ApolloKush
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CALLING ALL ORGANIC FREAKS.......Lets see what you put in your tea mixtures, ratios, results, EVERYTHING!!!
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Bloom Teas
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Hi Apollo. Here is a tea I just used for veg.
4 gallons of water in a 5 gallon bucket
1/3 cup FF Peace of Mind Tomato and Veg. guano
1/3 cup of Black gold wormcastings
1/4 cup on FF Peace of Mind Fruit and Flower guano
2 tsp black strap Molasses per gallon
1 cap full Maxi-crop Liquid seaweed per gallon
brew for 24 to 48 hours
Dilute with water 50/50
water in
4 gallons of water in a 5 gallon bucket
1/3 cup FF Peace of Mind Tomato and Veg. guano
1/3 cup of Black gold wormcastings
1/4 cup on FF Peace of Mind Fruit and Flower guano
2 tsp black strap Molasses per gallon
1 cap full Maxi-crop Liquid seaweed per gallon
brew for 24 to 48 hours
Dilute with water 50/50
water in
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3BM
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Great looking plants Von!
I make my own compost, paying close attention to what goes in and at what concentration. I aim for a balanced but rich combination of major, minor and micro nutrients. I add 2c/5gal and bubble for 24-48 hours, then dilute as needed. I even use a dilute shot of this tea to foliar feed during veg and transition. I have seen pretty special things in my ladies since switching over to compost teas. The depth of smell and taste is unparalleled, not to mention vigor and yield.
How about you Kush? Is there a bucket bubbling in your grow space, or are you just curious?
3BM
I make my own compost, paying close attention to what goes in and at what concentration. I aim for a balanced but rich combination of major, minor and micro nutrients. I add 2c/5gal and bubble for 24-48 hours, then dilute as needed. I even use a dilute shot of this tea to foliar feed during veg and transition. I have seen pretty special things in my ladies since switching over to compost teas. The depth of smell and taste is unparalleled, not to mention vigor and yield.
How about you Kush? Is there a bucket bubbling in your grow space, or are you just curious?
3BM
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ApolloKush
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Thanks for the replys guys....Well I am just getting back into things, its been almost 2 years...I destroyed everything so there was no evidence....I lost all my journals I kept, everything.....So I am trying to get some good ideas to start up with again....Thanks
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AK
I'm going to use this tea on my flowering ladies this fall. I'm going to start out using 1 ts of Indonesian Bat Guano per gallon of water. Later on in flower I'm going to up it to 2 ts and add 1 ts of Mollasses. I'll start the Guano tea at about week 4 and then use the Guano/Mollasses in weeks 5-6.
3BM
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Guano is not the only, but certainly one of the best. Bone meal comes to mind as a suitable and readily available alternative. I tend to avoid any by-products of the commercial meat industry (bone and blood), but thats really more ethical than agricultural. Shrimp waste (if you can find it) is about 3-10-0, and makes a nice bloom tea. Finally, you can use hard wood ash. Its highly alkaline, so watch the pH. Typically oak ash is around 0-3-8. Shrimp meal and oak ash works well, or oak ash and bone meal, or just bone meal and molasses.
Another possibility is to first compost mineral sources of P/K and then use the resulting mature compost for bloom teas. Add rock phosphate, green sand, and rock dust to a mix of grass clippings, chopped leaves, and some saw dust. Turn frequently and it should mature in about 2-3 monthes. The microorganisms will go to work on the minerals breaking them down into soluble form. The resulting compost works great as a bloom tea.
Another possibility is to first compost mineral sources of P/K and then use the resulting mature compost for bloom teas. Add rock phosphate, green sand, and rock dust to a mix of grass clippings, chopped leaves, and some saw dust. Turn frequently and it should mature in about 2-3 monthes. The microorganisms will go to work on the minerals breaking them down into soluble form. The resulting compost works great as a bloom tea.
TheGreatEscape
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I use a handful of my coco based compost mix w/ammendmants into which I had added plant success and sub-culture to, and use that in the bucket to introduce the microorganisms and I like to use a tbs blackstrap/gallon and am currently using PB pro soil and GH Floralicious products in the tea also as I am making a bloom tea ATM.
I read the moon calendar gunja has introduced and go by that and so I only fertilize during the waning and waxing moon phase with the tea and use plain well water during new moon and after full moon, I like to base my watering/feeding schedule around that as close as possible, even sheilding the outdoor plant from rain if it's in conflict with the chart for watering time.
Ph is tricky sometimes for me to get within range for the micros to grow well and have nice high forming froth in the bucket, so I use wood ash to raise and coffee to lower ph and it seems to work well.
I read the moon calendar gunja has introduced and go by that and so I only fertilize during the waning and waxing moon phase with the tea and use plain well water during new moon and after full moon, I like to base my watering/feeding schedule around that as close as possible, even sheilding the outdoor plant from rain if it's in conflict with the chart for watering time.
Ph is tricky sometimes for me to get within range for the micros to grow well and have nice high forming froth in the bucket, so I use wood ash to raise and coffee to lower ph and it seems to work well.
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Did any more info come out about mad cow disease in bone meal? Just curious.. good thread more people should post there recipe's peace..
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Organics Alive
Organics Alive
I used a blend that was brewed at my local hydro store called Organics Alive. Exactly whats in it... ? I tried it out on some stressed out S.Star. They were inside in flo, not doing well. The only chance I thought they had was in soil. So, 9 plants two pots, 7 in one 30 + gal., two in another 5 gal. store had a free trial gal. for showing up, I grabbed two friends came back w/ 3 gal. The bubble buckets showed signs of improvment in hours, so everybody got a drink/ bath. The root development in the buckets was at least x4. These S.Star perked up afterone week. I noticed big improvment in smell and overall vigor. Now I'm Trying to decide when to pull?
Organics Alive
I used a blend that was brewed at my local hydro store called Organics Alive. Exactly whats in it... ? I tried it out on some stressed out S.Star. They were inside in flo, not doing well. The only chance I thought they had was in soil. So, 9 plants two pots, 7 in one 30 + gal., two in another 5 gal. store had a free trial gal. for showing up, I grabbed two friends came back w/ 3 gal. The bubble buckets showed signs of improvment in hours, so everybody got a drink/ bath. The root development in the buckets was at least x4. These S.Star perked up afterone week. I noticed big improvment in smell and overall vigor. Now I'm Trying to decide when to pull?
ApolloKush
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Lots of good info everyone!!!
Beautiful plants joeshmoe!!!
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Beautiful plants joeshmoe!!!
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G
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Thank you Apollo, one question... is Liquid Karma similar to a brewed tea, use both or one or the other?
alaeddin
Member
I buy local organic compost pellets from a company, mix it with water and throw in any waste that has sugar in it; for example, fruit wastes. It turns dark brown within two days. The compost pellets are 3.5-3-4 and I pee in the bucket for veg, then adjust the pH with vinegar. For flowering, I add hardwood ashes. Very dodgy method eh? I'm doing my best to find resources for improving=)
crunkinshoe
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Flower tea:
(per gallon of water)
1 tbsp Peruvian seabird guano
1.5 tbsp Earth worm castings
1 tbsp Blackstrap molasses
1-2 tsp Liquid Karma
1-2 tsp Maxicrop liquid kelp
bubble 24-48 hours
*adjust ph as needed
(per gallon of water)
1 tbsp Peruvian seabird guano
1.5 tbsp Earth worm castings
1 tbsp Blackstrap molasses
1-2 tsp Liquid Karma
1-2 tsp Maxicrop liquid kelp
bubble 24-48 hours
*adjust ph as needed
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