How to make compost Tea?

Trying to get some info on making compost tea. Really don’t want to do trial and error on this grow. Or if some one could point me in the right direction for a good top feed. Usually a dwc, grown in soil a few time first time trying to go organic I’ll take all tips and information.

Smokymickpot said:

Trying to get some info on making compost tea. Really don’t want to do trial and error on this grow. Or if some one could point me in the right direction for a good top feed. Usually a dwc, grown in soil a few time first time trying to go organic I’ll take all tips and information.

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Top dress with EWC....

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Smokymickpot said:

Trying to get some info on making compost tea. Really don’t want to do trial and error on this grow. Or if some one could point me in the right direction for a good top feed. Usually a dwc, grown in soil a few time first time trying to go organic I’ll take all tips and information.

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Since you mentioned DWC/hydro, thought I'd mention that you might want to skip making your own compost tea in favor of getting a dry product of selected mycorrhizae with probiotic bacteria.

And also since you mentioned not wanting to do trial and error: you can find "instant" dry compost tea products if you want to culture mycorrhizae and probiotic bacteria at a larger scale or for soil.

Example product I use for DWC inoculation: https://themightyplant.com/product/mycoroots-mycorrhizae/
Example product I use for making a compost tea: https://themightyplant.com/product/instant-compost-tea/
Note/disclaimer: I do not use the instant compost tea for DWC.

Smokymickpot said:

Trying to get some info on making compost tea. Really don’t want to do trial and error on this grow. Or if some one could point me in the right direction for a good top feed. Usually a dwc, grown in soil a few time first time trying to go organic I’ll take all tips and information.

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How organic are you looking to go? You could do bottled organics, you could do recycled organic, or you could do no till.

Good top feed.....bas craft blend and ewc. Throw some grokashi on top of that and mulch.

To make a tea, put 4 gallons of water in a 5 gal. bucket. Add 1 1/2 cups ewc/compost, and 1/3 cup molasses. Put some airstones connected to an air pump in the bucket and aerate for at least 24 hours. An airlift brewer works best.