Secret tea recipe?

[SupraSPL]

why would you add the nutes after brewing? wouldnt the bacteria break the nutes down quicker?

My comment is in response to the recipes posted that include the guano. I dont add nutes to MMs recipe. If the grower insists on it or needs to fertilize during that watering, better to add the nutes just before application.

I came across an article that seems to have adjusted MMs recipe claiming to favor fungal growth:

compost/EWC - 24ml/L
BS molasses - 2.5ml/L or less
fish hydrolysate - 2ml/L
kelp 2.5ml/L max
rock phosphate powdered .66ml/L
humic acid .66ml/L

**You may add a little soil or partially/completely decomposed forest litter (rotted leaves, wood pieces). If you are applying CT to grass or flowers use some local soil from a healthy (unmanipulated by man) area where similar plant species are doing well.

**Another trick to encourage fungal growth is to use good quality fish hydrolysate diluted in water (e.g. around 2 ounces per gallon of water [16ml/L]) and dampen compost and cover for around 5 days with a cloth.

 

[Microbeman]

If you look at my webpage you'll see I've stopped recommending humic acid and I do not recommend adding nutrients to a finished tea.

 

[mad librettist]

If you look at my webpage you'll see I've stopped recommending humic acid and I do not recommend adding nutrients to a finished tea.

adding nutrients to a system already overloaded with life is going to crash the tea as aerobes go into overdrive - and your pump is probably off.


I think it takes about as long to crash a brew as it does to suffocate a person

 

[SupraSPL]

Since the tea is super concentrated I just add a splash of finished tea to the watering can and use it right away. In my case if the water did have feed, it would only be 1ml/L of BS molasses and maybe plant tone 1ml/L. that shouldn't do the microbes any harm I assume?

I have noticed lots of site claiming that fungi feed on humic acid but I do study your site on a regular basis (top notch info thank you!) and since humic acid is not included in your recipe I avoid it. I have a big cheap bag of unprocessed granular leonardite i just add it to the soil when recycling.

I did try adding watered down fish hydrolysate to a thin layer of EWC/kelp meal a few days before brewing. sure enough within 24 hours the EWC is white and fuzzy. Then I go with the standard MM recipe and call it good for vegging and flowering. No microscope yet but the finished tea sure is black as night.