Little help with Teas?

[billyba79]

Hey guys, great thread goin' here. I was checking out some recipes for teas and I am really interested in brewing in the future. I have a question about a one of the recipes:

Veg mix-
1/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano (PSG)
1/3 cup High N Bat Guano (Mexican)
1/3 cup Earth Worm Castings (EWC)
5 tsp. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
5 tbs. Liquid Karma
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
@ 1-cup mix/5 gallons of water every 3rd watering.

Flowering nute tea mix:
2/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano
2/3 cup Earth Worm Castings
2/3 cup High P Guano (Indonesian or Jamaican)
5 tbs. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
@ 2 cups/5 gallons of water EVERY watering.

Do I need to dilute after I let me tea brew for 1-2 days or can I just apply the tea directly w/o adding additional water before application? I wasn't sure if the 1 cup/5 gallon (veg) and 2 cups/5 gallon (bloom) meant you need to take 1-2 cups of the brewed tea and add it to water or if that meant the total amount of ingredients and it is good to go from there without adding water.

One more thing....I was told at my a local grow shop that EWC are loaded with humates. Is it going overboard by adding Liquid Karma or is there some other added benefit? The reason that I am asking is b/c I have tried using LK in the past and I haven't had great luck with it. Would there be a reasonable alternative to like Diamond Nectar or Rare Earth to ammend soil with to provide the humates or is this just overkill? Thanks for all input!

 

[Guest]

what you whant to do is mix the dry mix all up. and use a sock or panti hose and add for veg 1 cup of the dry mix in the sock .get 5 gallons of water that has been bubbling for 24 hrs add the sock with the guono dry mix and let bubble and at the same time add the Liquid Karma and Black Strap Molasses to the tea with the kelp.at the same time as you add the sock if you have add earth worm castings .let it bubble for 2 days and feed.you will se a foam build up like a head on a beer its all right its the microbes doing ther thing.its alive.

 

[billyba79]

Thanks for the response. Does this mean that you don't have to dilute the tea down when finished brewing?

 

[Guest]

I don't dilute my teas. I also use Rare Earth products and EWC. I add the fulvic acid to the tea on occassion. Not everytime. Whatever tea is left over I pour over soil I have in a Rubbermaid tub. Is it overkill, using EWC and Fulvic? Got me..I know my plants haven't complained yet.

 

[FarmerJoe]

Not overkill at all, if anything it'd produce some tasty buds

-Joe

 

[billyba79]

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