I love brewing teas so I was considering a Vortex Brewer. I met a member here named heinsberg and while discussing this Vortex Brewer he brought up a good question.
Does the Vortex Brewer make more microbes than just an airstone so I emailed the company thought you all would like to see the response.
Hello, thanks for your email. Your question is a good one, but not an easy one to answer. The idea that when there are more microbes it is better is not necessarily true. You also have to consider the ability and diversity of microbes. All microbes are not the same, and the talents of microbes cannot be realized by looking through a microscope. This is all a lab test shows, mere numbers.
Further, it is premature to say that biologists have a firm grasp of what SHOULD be there to begin with. For instance, we know 5% of bacteria and 10% of fungi based on the rate of discovery. We know very little about what we are looking at. This is all a lab test is doing…looking. There is strength in diversity. In all respects, we shouldn’t have a clue of the biological diversity in a premium biological inoculant, if you can name what is in it is extremely deficient. Our microbes come from a 350 year old farm and represent the soil food web in totality.
The true test of a biological product is how well it works with growing plants. This is what a lab rarely does, test the abilities of microbes. The documents in the below link speak to this method of investigation and will clearly show the ability of our microbes through lab testing before and after on samples, or in side-by-sides. I also included a Testimony document form many of our customers.
There is more to life than what is physically here. If we are open to this and look at our gardens from a wholistic natural perspective we can get far more out of it. For instance, vortexing water changes it. It breaks down the surface tension it dissolves more oxygen. There are over 90 properties of water that can be measured based on new science. In other words, water is far more complicated than we give it credit.
We don’t make a vortex in the Vortex Brewer™, we allow it. And when you allow water it what it wants it can express itself in full force. Water is the most important primary nutrient. I also included a document on dissolved oxygen below. The Vortex Brewer™ uses no air stones, but attains higher DO because it constantly exposes the skin of water to the air. It supersaturates the water. But, more interestingly, it allows water to retain oxygen for much longer periods of time.
We make no claims of what should be in compost tea, only that our recipe brewed in the Vortex Brewer™ does amazing things in the garden. I would be very interested in your feedback on what we have put together and the effectiveness of our products in the garden.
I'm about to call BULLSHIT but wanna see what ya'll think.
