Compost Tea & mite control.

[beeman]

Originally Posted by dice

I use one of these for aeration:
http://www.marinedepot.com/air_pumps...ffuser-ap.html
(The 12" one is kind of short. The 24" and 36" work better
coiled in the bottom of a 5-gallon bucket.)

How are they for cleaning? I assume they're made of rubber? If so might they hold bacterial film which I understand can undo all the good done by brewing.

[dice]

How are they for cleaning? I assume they're made of rubber? If so might they hold bacterial film which I understand can undo all the good done by brewing.

They were no problem. Bubbles came up along the whole
length every time I used them. They are slippery (more
slippery than soaker hoses), easy to clean. Something like
rubber, although it could be synthetic.

Note: how long you brew it just depends on how much bacteria
food is in there (molasses and kelp meal last year, molasses,
rice syrup, and sorghum syrup this year for me). If you figure
that the molasses is probably used up, but you are not ready
to use the compost tea yet, you could just add more molasses
to keep it going a few more days.

Different sites differ in their recommendations for exactly how
long to brew it, too. This one says 3 days:

http://www.finegardening.com/how-to/...mpost-tea.aspx