This is a great simple, brief educational video that all can be inspired from. Thank you. I have been making a fungal and a bacterial dominated compost - 2 varieties - for several years now. I have recently - since 2013 - been making teas from this. I have tested them and applied them to various landscapes, plants, soils, lawns.,... and the differences are remarkable. Incredible. Thank you for this.
Ascorbic acid/Vitamin C can remove chloramine from water. Approximately 1000mg per medium size bath tub is sufficient. That works out at about $0.20 per several hundred litres.
This is such a great step in the right direction. Now, if only they would take out the ridiculous lawns and grow food forests, that would be the best use of compost tea.
UV light, reverse osmosis, and activated carbon filters can remove chloramine, among other things. It's also possible that they use rain water that's been collected or that their water is only treated with chlorine. I agree that it would be interesting to see how they treat their water.
Of course it is true. It is called dechlorination, and ascorbic acid is one such reducing agent which can "neutralize" chloramine. But only for only a few days. So use the resulting water before then. Your public water utility office can confirm this.
You really don't get rid of it you can complex it with some humic acid until the the microbes digest or incorporate it into their bodies , chloramine especially will not gas off as chlorine does. It looked like they were doing it pretty OK the only thing I saw that they were doing wrong was adding what looked to me like molasses which will eventually lead to a biofilm and contamination of further brews.
julio quinones Yes, I agree 100%. Using some Humic as a "food" does help in this regard considerably. Also, Humic increases the fungal foods as well as the organic matter. Be careful not to OD on the organic matter. Yes, too much organic matter can be detrimental. But, the foods that I add to my teas - and I keep these brewing processes simplified - do make a difference: kelp, molasses, seaweed, fungal compost tea bags, humates/humic acid, etc.... all make a huge difference. Some sites and vidoes note that not using the right this or that..... can harm things. They are merely holding back on their propietary ingredients and processes because it is about the n$$$$. That is not a bad thing, but it does impact how the average gardener approaches this beneficial process and practice.
Well, I am talking about chloramine .. which is hard to get rid of. An interesting thing I heard from a chemist is that chloramine ... chlorine and ammonia ... is just what you get when kids pee in pools ... so they are treating our water with the same stuff that is in pools that have been peed in. I don't think molasses does anything to chloramine, I'd like to see some proof or explanation of that. it is really hard to get rid of ... most systems have no way to rid of chloramine
Go do some reading on chloramine ... aeration does not get rid of it. Chloramine is extremely difficult to get rid of, that is the point. A set up to remove chloramine is thousands of dollars ... if you wanted to remove enough of it to run a hose or remove it so you could take a shower.
Molasses, commonly used in brewing the tea, reacts with the Cl2 in the water and does....something with it. Regular chlorine isn't harmful to plants as long as it isn't at insane levels. It's actually a micronutrient but it usually doesn't need to be supplemented.
I did not think I needed to, but this should clear up any ambiguity for you. Entire sentence: "If desired, both chlorine and chloramine can be removed for bathing purposes by dissolving Vitamin C in the bath water (1000 mg Vitamin C tablet will neutralize chloramine in an average bathtub). SFPUC does not recommend that customers remove disinfectants from drinking water." Are we to believe a random guy on the Internet, or San Francisco Water & Sewer? NSF certified Vitamin C filters also exist.
Did you even try to Google it yourself? I quote this verbatim from the sfwater web site: "1000 mg Vitamin C tablet will neutralize chloramine in an average bathtub."
They are not the only source available. Apparently the National Science Foundation believes it too. If you choose not to believe it, go right ahead mate. I think I'm done with this, cheers.
@@napoleonsmith7793 USDA Forest Service also has published report on using vitamin C to neutralize chlorine. Google "Using Vitamin C To Neutralize Chlorine in Water Systems Forest Service" and you will find it.
Just want to let you guys know ... you are real jerks! When you start out your video you have very loud music with high frequencies that hurts the ears, and then when the content plays it is low volume voice ... it means the listener has to quickly adjust the volume - TWICE ... why don't you show a little consideration for your potential listeners, or don't you care. This level of sound over a lifetime can damage people's hearing.
This is a great simple, brief educational video that all can be inspired from. Thank you. I have been making a fungal and a bacterial dominated compost - 2 varieties - for several years now. I have recently - since 2013 - been making teas from this. I have tested them and applied them to various landscapes, plants, soils, lawns.,... and the differences are remarkable. Incredible.
Thank you for this.
Ascorbic acid/Vitamin C can remove chloramine from water. Approximately 1000mg per medium size bath tub is sufficient.
