jonnynobody
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Hey, I'm brewing my very first batch of microbe tea and am hoping for advice from anybody with experience.
I inoculated 4 cups of earth worm castings with 1 cup of dry oats and jump started my fungus growth prior to brewing my tea as described in Teaming With Microbes. After 6 days this is what my earth worm castings looked like prior to starting the brew:
Nice and furry.
I made a very simple microbe tea and I did not have all the ingredients I wanted, so I used what I had.
4 Cups of furry earth worm castings
2 tablespoons molasses (unsulphured)
2 tablespoons Alaska Fish
I will brew for 24 hours and then water in with fertilizer and foliar spray at 100% strength. TDS is currently at 350 PPM. My tap water starts out at 150 PPM. I am growing in coco / perlite hempy buckets. I'm experimenting for my next grow which will be organic dirt with microbe and nutrient teas. Trying to fine to my tea brewing in preparation.
I am ordering the following:
Humic acid granules
Hydrolyzed fish
Alfalfa pellets
Liquid seaweed
I will eliminate the Alaska Fish. I've read that hydrolyzed fish is a better food source for fungal microbes as it undergoes less processing than fish emulsion. Liquid seaweed and humic acid will be ordered online. Alfalfa pellets at tractor supply for $13 for 40lbs. All fairly cheap shit. I do not use a tea bag to brew in. I will filter the mix with a paint strainer into another 5 gallon bucket. The remaining castings in the paint strainer will be top dressed on the coco. I'm applying this primarily as a foliar spray and using the rest to water in my synthetic fertilizer into my coco hempy buckets. It should be a good experiment and learning experience. Tips and advice welcome. I'll post before and after pics of the girls.
I inoculated 4 cups of earth worm castings with 1 cup of dry oats and jump started my fungus growth prior to brewing my tea as described in Teaming With Microbes. After 6 days this is what my earth worm castings looked like prior to starting the brew:
Nice and furry. I made a very simple microbe tea and I did not have all the ingredients I wanted, so I used what I had.
4 Cups of furry earth worm castings
2 tablespoons molasses (unsulphured)
2 tablespoons Alaska Fish
I will brew for 24 hours and then water in with fertilizer and foliar spray at 100% strength. TDS is currently at 350 PPM. My tap water starts out at 150 PPM. I am growing in coco / perlite hempy buckets. I'm experimenting for my next grow which will be organic dirt with microbe and nutrient teas. Trying to fine to my tea brewing in preparation.
I am ordering the following:
Humic acid granules
Hydrolyzed fish
Alfalfa pellets
Liquid seaweed
I will eliminate the Alaska Fish. I've read that hydrolyzed fish is a better food source for fungal microbes as it undergoes less processing than fish emulsion. Liquid seaweed and humic acid will be ordered online. Alfalfa pellets at tractor supply for $13 for 40lbs. All fairly cheap shit. I do not use a tea bag to brew in. I will filter the mix with a paint strainer into another 5 gallon bucket. The remaining castings in the paint strainer will be top dressed on the coco. I'm applying this primarily as a foliar spray and using the rest to water in my synthetic fertilizer into my coco hempy buckets. It should be a good experiment and learning experience. Tips and advice welcome. I'll post before and after pics of the girls.
