Compost tea, pros needed!
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SJ KOrganic
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well i followed exactly what you guys said, went for 30 hours, it came to 5.4 PH and 500PPm....i dont know how, or why. I did end up diluting it, getting it down to 400 ppm, and ph'd it to 6.2....I was in a pinch, i didnt know if it was better to dilute it with water or wait it out and get a response here. Hope that didnt affect my colony.
smokey the cat
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You don't need to track ph or ppm, let alone adjust. Hopefully you didn't kill too many little guys. You're fine to apply at full dosage: you're not applying nutrients, you're applying fresh soil life.
Unless you have a microscope the best tool you have to evaluate your compost tea is your nose. You want it to smell fresh, earthy and sweet (like fresh compost yo). You don't want sour, sharp or pungent.
Unless you have a microscope the best tool you have to evaluate your compost tea is your nose. You want it to smell fresh, earthy and sweet (like fresh compost yo). You don't want sour, sharp or pungent.
keysareme
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You have some foamy foam brewing?
SJ KOrganic
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Damnit. Sorry. I miss read a post. Thought someone was saying 150 to 300ppm for the tea when he was saying that ro water should be in that range after some cal mag. My bad year I'll brew it and use it next time. I think that pretty much answers all my questions....for now anyways.....thanks everyone!!!
SJ KOrganic
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Not entirely sure if this is an issue or not, but about 3 days after the tea and i start to see the leaves curling up. Lots of yellowing in water leaves but overall 75% look pretty healthy. Some of the leaves are showing burning tho, all the way through. My buddy said thats because of the Super soil. And what is the white shit around my pots? Guess i have never noticed this before. Granted there are 4-6 weeks until harvest, i assume everything will be alright? There is nothing i can really do as far as preventative action other than, no more tea....
DonPetro
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Looks like you got some mould or it could be salt buildup. Hard to tell from the pic but you must of had that going on before feeding the tea. What are you using for a water source?Not entirely sure if this is an issue or not, but about 3 days after the tea and i start to see the leaves curling up. Lots of yellowing in water leaves but overall 75% look pretty healthy. Some of the leaves are showing burning tho, all the way through. My buddy said thats because of the Super soil. And what is the white shit around my pots? Guess i have never noticed this before. Granted there are 4-6 weeks until harvest, i assume everything will be alright? There is nothing i can really do as far as preventative action other than, no more tea....
NoSwagBag
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I've got that on my fabric pots too, and it hasn't hurt anything. I wouldn't worry. It's more on the bottom of my pots from run off.Not entirely sure if this is an issue or not, but about 3 days after the tea and i start to see the leaves curling up. Lots of yellowing in water leaves but overall 75% look pretty healthy. Some of the leaves are showing burning tho, all the way through. My buddy said thats because of the Super soil. And what is the white shit around my pots? Guess i have never noticed this before. Granted there are 4-6 weeks until harvest, i assume everything will be alright? There is nothing i can really do as far as preventative action other than, no more tea....
SJ KOrganic
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Using RO water thats 15 PPM.