Can I use EcoScraps to make a tea?

[KingMufasa87]

So recently I had fungus growth in my soil and at the base of a plant of mine.

I originally was using FF Marine Cuisine which is a mix of quick release chemical nutrients for instant feeding and organic material for thereafter. After the initial release of chemical nutrients, you're basically relying on your micro herd to break down the rest of the organic material for slow and steady long term feeding.

Problem is I had to use H202 to combat the fungus/rot. How can I jump start my microherd? I've read that teas work but I've never made a tea and don't have most ingredients on hand for most recipes I've read...

I do however have some ecoscraps organic all propose granular compost. I was wondering if I could use that in my bubbler for a sort of tea. Maybe add some form of sugar as well? I'm not too well versed in the organic world and just recently started using packaged organic and semi organic fertilizers simply for ease. That way I can just water regularly without mixing ferts.

 

[shadow_moose]

If you have bio-active compost (i.e. has good microbes and stuff in it) or you can get your hands on some fresh compost from a friend, you can easily bubble that with some molasses to feed (molasses feeds mostly bacteria, so if you're looking to re-establish beneficial fungus you may want to look towards a grain based substitute). If you have anything that has microbes in it, like a fish hydrolysate, or an organic NPK fert like insect frass, you can throw that into the tea too.

My recipe is one big handful of compost from the bottom of my composter, worm castings from around my yard, a little bit of proven healthy soil (got good biodiversity), 5 tbsp insect frass (a bit spendy, but I only make about 5 teas per grow), and a few good blorps of cold processed fish hydrolysate (I like pacific gro). I've used this to repopulate damaged soil microbiomes in my yard to great effect, and use them on my cannabis grows as a regular nutrient regimen.

 

[calliandra]

FF Marine Cuisine which is a mix of quick release chemical nutrients for instant feeding and organic material for thereafter. After the initial release of chemical nutrients, you're basically relying on your micro herd to break down the rest of the organic material for slow and steady long term feeding.

erm. I'm pretty sure that's just marketing rap.
Chemical nutrients damage the microherd, so it's absurd to expect a mix will first feed chemically and then magically have a stropping population of micros that will feed the plant a la carte.

I don't know the ecostraps stuff you're talking about but if it has halfways decent micros, mixing a good portion into your soil will get a base population going that you can then pimp up with nutrient teas or additionally activated micros.