Going to be using a 5 gallon water bottle and cutting the bottom out of it.
Thanks for the conversions man.
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Tutorial Organics for Beginners
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Going to be using a 5 gallon water bottle and cutting the bottom out of it.
Thanks for the conversions man.
For those that haven't read MicrobeMans website yet. Please Check it out. www.microbeorganics.com
Here is a link that MM references to Scott Storch's design of the 5 Gallon Water Bottle.
http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/turbo-vortex.htm
I had some interest in building one, but I may just buy the Microbulator and microscope from MicrobeMan and be done with it.
Edit: I linked the 5 gallon design because it sounds like 420MAN78 might be going this route and I want everyone to know how.
Here is a link that MM references to Scott Storch's design of the 5 Gallon Water Bottle.
http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/turbo-vortex.htm
I had some interest in building one, but I may just buy the Microbulator and microscope from MicrobeMan and be done with it.
Edit: I linked the 5 gallon design because it sounds like 420MAN78 might be going this route and I want everyone to know how.
Hot damn is that helpful. What's the upkeep required to keep it clean? And how "clean" is "clean?"
haven't built one yet. But considering doing it tomorrow. I'll let you know what happens. haha
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=200274&page=26
Look at brewers made by Bullfrog, Jerry, Darcman in this thread for examples
Look at brewers made by Bullfrog, Jerry, Darcman in this thread for examples
Thanks MicrobeMan!!!
I found a 5 gallon cone bottom chicken waterer and turned into a compost tea setup.
I'll be changing the angle of the water delivery tube on top later tomorrow. I need another piece or two.
I found a 5 gallon cone bottom chicken waterer and turned into a compost tea setup.
I'll be changing the angle of the water delivery tube on top later tomorrow. I need another piece or two.
I have mimicked Steve Storch's design off of MMs web site and While It works it is kinda a pain in the ass to put together.
Like MM said can be done way easier and more cheaply.
Timbuktu
Like MM said can be done way easier and more cheaply.
Timbuktu
Ingenuity
Woke up this morning to a chug a lug type noise coming from the other room.... Little clog in the bottom of the cone. I think it's from reducing the size and creating a shelf for compost to sit inside there.
I'm going to take it apart, clean it and get it all running properly tonight.
I'm going to take it apart, clean it and get it all running properly tonight.
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scai
I must give a warning word to all people that are gone try this organic thing...
It's gone lead you to lots of trouble! DONT DO IT!
Like it's done to me.
Nowadays I get so healthy, BIG, robust plants that I can't seem to fit them anywhere!
There is few monsters in my greenhouse, that I should bring to house, under bloominglights, but I don't have any space left...they are gone be like 2 m in few weeks time.
So, let's open a thread of lumberjacking? Eh?
It's gone lead you to lots of trouble! DONT DO IT!
Like it's done to me.
Nowadays I get so healthy, BIG, robust plants that I can't seem to fit them anywhere!
There is few monsters in my greenhouse, that I should bring to house, under bloominglights, but I don't have any space left...they are gone be like 2 m in few weeks time.
So, let's open a thread of lumberjacking? Eh?
I accidentally did this
Don't let this happen to YOU
Here's the rest of her
Great choice my new friend...
I remember when I made the switch so many many moons ago... LMAO!!
All kidding aside preparing for the awakening......
MM
Was going to build the 4 corner model but will try your schematic.
TALLY HO!!!
dreadlock
Member
with so much too read..lucky this micro stuff is interesting 
a good eye opener.. thanks for the warm welcome.
i have a thread started to try get me going, was thinking if i should keep posting on here as noticed this thread is still active and might be better keeping all info together..? just a thought.. let me know
quick question- brewed my first ewc, great white, molasses tea for 40 hours and fed it to my plants in coco/hempy.. noticed these little thin white things chilling out around the top, lots of them.. 1-2mm and jumpinh around moving..hundreds too!.. look like nematodes or springtails..
lastly is it safe if i spill drops of ewc tea on myself :| brewing in a bedroom so any health risks involved i should know about...now would be a good time don't know if it's harmful to us..
i have never seen these insects in my time of growing. first time! urgently need to know your thoughts.. they sound like springtails! should i try and get rid of them.. they must have come from the ewc layer i added to my pots recently. apparently they compete for nutrients and oxygen which can't be good..
a good eye opener.. thanks for the warm welcome. i have a thread started to try get me going, was thinking if i should keep posting on here as noticed this thread is still active and might be better keeping all info together..? just a thought.. let me know
quick question- brewed my first ewc, great white, molasses tea for 40 hours and fed it to my plants in coco/hempy.. noticed these little thin white things chilling out around the top, lots of them.. 1-2mm and jumpinh around moving..hundreds too!.. look like nematodes or springtails..
lastly is it safe if i spill drops of ewc tea on myself :| brewing in a bedroom so any health risks involved i should know about...now would be a good time
don't know if it's harmful to us.. i have never seen these insects in my time of growing. first time! urgently need to know your thoughts.. they sound like springtails! should i try and get rid of them.. they must have come from the ewc layer i added to my pots recently. apparently they compete for nutrients and oxygen which can't be good..
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BlueJayWay
Springtails are a good sign.
Edit: They're not going to compete for anything that we're concerned with. They'll actually munch on decaying matter and help in the whole process of, y'know, life and shit.
dreadlock
Member
thanks guys, will take you word for it!..been doing some research, it's all making sense now.. all the info seems to be pointing in one direction.
a great video showing exactly what they look like for future reference.
youtube-Benificial Microbes (Springtails)
any idea if they are harmful to us? i've come across a few sites where they've managed to get into our body, into our hair etc somehow passed the stomach into the intestine..read many cases of patients experiencing discomfort till today..check it out for yourself!it's way past my bed time..maybe my imagination is getting the better of me lol could someone have a look please, google it.. some of it looks true!
for my future soil mix neem seed meal will be mixed in, if i can find it here.. not going to get my hopes up tho. supposed to be really good for organics. I've used the cold-pressed oil for years in coco as a preventative with great results.
are springtails essential for organic grows? read somewhere mycorhizae bacteria are supposed to eat them or could it be the other way round?
a great video showing exactly what they look like for future reference.
youtube-Benificial Microbes (Springtails)
any idea if they are harmful to us? i've come across a few sites where they've managed to get into our body, into our hair etc somehow passed the stomach into the intestine..read many cases of patients experiencing discomfort till today..check it out for yourself!it's way past my bed time..maybe my imagination is getting the better of me lol could someone have a look please, google it.. some of it looks true!
for my future soil mix neem seed meal will be mixed in, if i can find it here.. not going to get my hopes up tho. supposed to be really good for organics. I've used the cold-pressed oil for years in coco as a preventative with great results.
are springtails essential for organic grows? read somewhere mycorhizae bacteria are supposed to eat them or could it be the other way round?
Springtails - University of California Davis, Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
lol..... I think you meant this:
"However, by their capacity to carry spores of mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhiza-helper bacteria on their tegument, soil springtails play a positive role in the establishment of plant-fungal symbioses and thus are beneficial to agriculture. They also contribute to controlling plant fungal diseases through their active consumption of mycelia and spores of damping-off and pathogenic fungi. It has been suggested that they could be reared to be used for the control of pathogenic fungi in greenhouses and other indoor cultures."
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