Compost Tea: cons and pros please

Hey,.
Does any of you brewed and fed your plants with a compost tea? I've just read an article and I was wondering how good it is...
Thank you

TBH it seems like a lot of work and outlay for what you actually get back.

Great addition to an organic grow. Completely unnecessary in hydro.

Thank you for shearing your knowledge

EWC tea is to feed your soil. You are feeding the soil. Always remember LG. and lots of roots = more bud. Happy soil, happy plants. What is going on under the soil will translate to what happens above the soil. GL!

Green Rascal said:

Hey,.
Does any of you brewed and fed your plants with a compost tea? I've just read an article and I was wondering how good it is...
Thank you

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Compost in any form is good to add to soil but teas are even better. Brewing compost tea (aact) basically grows microbes; once released into soil mix they go right to work decomposing whatever organic matter is in your soil mix. The idea is to provide a form sucrose (like molasses,etc) that feeds microbes so they think about having lots of sex instead of looking for food. The micro-herd will consume whatever organic materials they find in the mix and breaks it all back down into nutrients to be absorbed by mycorrhizae. The fungi makes nutrients available to the root system through symbiotic cation exchange.
This is the soil food web; if you are growing in coco or an otherwise sterile mix then stick with soluble nutrients. Aacts are for living soil grows. The biggest “cons” I can think of is that brewing compost teas tends to get messy. You don’t wanna spill that shit on your landlord’s carpet. That and you need a clean water source. By clean I mean free of chorine/chloromines, fluoride, and anti-bacterial soaps/agents.

420 Garden said:

EWC tea is to feed your soil. You are feeding the soil. Always remember LG. and lots of roots = more bud. Happy soil, happy plants. What is going on under the soil will translate to what happens above the soil. GL!

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compost teas purpose is to populate your soil with beneficial microbes. Nutrient teas are to feed your soil.