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can you make a super concentrated tea like 10X normal strength and dilute it on site? Or is there some kind of threshold point after which you are just wasting fert, or getting too hot and nasty?
I would just worry about LT storage? Even with aeration wouldnt it go bad eventually? Maybe not.. The experts on here can answer that and has probably been answered already in another thread. I just make mine up 3-4 days ahead of time but sometime dilute it a little.
theres too strong where itl kill ur plant, you can easily make concentrated tea and dilute with quality water. i even think ive read a few recipes on here that used dilution after brewing the tea.
My tea is brewed in concentrate and diluted at time of use. To do this means that you have to create your concentrate; I don't know how you would go about breweing a bottle of concentrate.
IMO you're asking for unnecessary trouble. Keeping a concentrate good will take skill. I have found it much better to get to know how much your plants soil can hold at watering time and make just enough tea to meet the need.
Burn1
IMO you're asking for unnecessary trouble. Keeping a concentrate good will take skill. I have found it much better to get to know how much your plants soil can hold at watering time and make just enough tea to meet the need.
Burn1
I don't want to discourage experimentation but..........
In 90% of cases I would agree. On top of cultivation, being a micro-breeder is unnecessary and time consuming. Knowing your plants are far more important, once you know your plants then details can be ironed out.
Yes I'm outside with a walk. I meant that I would brew the concentrate weekly and use all of it diluted that week. I really can't see this being a problem. And I'm not to concerned with my ability to "read" the plant. Here's a little household CFL "experiment".
bio,
While the pic posted shows what looks like a healthy plant; Why did you post a question when you were gonna reply to the responses that it will be just fine and you're not concerned with "reading" the plant. Maybe I just read your reply wrongly, if so then disregard this.
I assume from your name that Biology is your "forte", with that said; "Reading" a plant is very much biological indeed and any good agrist/hortist "reads" their plants in order to make correct decisions.
ok, well perhaps I did then; I'm sorry if I was abrasive. Personally, it's worth it to keep a tea brewin on the rocks but BurnOne for example prefers the simpler, every bit as effective bubbling in a bucket approach. Some are more concerned with other areas of Organics but I hone in on the microherds.
If you make it consentrated and want to keep aerating the microherd you could use a portable fish pump like we use to go fishing with. It runs on 2 d cell batteries and if you are carrying liquid it would not add much weight.
V
and yea you could dilute on site with water that is there.
Getting large amounts of teas to outdoor plants is always a backbreaking experience, that's why using solid sources of ammendments and a large volume of healthy and well mixed soil is essential.
Guano is by far the best element for making a concentrate , it last up to 1-2 week if left in a cool and dry place, easier still you can topdress with high N or high P guano at the right time and with each rainfall they'll get a good feed, you can also topdress somtimes with castings and work them into the first few inches of soil, it will eauqlly boost the microherd with a light watering and maybe a little molasses.