The only thing i wont do is leave the teas so long if its got ewc in it cos that is best used at 24 hours ime any less its less potent anymore and protozoa overtake the rest if the micros this was taught to me by a guy who still runs a big worm farm among some other things and i find it to ring true i only mention cos in the notes on amazon for the bubblesnake it suggests longer whats your take on this @Richard Drysift im curious?
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Richard Drysift
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According to the Revs book (which I highly recommend btw) a microbial tea should go no longer than 36 hrs for the same reasons you say. A fungal tea should brew even shorter. Ron Wallace suggests brewing times based on ambient temperature: the cooler it is the longer you should bubble the tea. Makes sense. At 70 Deg F they say to brew 36 hours same as the Rev suggests. The last tea I brewed went for 48 hrs but wtf I had other shit to do. Fuck all these Protozoa hoes
Richard Drysift
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Hey don’t buy it on Amazon; go to the source directly…
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Richard Drysift
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Meant to say my take is that while I’ve read this very thing myself after several hundred gallons of tea given to my plants over the years if you bubble it a bit longer than planned it still has plenty of benefit to the soil/plants. There are “nutrient” tea recipes that need to be bubbled long enough for whatever is in the organic matter in the tea to be available. 48 hrs+ brewing time is normal for these. Less is more when it comes to microbial teas though; you are correct.
natureboygrower
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When are they coming out with the 32 gallon model?
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I have a cent.
Since I'm running a single plant I've chosen not to use a pump to brew 2 liters of tea. In a 1gal container, added half of water, a handful of fresh ewc, tsp of mycos, kelp and oyster shells. Gently mixing it every 5 minutes for 3-4 hours then apply.
Works like a charm. Before watering with 10% (1.5L) everyday with no runoff. After 5% every other day. Now the soil is holding water, buds are getting a little fatter, smelling and resinating even better.
Same stuff for 24 hours with a pump will make my plant dance and bounce through the chamber.
Since I'm running a single plant I've chosen not to use a pump to brew 2 liters of tea. In a 1gal container, added half of water, a handful of fresh ewc, tsp of mycos, kelp and oyster shells. Gently mixing it every 5 minutes for 3-4 hours then apply.
Works like a charm. Before watering with 10% (1.5L) everyday with no runoff. After 5% every other day. Now the soil is holding water, buds are getting a little fatter, smelling and resinating even better.
Same stuff for 24 hours with a pump will make my plant dance and bounce through the chamber.
Makes sense man thanks for clarifying that
Sade
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Nice man yea I love mine as well. The owner of the company tea lab is pretty cool guy. He lives out here in Humboldt county. He has powdered fish hydrolysate I always wanted to try but I love the liquid get it locally from crescent but man it fucking stinks but best foliar spray I have ever used.
Richard Drysift
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Yeah I know a grower who just pumps EM1 liquid microbes into water cans each time. What ever works to keep the microbes/fungi present and active. Teas are effective but there are other ways to achieve the same end. Find what works for you…I have a cent.
Since I'm running a single plant I've chosen not to use a pump to brew 2 liters of tea. In a 1gal container, added half of water, a handful of fresh ewc, tsp of mycos, kelp and oyster shells. Gently mixing it every 5 minutes for 3-4 hours then apply.
Works like a charm. Before watering with 10% (1.5L) everyday with no runoff. After 5% every other day. Now the soil is holding water, buds are getting a little fatter, smelling and resinating even better.
Same stuff for 24 hours with a pump will make my plant dance and bounce through the chamber.
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Richard Drysift
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This time we got sort of a nutrient/microbe style tea on the brew….
Ewc
Molasses
Kelp meal
Neptunes harvest Liquid fish w/seaweed
24 hr bubbling time:
Absolutely no foam at all but also not as much low tide smell with this level of aeration. My old airstones used to smell like a tidal pool full of dead fish whenever I added in liquid fish…
Richard Drysift
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Been a few weeks since we started aact regimen. Plants are happy; some more than others but here’s what they look like now…
Check out the tight stacking; she is one of my own crosses: White Rhino x Dayton Hammer. She sure is a bushy one…
Gonna have to thin this canopy before too long. Thanks for checking meowt peace
Check out the tight stacking; she is one of my own crosses: White Rhino x Dayton Hammer. She sure is a bushy one…
Gonna have to thin this canopy before too long. Thanks for checking meowt peace
