Is my tea supposed to foam up?

[mathew pixley]

I'm brewing my my first tea and it's not bubbling. I added a handful of worm castings, a teaspoon of mollasses and a teaspoon of uprising foundation by roots organic. The uprising contains fish bone meal, oyster shell flower, kelp meal, Greensand, rock dust, alfafa meal,feather meal, bat guano, crab meal and a few other things. Its been almost two hours. Will it take a while or are my ingredients messed up?

 

[abe supercro]

give it at least a day, it will froth.

 

[mathew pixley]

Thanks bro. Are my ingredients ok?

 

[abe supercro]

definitely lots of great stuff! heard something so-so about feather meal, but can't remember what it is now hah

 

[mathew pixley]

Haha I also have liquid seaweed and cold processes squid. Iv heard bad things about liquids in a tea. Should I brew then in right now or like the last hour of my brew

 

[abe supercro]

with organics usually less is more. wait until the next time you brew to try those. or consider using them for a foliar application. good luck

 

[weedenhanced]

Haha I also have liquid seaweed and cold processes squid. Iv heard bad things about liquids in a tea. Should I brew then in right now or like the last hour of my brew

That sound wicked lol makes me wanna do organics lmfao
Like a beast witches brew for weed that can't burn ur plants

 

[Banana444]

Best compost tea ever....homemade worm castings, homemade compost, mollasses, declorinated water, and a commercial style air pump. I have added quite a few different things to teas...and always had the best results with simple teas. I might add alfalfa meal if it is solely tea for plants in veg or early flower. Otherwise put all that other stuff in your soil when you mix it...the bone meal, oyster shell, kelp, greensand (very slow release), crab meal, alalfa, would all be better mixed in your soil, or top dressed for best results.

 

[anzohaze]

Less is more if you are using fresh homade earth worms castings The They shod contain all nutrients as I feed my worms all my nutrients. they eat it break it down to.make avaliable to the plants. I will top dress every so often with a Lil ammendmentso but I am not learning as my ewc gets better all I need is my ewc and it provides more then enough for plants

 

[MjMama]

The tea won't bubble on it's own. When we talk about brewing and bubbling teas, we use an air pump attached to a diffuser called and airstone that sends the air into tiny bubbles. This makes your water oxygen rich so the beneficial microbes, fungus, and bacteria in the castings or compost can multiply and flourish.

 

[mathew pixley]

Yeah I have an air pump and 2 airstones haha but it's support to foam when the organisms start multiplying right? Foam is a good sign? I guess I meant foam not bubble

 

[MjMama]

Yeah I have an air pump and 2 airstones haha but it's support to foam when the organisms start multiplying right? Foam is a good sign? I guess I meant foam not bubble

Ahh, ok I gotcha. Some ingredients foam more than others. It'll probably start getting frothy after a day of brewing.

 

[green_machine_two9er]

Best compost tea ever....homemade worm castings, homemade compost, mollasses, declorinated water, and a commercial style air pump. I have added quite a few different things to teas...and always had the best results with simple teas. I might add alfalfa meal if it is solely tea for plants in veg or early flower. Otherwise put all that other stuff in your soil when you mix it...the bone meal, oyster shell, kelp, greensand (very slow release), crab meal, alalfa, would all be better mixed in your soil, or top dressed for best results.

Great advice here!

 

[hyroot]

Yeah I have an air pump and 2 airstones haha but it's support to foam when the organisms start multiplying right? Foam is a good sign? I guess I meant foam not bubble

everything in the foundation is making the tea take longer. Foaming doesn't always happen. That's more to do with retention I've brewed tons of teas over the years that never foamed or barely foamed up. Also water temp and room temp can effect how long a tea takes to brew.

 

[anzohaze]

Yes greed I am some that foam and spew all over the place and then some do nothing. Sometimes just my water turns foamy

 

[MjMama]

How much tea are you trying to brew? Those are pretty small amounts you used. When brewing 5 gallons I use 2-3 cups compost and 2-3 tbs molasses. You really don't need anything else if you are trying to brew microbes and soil life. Kelp is actually counter productive in and ACT tea because it can slow down the microbes from breeding.

Save nutrients like kelp and alfalfa for one tea, and compost/molasses for another.

 

[hyroot]

How much tea are you trying to brew? Those are pretty small amounts you used. When brewing 5 gallons I use 2-3 cups compost and 2-3 tbs molasses. You really don't need anything else if you are trying to brew microbes and soil life. Kelp is actually counter productive in and ACT tea because it can slow down the microbes from breeding.

Save nutrients like kelp and alfalfa for one tea, and compost/molasses for another.

kelp doesn't hinder the tea. Just makes it take longer. Kelp meal isn't soluble. Fungi feed off kelp too

 

[mathew pixley]

Ok so I will make a compost tea with worm castings and molasses. A foliar spray with the kelp and I will add a tablespoon of squid at the end of the compost tea when I feed the plants. I'm only giving 2 plants there ingredients. I have two plants to where I can try my methods I. So I'm just brewing a couple gallons of water

 

[green_machine_two9er]

How much tea are you trying to brew? Those are pretty small amounts you used. When brewing 5 gallons I use 2-3 cups compost and 2-3 tbs molasses. You really don't need anything else if you are trying to brew microbes and soil life. Kelp is actually counter productive in and ACT tea because it can slow down the microbes from breeding.

Save nutrients like kelp and alfalfa for one tea, and compost/molasses for another.

I like Alfalfa due to its effects on tighter nodes? Anyone else experience this. ? Speratijg aact and nutrient solutions is great. Every 14 days I do one Ewc/ molasses tea. And on the opposite weeks I like a kelp, alfalfa, fish emulsion solution. Up until. Halfway through flower then just straight water. And aact

 

[MjMama]

Delay, hinder...same difference. If adding kelp makes it take an extra 24 hours of brewing and using electricity to achieve the same results, I would say that is hindering the act tea. Don't get me wrong, I love kelp and alfalfa teas. Just separate from my acts.