Need a little help with a Benefical tea recipe for dwc

kaydeezee

kaydeezee

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Hi RIU

I've got a couple blueberry OG plants in there 2nd week of 12/12 and just started feeding a bloom regime,

I've also been using some liquid orca for root protection wich has worked very well

I was reading some posts about beneficial and decided to to try to brew a beneficial tea but I'm not sure of the exact ingrediance and there measurement's?

First atempt :

I used a 7.5lmp air pimp & 2x 4" ceramic stones
I used 15L of tap water (bubbled for 24h)
I added 2tbsp of black strap molasses
I added 1tsp of orca
I added 1tsp of great white
I let it bubble for 24hours at 77f using a heat mat but' no foaming?

There was some bubbles but no foaming?
I think something went wrong lol

Well' now I have to start again and these are the ingrediance I'm able to use at the moment ue to financial restrictions (broke as fuck)

1, bio buzz worm humus
2, liquid orca
3, great white
4, bone meal
5, liquid seaweed tonic
6, extreme gardening myCo's
7, black strap molasses

Can' some knowlagable grower with some experience please create a possible recipe from the ingredance I have provided?

What temp should the tea be kept at?
Should I be using a lid on the bucket of tea whilst it is brewing?
 
kaydeezee

kaydeezee

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I got a little impatient waiting for some help so' I took to the green lab and started concocting my own recipe.

Using other recipes as a guide I created my first hydro beneficial tea for my dwc system

WHAT I USED..

First I use a 20L black bucket & lid
Fill with 16L of RO water and bubble for 2hours with a twin outlet 8lpm airpump & 2 4" ceramic airstones.

INGREDIENTS & DOSAGE

Biobizz worm humus = 600g
extreme mycos = 2 tbsn's
Bone meal = 2 tbsn's
Liquid seaweed = 50ml
Blackstrap Molasess = 1 tbsn
Liquid orca = 7ml
Great white = 1 tsn

12 HOURS BREWING
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I plan on letting the tea brew for 48hours like recommended by other tea brewers before using at a dose of 1 cup per 4L
So' in my 75L res I use 50L so that's 12.5 cups =250ml per cup = 3.5 Litres every res change.

Res change is every 7-10 days depending on plant health & the condition of the res.
 
Purpsmagurps

Purpsmagurps

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yes but the organic material that you end up putting in your dwc system promotes the ph swings and bad bacteria too when it decomposes and sits in your water.
 
Purpsmagurps

Purpsmagurps

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dwc is usually run pretty sterile with added zym to break down the organics, im running some bennys in mine but you need to replenish them often because they die without soil and things to much on.
 
Purpsmagurps

Purpsmagurps

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I guess technically it isnt, bactillus is for dwc and mycos die in it ( the synthetic nutes), I guess zym is bacteria so it isnt sterile. I just had it in my mind for some reason mycos werent sterile cause you gotta breed them and zym was cause it kept shit from building up in your res. High moments like this make me want to sit down and smoke a dab or 2.
 
kaydeezee

kaydeezee

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I've seen on adverse effects on my plants since using the tea I made but I have had another problem that is very concerning is the DREADED STRETCH

I veged my 2 blue OG's for 50days from seed topping several times and installing a scrog net.

However, I underestimated the growth speed in DWC and soon after flipping to 12/12 both plants have stretched from 18" to 50" and the onset of flowering only began 15days ago.

Lights were flipped to 12/12 21days ago and both plants started flowering after 7days, so 2 weeks flowering
Here are a few snaps of the past week20180510_193927.jpg 20180508_185122.jpg 20180512_174548.jpg
I've only got around 17" height before thay will be growing into the lamp

I've been looking into PGR's but have read these products have harmful chemicals that's not recommended for edible vegatation but' do stop verical growth in plants?

Any ideas on my next move would be greatly appreciated
 
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