I am Scared to Use My Compost Tea because the Ph is 5.2. Help!

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beartrapgeorge

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Ok so now i have been bubbling the tea for about 24 hours or so and it is at 5.2. I dunno why it is so low. :!::!::!: Can i Use that on my soil?? the runoff is at like 7.4. I do not want to burn and my plants seem very sesitive to ph:dunce:. Any help is appreciated bongsmilie
 
What i originally started bubbling is a handful of quaker oats, a handful of bread crumbs, Nature's nectar potassium, A little calmag, a little snowstorm, molasses, high fructose corn syrup, blah blah blah blah
 
While that doesn't sound like a very healthy tea, pH really isn't a huge issue anyways. Anything around or above 5 is just fine when it comes to AACT or organic bottled nutrients.

Is there an inoculant (humus\compost\EWC)?
Oats and crumbs aren't traditional tea brewing ingredients; there are more complex compounds in the oats which bacteria cannot break down, fungi can but fungi doesn't stand a chance in the majority of teas. But, oatmeal can be mixed into humus\compost to activate the fungi that is present before brewing, this takes 4-6 days. Finally I would just use molasses and ditch the HFC altogether.
 
i want to activate the fungi thats why i put quaker oats in there.. I put in Great white, sub-culture, and a few other beneficials. Why wont the oatmeal get the fungi to work?,, I Did put in humic acids. The humic acids, natures nectar, and fish emulsion are my innoculants nullis.
 
You have to culture the fungus on the oatmeal. Grab a handful of compost, grind up the oatmeal, mix them together and add enough water to get it all damp but not saturated. Put that into a warm place for 3 or 4 day. When you open it up it should be full of white fungal growth.

Or buy some kelp meal and add that to your teas instead. I get insane fungal growth (i scrape goop a half inch thick off my airstone) at a rate of 1 heaping TBS/gallon.
 
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