Ancient Chinese Secret?

sounds confusing but i would just keep it simple and brew some guano teas; a fish aquarium pump, guano or worm casting or even manure, molasses that's all do and i don't even have to PH when i brew tea for 48 hours. coffee might be a good source of nitrogen but the question is does it have beneficial bacteria in it? guanos and worm casting are great for beneficial bateria. in organic growing the population of bateria is most important. get sea bird guano 10-10-2 and use it for vegg and flower if your on a budget. but if you still wanna use thoes methods you mention you can try to make a tea and take note if you see a foam developing your recipee has a good ammount of bateria life to help if it dosent foam up at all and looks like aerated water than it lacks the bacteria thats important for organic grows.

I'm sure that guano teas are fantastic. However, I already mix worm castings into my soil (1/5) and approximately every 10 days I put a 3/4 tablespoon of molasses into my water when I flush my plants. I'm more interested in using my organic waste and plant cuttings to produce a healthy organic soil. I wonder if root balls could be composted or perhaps that's a recipe for disease?

thc&me said:

I'm sure that guano teas are fantastic. However, I already mix worm castings into my soil (1/5) and approximately every 10 days I put a 3/4 tablespoon of molasses into my water when I flush my plants. I'm more interested in using my organic waste and plant cuttings to produce a healthy organic soil. I wonder if root balls could be composted or perhaps that's a recipe for disease?

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definitely compost old rootballs as they will be a rich source of microbes, and then you get to use your dirt over and over.
dont compost any rootballs that have disease or bugs. all my trimmings get composted.

. Once the compost bin has been prepared, moist bedding for the compost has been laid, worms have been introduced and organic waste has been added, how long does it take for the entire process to complete? Recycling and reusing the waste materials from growing (root balls, stems, clippings) to produce organic soils and teas not only sounds beneficial to your plants, but also your pocket-book.

If your going to make a real compost bin you have to make sure it heats up to 160 degrees in the center. You will need to get a thermometer to check. But if you are going to build a worm bin keep it out of the direct light of the sun. Keep it in a shady place because instead of the sun heating up the compost the worms are your main workers that will break down all your food that you put in the bin. Takes a while for you to make usable worm castings but once you see that the food is gone and all that is left is dark looking soil, then you have to cure the compost before you put it into your soil or use it for tea's. Same goes for the compost been. Never use compost or worm cast directly out of the bin, it has to cure first then you can use it. Cure it in a another been for a about a week then it will be ready to use.

i know an old chinese secret...fart on your pillow- get pink eye

And as far as tea's go. There are 3 different types of tea's you can make. Bacterial, fungal, or guano teas. All three are different. I would make the guano tea's to be used as a organic fertilizer. Then I would make a balanced bacterial and fungal tea to add the live micro life to the soil. As a catalyst (food for the bacteria and fungi) I would add fish hydrolastate, kelp, fulvic, molasses. Then with that tea I would put it into a sprayer and spray the whole plant top to bottom and spray the soil. You can also drench your soil as well. But with the guano tea I would just drench the root zone and treat it like a fert. you would get from a hydro store.

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I save all my grounds and shells, but I also get a lot from the local waffle house and huddle house. They have a special hole right in the griddle line just for disposing of egg shells so they are already separated out, and they are happy to save coffee grounds for me. I tell 'em it's for my garden and leave it at that.

thc&me said:

. Once the compost bin has been prepared, moist bedding for the compost has been laid, worms have been introduced and organic waste has been added, how long does it take for the entire process to complete? Recycling and reusing the waste materials from growing (root balls, stems, clippings) to produce organic soils and teas not only sounds beneficial to your plants, but also your pocket-book.

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At first it takes a few months for the population in the wormbin to grow but after they start populating its suppose to be quick. The more worms in the bin the faster they eat 1lb of worms can go through 1/2lb of food a day. So the more worms the faster they'll do the work. I always liked the idea for the same reasons produce organics and save money.