Compost brewer/air diffuser recommendation

[Richard Drysift]

I use no filter mesh at all just bubble the EWC and kelp meal w/molasses loose in RO water for 24-48 hrs. Adding a guano(bat or bird) will help bump up levels of bacteria big time. I think bone meal is best used in your mix or as a top dressing; doesn't do much in a tea but it is relatively fast releasing form of P when in a mix.
If you want a stronger tea for a mid flower NPK boost consider adding a tsp per gal of 5-5-5 happy frog fertilizer either to your AACT or as a top dressing along with some fresh EWC. Adding super fresh castings really ups the activity & population of microbes; having a worm bin makes this a snap.

 

[Richard Drysift]

Is that a ceramic airstone? How easy are those to clean? Read something about clogging on the web.

I use cheapass Walmart airstones; just soak them overnight after each tea run & they wontt get clogged up.

 

[anzohaze]

http://www.lundproduce.com/N-P-K-Value-of-Everything.html

Here is a list I found showing npk and how fast slow or average release. A ammendebt is

 

[Flaming Pie]

Kelp meal is straight potassium right?

I'll have to go out again tomorrow to get the bucket pump and airstones.

People at the hydro store were trying to get me to buy a foam air ring.

I want the mist of bubbles tho.

So no fish meal. Just kelp meal, ewc and molasses.

Benefits of kelp meal vs kelp extract in aact?

 

[anzohaze]

Kelp meal is straight potassium right?

I'll have to go out again tomorrow to get the bucket pump and airstones.

People at the hydro store were trying to get me to buy a foam air ring.

I want the mist of bubbles tho.

So no fish meal. Just kelp meal, ewc and molasses.

Benefits of kelp meal vs kelp extract in aact?

Kelp has literally ever nutrient macro and micros etc. It's a great additive. I would personally shy away from an extract as the process is unknown or may use chemicals or heat etc. Kelp is amazing shit

 

[Flaming Pie]

Harris teeter has blackstrap most big box stores(grocery stores) do you have any kind of a gardening store if so they will have it. Do you have a active ewc bin? What ammendmentS do you have handy?

No single ammendments. Local EWC is all I have. I don't believe they are super fresh but they are produced in town.

 

[anzohaze]

No single ammendments. Local EWC is all I have. I don't believe they are super fresh but they are produced in town.

Can you start your own? You really really need to it will be night and day

 

[Flaming Pie]

Can you start your own? You really really need to it will be night and day

Lol, I'm getting stressed out over setting up a compost brewer.

One step at a time.

Let me get an organic grow under my belt and then I may expand after a time or two.

Can't go too crazy with the expenditures. + I wouldn't want to keep that in my basement..

 

[anzohaze]

Lol, I'm getting stressed out over setting up a compost brewer.

One step at a time.

Let me get an organic grow under my belt and then I may expand after a time or two.

Can't go too crazy with the expenditures. + I wouldn't want to keep that in my basement..

I Understand that

 

[Richard Drysift]

Lol, I'm getting stressed out over setting up a compost brewer.

One step at a time.

Let me get an organic grow under my belt and then I may expand after a time or two.

Can't go too crazy with the expenditures. + I wouldn't want to keep that in my basement..

The ring is good...almost bought one myself. Kelp contains npk and macros; very good amendment to use. Worry more about getting a worm bin....fresh EWC is best. All you need is an airstone & a bucket to make good AACT

 

[DonBrennon]

I'm looking at a 900+gallon per hour pump

That should be more than adequate, i think mine's around 700g/h after some rough calcs. You could even use a pump that strong to build a vortex brewer, i did with mine, it worked well but was too noisy for my circumstances.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Kelp meal is straight potassium right?

I'll have to go out again tomorrow to get the bucket pump and airstones.

People at the hydro store were trying to get me to buy a foam air ring.

I want the mist of bubbles tho.

So no fish meal. Just kelp meal, ewc and molasses.

Benefits of kelp meal vs kelp extract in aact?

Alright man, so I looked at your grow, and in my eyes that's not too bad, maybe a tad more green, but that sort of "fade" is sorta common with organic grows.
you can keep em green throughout though, fish meal and comfrey are your buddies there. Comfrey has a bunch of great things in it.
Check out fish hydrosylate, I think that'll get you what you want, and adding kelp meal to that tea is a damn good idea.

 

[Flaming Pie]

The ring is good...almost bought one myself.

Alright man, so I looked at your grow, and in my eyes that's not too bad, maybe a tad more green, but that sort of "fade" is sorta common with organic grows.
you can keep em green throughout though, fish meal and comfrey are your buddies there. Comfrey has a bunch of great things in it.
Check out fish hydrosylate, I think that'll get you what you want, and adding kelp meal to that tea is a damn good idea.

Soon as the hubby gets home I will be heading back out to the store for supplies.

Going to get some kelp and look at all the other things you guys have been telling me about.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Soon as the hubby gets home I will be heading back out to the store for supplies.

Going to get some kelp and look at all the other things you guys have been telling me about.

another thing I wanted to say is that the bubbles of the tea aren't as crucial as the water movement, it's simply the surface-to-surface contact with the air that provides the oxygen, so get it churning good and it's as oxygenated as it can be, adding bubbles DOES NOT add oxygen in water that's already "saturated" with it.
Just saying...
people add all sorts of fancy stones and bubblers when really that's not needed, just a good churning tea

 

[Flaming Pie]

Black strap. CHECK.

6 bucks but should last me 10-15 brews.

Any advice on storage?

Omw to hydro.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

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Black strap. CHECK.

6 bucks but should last me 10-15 brews.

Any advice on storage?

Omw to hydro.

just a cool dark area
My big ass thing of bsm has lasted me yrs.. at least five because I bought it when I lived at my other pad.
And I've been here for 5 yrs

 

[Flaming Pie]

I'm leaning towards the right. Says derived from fresh hydrolyzed fish, fulvic acid.

Is that good?

 

[Flaming Pie]

Alright... people are telling me not to get the 951 gph pump..

Plus the guy says to only use one of these..

 

[greasemonkeymann]

View attachment 3579083 I'm leaning towards the right. Says derived from fresh hydrolyzed fish, fulvic acid.

Is that good?

i'd say so, both of those will work, I have used hydrosylalte in the past, it's good stuff
See if you can find some comfrey to grow, that stuff is golden
between comfrey and the slow nitrogen inputs I use, and the plants are green till the end.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Alright... people are telling me not to get the 951 gph pump..

Plus the guy says to only use one of these..

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the ecoplus I use would blow that air stone right off.
remember what I said earlier, it's not the bubbles that add o2, it's the surface agitation