Wait, you have a 50 mesh filter on there? I bought an 80 micron to filter the extract into my sprayer and we're getting a drill with a fertilizer tank installed so my question is what micron filter should I use that won't get clogged? If I extract it with 80 then run it through a 50 won't that clog it?
Hey Eric good question 😊 Mesh and microns are actually opposites. The higher the mesh the smaller the opening where micron works the other way around. Here is a link to the chart for that. www.finishsystems.com/blogs/news/mesh-vs-micron-filtration-what-is-it-all-about#:~:text=The%20mesh%20(sieve)%20system%20is,prefer%20the%20micron%20rating%20system.
What we are filtering out of the extractor with is an 80 mesh filter which would be like 170 microns and then the cart has a 50 mesh which is 297 microns
@@koreyfauque7745 Thank you so much for clearing that up, looks like i got the right filter luckily from that company and our sprayer has 50 mesh in it already so I should be good to go. Thanks again!
You definitely can see better biology in the root zone. It’s tough to quantify the benefits from last year as we had the worst drought in at least 20 years here (3” of rain during the growing season) but we are finding more good biology when pulling soil samples now. Biggest benefit last year was the savings from no starter fertilizer and reduced N rates which in the drought was a big home run as those would have been wasted anyways. We are on round 2 of extract now on the winter wheat through the drill this fall with another app on top with fish guts so should have a good test for next spring to see how things look then.
If it isn’t diverse or sense enough we just ad another bucket of compost or to the next batch and check it till we get about to where we want to be (several fungi and Protozoa per slide at a minimum) there will almost always be plenty so we focus on what we are missing in the soil
So helpful! Thx for sharing.
What results have you seen since the use of extracts
What kind of compost did you use
Wait, you have a 50 mesh filter on there? I bought an 80 micron to filter the extract into my sprayer and we're getting a drill with a fertilizer tank installed so my question is what micron filter should I use that won't get clogged? If I extract it with 80 then run it through a 50 won't that clog it?
Hey Eric good question 😊 Mesh and microns are actually opposites. The higher the mesh the smaller the opening where micron works the other way around. Here is a link to the chart for that. www.finishsystems.com/blogs/news/mesh-vs-micron-filtration-what-is-it-all-about#:~:text=The%20mesh%20(sieve)%20system%20is,prefer%20the%20micron%20rating%20system.
What we are filtering out of the extractor with is an 80 mesh filter which would be like 170 microns and then the cart has a 50 mesh which is 297 microns
@@koreyfauque7745 Thank you so much for clearing that up, looks like i got the right filter luckily from that company and our sprayer has 50 mesh in it already so I should be good to go. Thanks again!
What benefits have you seen from using compost extract?
You definitely can see better biology in the root zone. It’s tough to quantify the benefits from last year as we had the worst drought in at least 20 years here (3” of rain during the growing season) but we are finding more good biology when pulling soil samples now. Biggest benefit last year was the savings from no starter fertilizer and reduced N rates which in the drought was a big home run as those would have been wasted anyways. We are on round 2 of extract now on the winter wheat through the drill this fall with another app on top with fish guts so should have a good test for next spring to see how things look then.
What's your application rate of raw compost per acre (less the water)?
Generally around 1 lbs unless it doesn’t have enough diverse biology under the microscope
If it isn’t diverse or sense enough we just ad another bucket of compost or to the next batch and check it till we get about to where we want to be (several fungi and Protozoa per slide at a minimum) there will almost always be plenty so we focus on what we are missing in the soil
@@koreyfauque7745 Wow. Great work. So are you examining each batch?