Cottoouth916
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So I have a base feed and wanted to add a compost tea into the schedule so basically I’d be giving a feeding initially next time I give them a compost tea then go back to a base feed. Anyone else do this !??? Or am I own here
Base Feed and compost teas
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GroBud
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Feeding teas is similar to feeding liquid nutrients. In liquid form nutrients are readily available. Only difference is most liquid nutrients are synthetic while teas are organic.
Yea I know. I was asking how his went with feeding them compost tea and bottled nutes lol. I do a compost tea once a week and regular water in between
calvin.m16
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I've had the absolute best success using the Xtreme Gardens tea brewz I use the 80 gram packs and brew them for ~12 hours in a 5 gallon bucket with an airstone in it. I throw in a teaspoon of Bioag TM7 (recently started, recommended by @PadawanWarrior), Bioag VAM and cane sugar (makes microbes supercharged).
I apply the teas with my normal nutrients by pouring 5 gallons into my 20 gallon mix of nutrients. I have learned teas only need to be applied every couple weeks, it's not something you should have to do more regularly than that. Also, certain things will kill off certain microbes like Citric Acid so make sure you're reading labels and not adding the brew to products containing that, it likely won't ruin the tea but it can kill some of the beneficial microbes off.
Most importantly, clean your buckets/barrels/airstones after microbial teas using some hydrogen peroxide or mild bleach solution, rinse clean with fresh water and this will help you prevent anaerobic (bad) bacteria from colonizing.
I apply the teas with my normal nutrients by pouring 5 gallons into my 20 gallon mix of nutrients. I have learned teas only need to be applied every couple weeks, it's not something you should have to do more regularly than that. Also, certain things will kill off certain microbes like Citric Acid so make sure you're reading labels and not adding the brew to products containing that, it likely won't ruin the tea but it can kill some of the beneficial microbes off.
Most importantly, clean your buckets/barrels/airstones after microbial teas using some hydrogen peroxide or mild bleach solution, rinse clean with fresh water and this will help you prevent anaerobic (bad) bacteria from colonizing.
GroBud
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I've never cleaned anything after brewing teas. My air stones have been almost solid brown. My cheese cloths I've just dumped the contents out then reused. Like when you ferment and reuse your germ to get the fermentation process sped up. For me that's added microbial life.
Through veg almost every watering I give is some sort of tea or organic watering. Fulvic acid, worm juice, fish poo, mycorrhizae, kelp meal, alfalfa meal sure I'm forgetting something. My plants love that, you're right it isn't needed they'll still be okay but man they look happier getting those organic waterings. The only reason I dont use teas more in flower is because of top feeding high amounts of slow release fertilizers
Through veg almost every watering I give is some sort of tea or organic watering. Fulvic acid, worm juice, fish poo, mycorrhizae, kelp meal, alfalfa meal sure I'm forgetting something. My plants love that, you're right it isn't needed they'll still be okay but man they look happier getting those organic waterings. The only reason I dont use teas more in flower is because of top feeding high amounts of slow release fertilizers
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