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[green as grass]

I use this in my tea recipe

1 tablespoon per gallon bat guano ( Indonesian or Mexican guano ) depending on cycle
1 tablespoon per gallon Ancient Forest
1 tablespoon per gallon unsulphered molasses's
2 tablespoon per gallon worm castings
1 tablespoon per gallon ( fish emulsion/ kelp mix )

Hang all dry mix in pantyhose HEAVILY aerated and pour in liquids. I let go for 24hrs.

I want to gather knowledge from many different people because i know there are many ways of doing it. i just want to know the best methods and mixtures are so let us all know what your style and methods are.
Anything i should add or take out? Temps? Dilution rate for feeding? How often to give?

Also tell me your medium your using whether you mix your own or COCO, FFOF, ROOTS ORGANIC ect.

 

[madodah]

I've posted this before, but here it is again.

Grow medium in outdoor 25 gallon Smart Pots:
25% fortified potting soil
25% Perlite
25% peat moss
25% decomposed cow manure

Vegetation cycle AACT tea:

1 cup of earthworm castings
1/4 cup kelp meal
1/4 cup fish fish hydrolysate
1/2 teaspoon pure humic acid
1 tablespoon soft rock phosophate
2 tablespoons organic alfalfa meal
1 teaspoon molasses

I put everything in a stocking in a DIY five gallon brewer with a 77lpm air pump using a PVC air diffuser on the bottom of the bucket filled with well water to 6-8" below the brim at 70° for 24 hours and dilute brewed tea at a 10:1 ratio with well water for drench and foliar applications.

 

[whodatnation]

My soil is a mix of FFOF, earthworm castings, perlite, powderizd dol lime.
I use 2/3 cup of
Peruvian seabird guano
Jamaican bat guano
Worm castings.
5 tbs of maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract.
I also add 5 tbs of liquid karma
5 tbs blackstrap molasses.
Mix into 5 gallons of dechlorinated water.
I let it brew for two days and then use.
This is the flower mix I use with every watering. The veg mix is the same except for 1/3 cup of each and instead of jamaican bat guano use Mexican.

 

[Schotzky]

i use straight fox farm ocean forest with excellent results
ive used some pee, 2 tbsp marijuana ash, and 1tbsp molasses with a gallon of distilled water when i was low on cash. urine is high in nitrogen. it worked great
i use a rough handful worm castings, 2 tbsp molasses, and a couple tbsp of bat guano (high n for veg and high in p for flower) and distilled water

 

[green as grass]

Madodah, How do you like the smart pots compared to regular buckets? Where do you get your alfalfa meal? When you do a foliar with the tea do you use a light mist or get em good, and does it leave a residue?

 

[green as grass]

whodanation, how much dol lime do you use/

 

[green as grass]

I thought i would give roots organics soil a try, when i went to my local shop they only had roots 707. Why not, i'm down to try new stuff. I like it on texture real fluffy. Only thing I think it needed was a lot more perlite. more of an outdoor mix. It holds a lot of water, next time i will mix some perlite or light warrior. It smelsl real nice and earthy. Oh ya and no huge sticks and other random shit you get with FFOF.

 

[green as grass]

Does anyone use a soiless medium with organic tea's?

 

[madodah]

Madodah, How do you like the smart pots compared to regular buckets? Where do you get your alfalfa meal? When you do a foliar with the tea do you use a light mist or get em good, and does it leave a residue?

My first year of using them, seem to function as advertised, a local farm supply business carries the Dr. Earth product line, light mist on and under all leaves, no residue.

 

[madodah]

Does anyone use a soiless medium with organic tea's?

My grow medium would be considered soiless.

 

[joebaze]

hey all!
im in the process of making tea..need advise!
i got fish emulsion, rabbit droppings, and other stuff..
i heard rabbit droppings do sweet for nutrients..
oh n how long does the tea last 4???
any storaging methods for longer use?

