Making Tea - is EZ.... & Cheap !

NotMine

NotMine

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That is very interesting, thanks for all the good info..not just this thread but everyone.... everyone needs teas and tea reciepesbongsmilie I agree with the whole brainwashing thing also commercial fertilizer is nasty I don't really want things laying around for my dogs to get into and I can't stand the aftertaste of over fert hydro (theres lots of it where I live) go organic or go home cause I'm not smoking it...sorry I don't care if you flush if you use that stuff it's like watering your plant with salt water blahh:roll: plus I like soil as a buffer just feel safer with it.
 
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OrarkCray

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Ohsogreen said:
Jan The answer to your question is: Organic Teas are great for the veggie growth phase & pre-flowering. After that, I do not foliar spray them, I only water them in. I don't want to risk Bud Mold. Plus, when Mary starts pumping up her trichromes they act like velcro - holding onto to things.
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I just think it's best not to foliar feed, as a rule, after preflowering starts.
Some people will disagree, but someone always does.
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Hope this helps...
Keep it Real...Organic...
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I have to agree with this man 100% no foliar after at least 3 week flower. I also agree with the organic theory, I have grown mother tomatore plants for years. moms will only last 1 to 5 years with inorganic nutes, 5-20 years with organic nutes. The clones are all fine but the mother itself does not like organic nutes after 5 years.
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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Hats off and I raise my future cuppa joe (gotta be brewed) to you who've been doing this and are sharing your knowledge. I really hope I am able to attain a level of knowledge that might approach yours, and I am also hopeful I can get this whole organic thing completely dialed in.
 
brendon420

brendon420

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if this question has already been asked please refer me to the post number, but how long of a shelf life do teas typically have?
 
Ohsogreen

Ohsogreen

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brendon420 said:
if this question has already been asked please refer me to the post number, but how long of a shelf life do teas typically have?
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Brendon420.... If you keep your tea oxygenated by bubbling it (with a cheap aquarium air pump) - as long as the air pump stays on, it stays good (just becoming more soluble every day).
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If you mix it by stiring or pouring it bucket to bucket daily for a few days, you have about 3 days after the 3 rd day (of intial mixing) - to start using it before it starts to turns sour on you.
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Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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What I've been doing is continually replenishing with fresh water, then add my castings/guano/molasses + about a tablespoon of SPT. It's gotta be stirred vigorously at least once a day and shaded (shading seems to make the most difference). I'm feeding 9 girls, one's in a 4 gallon pot, and I mix up about.. I'm gonna guess it's about 3-4 gallons of this tea, sometimes less. The lower it gets in the bin, the less stirring it needs because it's got a nice, big surface-area-to-volume ratio.
 
catincombs

catincombs

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brendon420 said:
so keeping it shaded, as in a shady covered cool area?
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Brendo420 The reason you want to mix up such elixirs in the shade is to avoid having UV sunlight kill the bacteria in your mix. Direct sunlight kills both good and bad bacteria. If you keep the mix supplied with plenty of oxygen, the good bacteria will thrive and kill off the bad ones. So, keep the oxygen flowing and your elixir out of the sunlight.
I would not mix up more than five gallons at a pop. I just mix what I need as I go.
 
OIsmoked12

OIsmoked12

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Xochi Try some BMO ferts, they are great. Take some of the SPT, put it in a bucket with one ounce of molasses & one gallon of water, then bubble it. The bacteria & fungi in it, will break down the molasses to nice golden color. I feed that in between ferts & after res dumps. Seems to be working great. Gives my plants a nice mellow tea between feedings. I split it, between 6 plants. Don't ask me how many ounces that is per plant, my math skills suck.

I'm going to make some other teas from worm castings and rabbit poo, like Ohsogreen suggest, but just real concerntrated. Then I'm going to filter them and try them in small doses in my reserviors. I'm doing six DWC bubblers. I'll let you know how they work. The receipes are on the first or second page of this thread.
 
Seamaiden

Seamaiden

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Poop tea, who'da thunk? :lol: I mean, seriously, if ANYONE had asked two years ago what I thought of poop tea, I'd have laughed in their face. Now I can't get enough of the stuff! LMAO!! :lol:
 
doggod

doggod

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Earthfort Online: Compost Tea Brewing Equipment & Literature

check out this site for some good info if you want to learn about soil biology. they also sell the best humus for making tea. you need bacteria and funghi in the soil.

Soil Foodweb, Inc.

these guys will test your soil.
i prefer black gold over fox farm. and it is certified organic, for the medical use.

i only add sugars when watering the soil. i find it makes the tea go anaerobic if using it as food for the bacteria. try using some seaweed/kelp. i only make enough for one dose at a time, as it starts going anaerobic after 3 days in just airated water, they need soil to live. just add the shit to the top of the soil and mix it into the first 2 inches really well. do not forget the add mico powder directly to the roots when trans planting. with this method you will not need to add perlite to fox farm of black gold.
 
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