Here's a super fast, just about free powerful Barley Sprout Tea:
Why: Contains Cytokinins to keep internodes short and stalks beefy. Teeming with plant enzymes and additional hormones. Your humus (compost and EWC and any clay you have) will bind these enzymes for re-use and future use.
When: Add to soil no more than weekly and use as a foliar.
How: 2 tablespoons of Barley seeds (1 oz.) Soak for 12 hours. Drain that water and throw away. It’s full of growth inhibitors. Add 1/2 gallon of water to the sprouts for the 48 hour soak. Strain and use 1 cup of this to 1 gallon of water.
Seeds (like coconuts) are embryos, and therefore have staggeringly high levels of various plant growth hormones. Completely natural, obviously. These sometimes very complicated molecules will degrade in a couple days, so once you're done brewing, use the stuff.
This cocktail is the brainchild of Clackamas Coot
Try it!