing you to my webpage?