Organic Tea For Outdoor Trees-Sized Plants

TJ Watch

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Please check my thinking here....
This plan is "general" to help me check my understanding of the compost tea process.
I know I'll have to make daily adjustments based on weather, plants, etc.

Assume I'm growing 18 outdoor trees in 100-gallon soil bags, with lots of pumice etc.

I want a 3-day cycle for each set of (6) plants: feed, skip water; feed, skip, water; etc
For the season, I feed with 3 kinds of compost tea: Veggy, Combo, and Bloom

Day 1: Feed set A, Water set B, Skip set C.
Day 2: Skip set A, Feed set B, Water set C.
Day 3: Water set A, Skip set B, Feed set C.
Day 4: repeat "day 1" ... etc etc etc ... feed/skip/water/feed/skip/water....

I need to have (4) gallons of 48-hour bubbled tea every day, starting 15-JUL.
I need (3) 5-gallon buckets. always running, with pumps and airstones.
I dilute each tea by adding 1.25 water per gallon of tea.
My schedule below lists amount of tea needed, before diluting.

SCHEDULE for Northern Cali:

Start (2) gallons VEGGY brewing every day from 12-MAY >> 14-JUL
Start (4) gallons VEGGY brewing every day from 15-JUL >> 15-SEP
Start (4) gallons COMBO brewing every day from 16-SEP >> 15-OCT
Start (4) gallons BLOOM brewing every day from 16-OCT >> 15-NOV
Harvest in late November after 10+ days of just water.

Is this anywhere near to reality?? THANKS!!
 

TJ Watch

Member
So, every 3 days, each plant gets 2/3 of a gallon of tea plus a gallon of water. I could have just said that, sorry. Then they skip a day, and then another gallon of water on the 3rd day.
 

TJ Watch

Member
A mix of fine compost and aged forest bark, plus Pumice, Crustacean Meal, Kelp Meal, Fishbone Meal, Bat Guano and other premium ingredients.
 

Vnsmkr

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Schedule looks fine, but you will be feeding more than 1 or 2/3 gallons of water to 100 gallon pots.......That number will be quite a bit higher
 

Vnsmkr

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I feed 3 gallons of water twice a day to 4 gallon pots when its at its hottest here......
 

TJ Watch

Member
I think I could dilute with another 2 gallons, and give another 3 gallons on an off day. If they need more water then I may need more tea.
 

Vnsmkr

Well-Known Member
I am just assuming here, but if you have never grown before then why make it complicated? Hell why make it complicated even if you have grown before.....You need to figure out how much your plants will drink before you make any set schedules anyway.....100 gallon pots will be drinking in the double digits....
 

TJ Watch

Member
On a 107 degree day in late august, 10 gallons was good for 2 days. I never needed more than 10G for any 2 days. I've used 5G on three consecutive days a few times.
 
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