What's up man.. I'm trying to make a AACT and I'm sure I don't have a large enoughair pump.. my question is, is it worth even putting on my plants or would it harm them maybe if it's not done corectly..
I put 1 cup ewc,
a tea spoon of 3-4-4 organic plant tone fert,
a tblspoon of unsulferd molassas,
a tblspoon of kelp meal and
a tablespoon of alfalfa meal.
It's been brewing gore bout 12hrs and there's just a little amount of foam covering the top...
Also what do u think of this recipe for a simple AACT?
Is there anything u would add or take away from it?.. like neem seed meal, havnt herd of anyone adding it.. just trying to find a simple veg and bloom AACT recipe.. I'm still new to living organics.. one of the hardest things I find about it is having to not do anything but water besides a tea here and there and some topdressing.
Just worm farming! how you doing, organic compadre?
Nothing but love, but personally I would dump that tea on an ornamental tree doing bad but thats about it B
But first off are you flowering or vegging, and what size pots are you in and do you have compost or access to outdoors..
Ok, Second thing.. though I haven't seen scholarly articles on the matter to verify, I do believe foam comes from proteins, and aminos, like in worm bodies etc.. just to note in case your curious.
Third thing, not to nit pick but phrasing that recipe and simple AACT in the same sentence, are with all due respect - small incongruities, my man! thats not really a simple tea.. a simple tea would have just 2% EWC or outdoor compost and .5% HQ food source, such as simple mineralized sweetener or fungal food like organic oat flour .. 2 ingredients max,
that is simple.. and not to be underestimated! Bacteria multiply by billions fast and if you pre plan a fungal brew you can KILL IT!! This is also where rh/airflow/temps/pot type/size plays a good role, in keeping established bene populations in tact.
Quick side note, your Tone has a whopping 8 ingredients itself, including 3 I would not touch with their potential arsenic and gmo / hormone harboring ingredients.. ditch that type of shit and gain control over your inputs!
4th, when air is low, you can do 100 stirs in one direction then switch, do that twice a day, and you should be ok. 400 stirs a day, will keep the bad guys away, day and a half total brew.
Lastly, regarding neem, its amazing, I just put a cup of cake per cu ft in the soil once a year, and when doing new batches..easy to top dress it in if no tilling over long periods..
I brew teas for life, to release life if life got low, not to release nutrients, there are more in the soil that you think and the first thing should be to release for life to let them find it, then if you are hungry still, the best and fastest thing to do is a foliar spray for direct triggering and relief.
However, easier said than done, the key is to build even better soil in the first place, with various forms of sizes of minerals so there are various stages of release, both fast and slow, and then the water only fun can really begin.
Don Flowering Tip:
Take a 1/2 gallon of soil not being used, sprinkle some organic oats on it, ground to a fine flour.. I sprinkle thru a sieve like I'm dusting icing sugar on French toast.. then I load a healthy fine layer on the soil, leave in warm dark moist conditions for 3 days min to 3 weeks max, and use
this soil for inoculating a brew / AACT if I noticed I under amended or need to start extrapolating all the possible rock dusts and inherent minerals
Fungi are the weapon of choice for me for flowering. Let them do the heavy lifting, watering, bio-security and plant feeding.
Way to be organic though its a beautiful journey going cleaner and meaner and learning all the nuances..
Thanks for the theoretical tune up!