 

[madodah]

hey all!
im in the process of making tea..need advise!
i got fish emulsion, rabbit droppings, and other stuff..
i heard rabbit droppings do sweet for nutrients..
oh n how long does the tea last 4???
any storaging methods for longer use?

If you're after nutrients you'll get better results applying the ingredients you listed as a top or side dressing. The purpose of actively aerated compost teas (AACT) is to provide increased microbes to give your living soil a jump start.

AACT teas should be used ~4 hours after aeration ceases or they develop anaerobic bacteria (they require little or no oxygen) which aren't what you want.

 

[green as grass]

My grow medium would be considered soiless.

yes i guess it would be. didnt really think bout that.

 

[joebaze]

If you're after nutrients you'll get better results applying the ingredients you listed as a top or side dressing. The purpose of actively aerated compost teas (AACT) is to provide increased microbes to give your living soil a jump start.

AACT teas should be used ~4 hours after aeration ceases or they develop anaerobic bacteria (they require little or no oxygen) which aren't what you want.

sooo if i make the tea for the plant, a couple doses would be enough if i top dress my soil afterwards right?
would tea be useful in a dwc setup?

 

[green as grass]

sooo if i make the tea for the plant, a couple doses would be enough if i top dress my soil afterwards right?
would tea be useful in a dwc setup?

yes you would just keep feeding teas as your source of nutrients, with flush breaks in between. with a DWC setup the tea wont last long it probably would go anaerobic ( bad bacteria) if you did you would prob have to change out nutrients often or add some type of sugar/ carbs for bacteria to use as food to grow plus heavily aerated.

 

[hallabaloo]

Hi, I need some help with tea. I have the following ingredients:

Sunleaves Indonesian Batguano 0.5 12 0.2
Plagron AlgaBloom 1.5 13 14
Plagron GreenSensation
Water

Can someone please help me with the correct amounts for a good flowering mix.
Thanks

 

[madodah]

Hi, I need some help with tea. I have the following ingredients:

Sunleaves Indonesian Batguano 0.5 12 0.2
Plagron AlgaBloom 1.5 13 14
Plagron GreenSensation
Water

Can someone please help me with the correct amounts for a good flowering mix.
Thanks

Here's an effective fungal tea for flowering:

6 tbsps of liquid hydrolyzed fish fertilizer
6 tbsps earthworm castings
6 tbsps Dr.Earth Bud and Bloom Fertilizer
2 tbsps molasses.

Add to ~5 gallons of water and aerate for 18 hours at 75°, dilute 3:1 with water for drench applications.

Fungal teas are important during the flowering phase as fungal microbes play a major role in the uptake of phosphorus.

 

[green as grass]

Hi, I need some help with tea. I have the following ingredients:

Sunleaves Indonesian Batguano 0.5 12 0.2
Plagron AlgaBloom 1.5 13 14
Plagron GreenSensation
Water


Can someone please help me with the correct amounts for a good flowering mix.
Thanks

i would use tablespoon per gallon of everything but go quarter strength on high N bat guanos as they can burn fresh roots on small plants, bigger plants can handle 1 tablespoon. whats npk on green sensation? also buy biggest pump to aerate your tea for 24 hrs at 75 degrees. add NON sulphered molassas 1 tblspn per gallon. use i pint to 1 gallon ratio for soil drenching.

 

[hallabaloo]

thanks guys

 

[Gr33nCrack]

hmmmm it seems i might have fucked mine up a little bit.

i used:
1 gallon of compost from my backyard
1 hand full of worm castings
1 teaspoon Floralicious Plus
2 tablespoons molasses

All of this in a cheese cloth, aerated it for an hour, let it sit for a day, then aerated it again the next day

The compost i used was wet as shit, but then again you are getting it wet when you put it in the tea, is this bad? or should i let it dry out first, i figure its all broken down organic goodness anyways. I'd have to say my tea smells a little funky tho and seems to work okay on my plants, 2 seedlings did die though not sure if its from the tea