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I'll just stick to undercooked brown rice in VC. Spring is near so I'll be on the BIM hunt.
analogcricket
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how much do you dilute your teas?
Dilute? I drench as I have plenty in soil.
analogcricket
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yes dilute, i read somewhere to dilute your compost teas. i water 100gallons every day. i was gonna tea every day and hoping i could make a concentrate tea so that i dont have to brew 100gallons.
That sounds like a great way to stretch it. I think MMs site says 1:1, but I'd double check that. You'd probably have to have very close temps.
Normally you don't dilute your tea for microbe organisms, but when it is enhanced with some fertilizer which is more a nutrient tea to me than a microbe organisms tea than it is handy to dilute it.
Found this vid BTW.I will give it a try this season, but will dilute and non dilute it, just see what the plants do.24 hrs brewing is more than enough.
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Much appreciate the link
Much appreciate the link
Thank you Microbeman, your great! I very much appreciate the read!
Just curiouse what is your opinion on "Sunshine mix 4 aggregate plus with mycorrhizae"?
Much appreciate the link
I found that the search function works. Better details coming soon from 'the logical gardener' near you
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=254432&highlight=mycorrhizal
Thank you Microbeman, your great! I very much appreciate the read!
Just curiouse what is your opinion on "Sunshine mix 4 aggregate plus with mycorrhizae"?
Normally you don't dilute your tea for microbe organisms, but when it is enhanced with some fertilizer which is more a nutrient tea to me than a microbe organisms tea than it is handy to dilute it.
Found this vid BTW.I will give it a try this season, but will dilute and non dilute it, just see what the plants do.24 hrs brewing is more than enough.
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Keep on growing
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to some degreee, yes ~a strong microbial environment helps to remediate issues of balance
in fact, that's the school of thought of a whole movement of organic growers "keep throwing organic matter at it"
however, this can mean, you will harvest something from a plant which didn't actually die from the environment it was in & most want to harvest closer to the plant's potential
you want a proactive approach where microbial life is already strong when your plants first start to see the greatest benefits
in fact, that's the school of thought of a whole movement of organic growers "keep throwing organic matter at it"
however, this can mean, you will harvest something from a plant which didn't actually die from the environment it was in & most want to harvest closer to the plant's potential
you want a proactive approach where microbial life is already strong when your plants first start to see the greatest benefits
I think he meant the anaerobic version of comfrey tea, without adding any air into the brew.MM meantioned earlier in this thread that adding not enough air into the brew will make your tea smell bad.
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I'm pretty low tech when it comes to brewing. It works alright for my needs. I don't see anything totally wrong with it and I do encourage it as apposed to not using ACT at all. I wouldn't promote it as an example of best practice. The video is an example of somebody like me dumbing down the process without ever seeing it done the right way.
Using a compost bag is not effective. You want to agitate your compost. He also mentioned trying a 96 hour brew time. Nope.
I don't know much about comfrey, Just seems like a lot of food along with just too much shit in there interfering with air movement.
I want to dilute my ACT as little as possible, especially when done low tech. I don't expect the same populations. If I mix it with nutrients, I have to. We have that just add water attitude where we think we need everything all in one package.
If you want to keep your nutrient teas from stinking, maybe some lacto B, I don't know. Do nutrient teas stink? Maybe he's doing that wrong too.
I commend him for experimenting, but just to make a long story short.
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Using a compost bag is not effective. You want to agitate your compost. He also mentioned trying a 96 hour brew time. Nope.
I don't know much about comfrey, Just seems like a lot of food along with just too much shit in there interfering with air movement.
I want to dilute my ACT as little as possible, especially when done low tech. I don't expect the same populations. If I mix it with nutrients, I have to. We have that just add water attitude where we think we need everything all in one package.
If you want to keep your nutrient teas from stinking, maybe some lacto B, I don't know. Do nutrient teas stink? Maybe he's doing that wrong too.
I commend him for experimenting, but just to make a long story short.
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No troll attempt at all, but has anyone used and compared the Rez tea recipe? I have seen AMAZING results from this method. Any better than good soil and an occasional AACT...dunno about that. Maybe just a substitute for a simple CT. No offense...just wanted opinions on how a multipurpose tea can have good results? Doesn't make sense to me.
Hard to comment without knowing what it is. If it is a nutrient or manure tea with soluble nutrients then you are getting the effects you are seeing, probably because of some deficiency in your soil being fulfulled. Living soil is not always an instant thing.
I have plants which I am forced to keep in 1 gallon containers for an extended time and have no choice but to give them VC slurries and alfalfa/comfrey tea, etc.
