Teas in coco advice

Newmmc

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Hey guys I have some questions about teas ... I have only three runs under my belt so I'm still very new to growing but I'm doing pretty well for a new guy. So I've come to this site once again to get advice from experienced growers

So teas. I was told it was a waste especially in coco. I met Someone recently who highly recommended them and he's running the same nutes as me and swears by it... After doing a little bit if research I figured I'd try it. What bad can happen? Besides wasting money???

So my questions would be as follows ...
1. Tea Good in coco ? Yes or no?
2. When you feed the tea to your plants it takes up a watering so how would I fit it into my feedibg scheadule at once a week ?
3. And if it takes up a watering does it flush your nutes out of your medium ?
4. Feed tea mix until run off?


I'll take any advice or experience that you're willing to share. Thanks in advance

Im running mills nutrients adding sugar daddy, terpinator, and humid acid .... Here's bud porn from last run.
 

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sno capz

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Hey guys I have some questions about teas ... I have only three runs under my belt so I'm still very new to growing but I'm doing pretty well for a new guy. So I've come to this site once again to get advice from experienced growers

So teas. I was told it was a waste especially in coco. I met Someone recently who highly recommended them and he's running the same nutes as me and swears by it... After doing a little bit if research I figured I'd try it. What bad can happen? Besides wasting money???

So my questions would be as follows ...
1. Tea Good in coco ? Yes or no?
2. When you feed the tea to your plants it takes up a watering so how would I fit it into my feedibg scheadule at once a week ?
3. And if it takes up a watering does it flush your nutes out of your medium ?
4. Feed tea mix until run off?


I'll take any advice or experience that you're willing to share. Thanks in advance

Im running mills nutrients adding sugar daddy, terpinator, and humid acid .... Here's bud porn from last run.
1. I run worm tea in Mother Earth Coco along side my complete General Organics nutrient line.

2. I usually feed with my nutrient solution and then feed right after with my worm tea. I've use it at every feeding so far... My experience has shown great results.

3. It may flush some nutrients out but I'd imagine it does not flush anything not excess from the coco.

4. I always feed til runoff and I always apply tea til runoff.

From what I understand is it is a beneficial bacteria and fungi. It also helps to break down organic nutrients for more successful uptake of water/nutrients. I could be wrong but either way my results have been great using it so far
 

Newmmc

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1. I run worm tea in Mother Earth Coco along side my complete General Organics nutrient line.

2. I usually feed with my nutrient solution and then feed right after with my worm tea. I've use it at every feeding so far... My experience has shown great results.

3. It may flush some nutrients out but I'd imagine it does not flush anything not excess from the coco.

4. I always feed til runoff and I always apply tea til runoff.

From what I understand is it is a beneficial bacteria and fungi. It also helps to break down organic nutrients for more successful uptake of water/nutrients. I could be wrong but either way my results have been great using it so far
So if you do it after feeding, is it after every feed ? I've been told once a week to give the tea. And I feed 4 days a week or as needed. So would you feed tea afte every feeding is what I'm saying?
 

sno capz

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So if you do it after feeding, is it after every feed ? I've been told once a week to give the tea. And I feed 4 days a week or as needed. So would you feed tea afte every feeding is what I'm saying?
Every feeding ive given my plant tea... From the time I bought it
 

Newmmc

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So
Every feeding ive given my plant tea... From the time I bought it
I bought vermacrop organic tea. The instructions are vague. I found a recippe on there site. Basically I mixed two of the three part recippe together and added some water to make like a stiff mud consistency. I am supposed to let that sit for at least 24 hours then mix it with there third part and add to the resivuor of dechlorinated water and let that sit another 24 hours... So my next question is do I just dump all of these in resivuor straight up? or do I have to make it into a "brewer" of some sort that I keep reading about online. Forgive my ignorance. Today is my first day of looking into teas.
 

sno capz

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So

I bought vermacrop organic tea. The instructions are vague. I found a recippe on there site. Basically I mixed two of the three part recippe together and added some water to make like a stiff mud consistency. I am supposed to let that sit for at least 24 hours then mix it with there third part and add to the resivuor of dechlorinated water and let that sit another 24 hours... So my next question is do I just dump all of these in resivuor straight up? or do I have to make it into a "brewer" of some sort that I keep reading about online. Forgive my ignorance. Today is my first day of looking into teas.
What I get is already brewed from my local hydro shop... But what i take from it you should mix it all up like a nutrient solution in a jug and top feed. Worm tea is immediately taken in by the root system
 

sno capz

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And there's two ways to brew the tea. One was to use an air pump, the other is basically just stirring the extract into the water. What I read says the best results are by using an air pump to give oxygen to the extract and water
 

Newmmc

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And there's two ways to brew the tea. One was to use an air pump, the other is basically just stirring the extract into the water. What I read says the best results are by using an air pump to give oxygen to the extract and water
Thanks for the advice. I planned on throwing it into a resivuor tomorrow and let it brew 24 hours with airstones.
 

Budley Doright

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When you say res are you drip feeding? If yes you may want to be careful the tea doesnt clog up drippers. I run tea but filter it before adding to my system.
 

NorthernCalifornia

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My local grow shop supplyer would give me fresh tea every 2 weeks for free. keep it aerated with air stone. Wash hands if come into contact. Throw it in your coco soil st8 into coco no drip tubes they clog easy. It works fine.
 

Budley Doright

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My local grow shop supplyer would give me fresh tea every 2 weeks for free. keep it aerated with air stone. Wash hands if come into contact. Throw it in your coco soil st8 into coco no drip tubes they clog easy. It works fine.
I use a syringe to inoculate the root zone in my LPS. I do also add it to the res. i make two litres at a time and use that every week.
 

d0rk2dafullest

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looks like this thread dying. i usually flush once every week with a compost tea. also if it looks like they need it, i'll toss some into the feed water and water with feed + tea. make sure u are finish mixing your feed and ph it before u toss in the tea tho. also another friend of mine just likes to feed pure tea to each root zone for maximum efficiency
 

Budley Doright

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looks like this thread dying. i usually flush once every week with a compost tea. also if it looks like they need it, i'll toss some into the feed water and water with feed + tea. make sure u are finish mixing your feed and ph it before u toss in the tea tho. also another friend of mine just likes to feed pure tea to each root zone for maximum efficiency
I run a LPS setup and just inject the stuff right at the stalk if each plant. Probably going to just start using straight beanies, its cheap so tea is just another step I dont think is necessary for me
 

Blue brother

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I do teas in rockwool and I can't see it needing a different inoculation method. I usually water twice a day, so every other day I water as normal in the mornig but then feed tea for the second watering. I prefer this method over the once a week because I have noticed more vigorous growth and better/more efficient nutrient usage. But if you can only do it once a week that will be fine also:
 

Budley Doright

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I have read but no way to confirm that the beanies are only viable for 3-4 days in a rez with synthetic nutes. I try to do it every 3 days but only 5 ml each plant at root
 

Blue brother

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I have read but no way to confirm that the beanies are only viable for 3-4 days in a rez with synthetic nutes. I try to do it every 3 days but only 5 ml each plant at root
I have also read/heard something like that but also have no way to prove it. In my experience frequent inoculations work better.
 
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