using tea and organic mixtures

Do any RIU users use the compost tea methods? my dad has a large duck pond wich drains all the duckshit and organic fertiliser in through the sump he gathers it and used to use it for his soil grows do you think this would be suitable for hydro nutrients? he tells me its very high in nutrients and doesnt see why it wouldnt.

nice to see what people have used

edit: oops meant to post in organics section sorry

no Tea users?

Thestinker said:

no Tea users?

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hey bro, check in the search section under " compost tea's", thatll help u. good luck

I wouldnt use pond water as it could invite pest and who knows what but before I worked with super soil I used what we called Poo stew. Poo stew is a combination of organic ferts like pure blend, fox farm, earth juice, b-cuzz and even AN's organic tea.
I simply mix up a batch and let it circulate adding air from a stone until the mix started breaking down which lowers the acidic ph of the teas basically once it starts stinking a bit the plants will love it.
I found my results were never repeatable though and I would have great crops and crops I fried which is why I came up with a recipe that was repeatable IE super soil.
Poo stew kicks ass but you need to keep some records and come up with a system that works and its repeatable.

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compost tea is awesome...I have biodynamic compost, so my tea is that much better...the big secret is the compost starter, and what ingredients are in your pile. there's a lot of "compost" sold at the garden center that is really just mulch. as with super soil; super compost is made, not bought. it's important to have "cooked" compost(finished). uncooked compost has processes going on that can be pathogenic to plant roots. the tea- done with molasses and bubbled up for 3 days is nothing short of miraculous. it's like the breath of life hitting your soil!