That works out at about $0.20 per several hundred litres.
This is such a great step in the right direction. Now, if only they would take out the ridiculous lawns and grow food forests, that would be the best use of compost tea.
respect!
UV light, reverse osmosis, and activated carbon filters can remove chloramine, among other things. It's also possible that they use rain water that's been collected or that their water is only treated with chlorine. I agree that it would be interesting to see how they treat their water.
Of course it is true. It is called dechlorination, and ascorbic acid is one such reducing agent which can "neutralize" chloramine. But only for only a few days. So use the resulting water before then. Your public water utility office can confirm this.
What the brand and model of the aerator pump they are using?
You really don't get rid of it you can complex it with some humic acid until the the microbes digest or incorporate it into their bodies , chloramine especially will not gas off as chlorine does. It looked like they were doing it pretty OK the only thing I saw that they were doing wrong was adding what looked to me like molasses which will eventually lead to a biofilm and contamination of further brews.
julio quinones
Yes, I agree 100%. Using some Humic as a "food" does help in this regard considerably. Also, Humic increases the fungal foods as well as the organic matter. Be careful not to OD on the organic matter. Yes, too much organic matter can be detrimental.
But, the foods that I add to my teas - and I keep these brewing processes simplified - do make a difference: kelp, molasses, seaweed, fungal compost tea bags, humates/humic acid, etc.... all make a huge difference. Some sites and vidoes note that not using the right this or that..... can harm things. They are merely holding back on their propietary ingredients and processes because it is about the n$$$$. That is not a bad thing, but it does impact how the average gardener approaches this beneficial process and practice.
+Green Infrastructure Buffalo NY Buffalo NY Well said.
ye how very organic at 1.05 i see a plastic cup going down the shreader
I see exact wieghts and measures were used.
Well, I am talking about chloramine .. which is hard to get rid of.
An interesting thing I heard from a chemist is that chloramine ... chlorine and ammonia ... is just what you get when kids pee in pools ... so they are treating our water with the same stuff that is in pools that have been peed in. I don't think molasses does anything to chloramine, I'd like to see some proof or explanation of that. it is really hard to get rid of ... most systems have no way to rid of chloramine
if you think you can show me a link to the SF water and sewer where they say vitamin C will remove chloramine I think you are in error.
I'd like to know how they get rid of their chlorine or chloramine in the water that would otherwise kill the microbes too.
Aeration!!
Go do some reading on chloramine ... aeration does not get rid of it. Chloramine is extremely difficult to get rid of, that is the point. A set up to remove chloramine is thousands of dollars ... if you wanted to remove enough of it to run a hose or remove it so you could take a shower.
Can haz chemistry. Tell that to the San Francisco Water and Sewer (and others). Google it if you want. Cheers.
Molasses, commonly used in brewing the tea, reacts with the Cl2 in the water and does....something with it. Regular chlorine isn't harmful to plants as long as it isn't at insane levels. It's actually a micronutrient but it usually doesn't need to be supplemented.
"styrofoam cup"
Ascorbic acid removes it - yes, vitamin c.
I did not think I needed to, but this should clear up any ambiguity for you. Entire sentence: "If desired, both
chlorine and chloramine can be removed for bathing purposes by dissolving Vitamin C in the bath
water (1000 mg Vitamin C tablet will neutralize chloramine in an average bathtub). SFPUC does
not recommend that customers remove disinfectants from drinking water." Are we to believe a random guy on the Internet, or San Francisco Water & Sewer? NSF certified Vitamin C filters also exist.
Where would you ever get that idea ... it is untrue.
Leave it to Harvard to screwup somthing simple.
costing the tax payer millions of dollars
Harvard is a private school not tax funded
Did you even try to Google it yourself? I quote this verbatim from the sfwater web site: "1000 mg Vitamin C tablet will neutralize chloramine in an average bathtub."
They are not the only source available. Apparently the National Science Foundation believes it too. If you choose not to believe it, go right ahead mate. I think I'm done with this, cheers.
only source of what?
@@napoleonsmith7793 USDA Forest Service also has published report on using vitamin C to neutralize chlorine. Google "Using Vitamin C To Neutralize Chlorine in Water Systems Forest Service" and you will find it.
Just want to let you guys know ... you are real jerks!
When you start out your video you have very loud music with high frequencies that hurts the ears, and then when the content plays it is low volume voice ... it means the listener has to quickly adjust the volume - TWICE ... why don't you show a little consideration for your potential listeners, or don't you care. This level of sound over a lifetime can damage people's hearing.