I have 3 large cylinder style air stones I use for brewing teas in a 5 gal bucket. Now 2 of them are clogged badly. I have boiled, bleached, hydrogen peroxide soap boiled dried b Po iled cleaned blah blah blah. I meed new stones my question os does anyone use different style air stones I have a 45lpm pump I use for teas I was looking and maybe buying 3 4 Inch round stones but want opinions before i purchased and what yall think is best
best air stone.
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hyroot
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Soak in peroxide for a day. Do not dilute peroxide. Then rinse with hot water. Then let dry for a day. They do get water logged so you have to let them dry completely. They will be like new. I've been using the same stones in my compost and seed sprout teas for years. Never replaced them. You can speed up the drying process by wrapping stones in a paper towel then microwave them for 2 min. Letting them dry naturally has better results.
Always keep extra stones on hand to use why the other ones are soaking / drying.
My gf made the last batch amd the stones were left in the tea w no air gping thru them and then she pulled them out and they dried with caked on nasty. I was able to get 1 stone to work perfec4 but no luck with the other 2. There my only air stones amd I need.more anyway. DO you use the cylinder ones or the round flat ones or what I need.more anyway
hyroot
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I use the cylinder ones. I've only used the flat ones in bubble cloners.
look into maybe making a diy vortex brewer (no stones)
https://www.rollitup.org/t/diy-airlift-vortex-compost-tea-brewer-5-gal.634492/
Question hyroot do you have a diy for your aloe clones. I remeber awhile ago reading about how you do it but dont remember exactly how you do it thanks man. I also did go and buy 3 aloe plants so I am getting close. I have mever cloned before always just buy seeds
vostok
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Air stones are cheap enough, short on cash blow them out with air, like tire air from your local gas station or some what..I used water irrigation sprinklers from a water system with dismal results, get the air stones the biggest you can afford, as they do block up, just the bigger ones take longer ...lol
Agreed I had no.problems until my gf started making her.own teas for her own girls.
SpaaaceCowboy
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when you brew your teas do you put your organic material in a paint strainer, panty hose, or anything like that ?
Last tea I brewed was alfalfa meal and kelp...The alfalfa meal was so small that some of it was going through the paint strainer so I said screw it, and just tossed the kelp and alfalfa straight into the water.
hyroot
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No. I stopped using strainer / tea bags a few years ago. I like it more with out the tea bag.
I pull an aloe leaf from an aloe plant. The larger the leaf the better. Cut the half an inch off the bottom. Sit upright in a cup or tupperware and let the sap drain for an hour or 2. Snip the tip of the leaf off. Squeeze the leaf a little to loosen the gel abnd break the cellulose. Then dip the clone cutting directly into the tip of the aloe leaf. Then put cutting in soil, rapid rooter, or cloner.
Then you can use the rest of the gel in a foliar (puree first) or tea. Aloe is sort of a turbo button for growth in a foliar during veg.
Thanksan I appreciate it alot
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I have never used a strainer when making any tea its a restricition and I dont like them. To much girly stuff I use 4 gal of water 2 heapng cups of ewc 3 tbsp of mollasses.... I lie a slow smooth pour of mollasses I dont usually measure it.