AACT PH?

[High Tide]

A lot of recipes out there, and no info on AACT PH........ what should the ph be for compost tea? i've been trying several recipes ie: (humic acid, kelp, bs molaseas, fish emulsion, ew castings) and they all ph very high............8.2 - 9.4 should i be concerned about the ph.........

 

[hyroot]

ph is irrelevant with organics. There's natural ph regulators and buffers

humic acid is pointless if you are using worm castings or compost.

molasses is pointless of you are using fish emulsions or fish hydroslate and vice versa

 

[Dr. Who]

A lot of recipes out there, and no info on AACT PH........ what should the ph be for compost tea? i've been trying several recipes ie: (humic acid, kelp, bs molaseas, fish emulsion, ew castings) and they all ph very high............8.2 - 9.4 should i be concerned about the ph.........

Don't worry about the pH of AACT - What hyroot said!

What are you trying to do with an AACT?
Simple bio tea?
If so - drop the fish and the kelp! The fish is adding NPK value at a measurable rate.
Kelp, in any form, added before brewing will reduce the living bio counts by as much as 40%! We've done our own counts here for our AACT's use on the farm (organic) crops.
We will at times add a small amount of Alfalfa meal for a more diverse herd and some minor NPK value. The usual NPK of the Alfalfa averages 3-1-2 going in...

I see hyroot's point on the molasses/fish products as being about the idea of a simple bio tea or a fert tea.....Unless your trying to gain some of each in one shot (still called a fert tea). Leave the fish products out.

 

[hyroot]

Don't worry about the pH of AACT - What hyroot said!

What are you trying to do with an AACT?
Simple bio tea?
If so - drop the fish and the kelp! The fish is adding NPK value at a measurable rate.
Kelp, in any form, added before brewing will reduce the living bio counts by as much as 40%! We've done our own counts here for our AACT's use on the farm (organic) crops.
We will at times add a small amount of Alfalfa meal for a more diverse herd and some minor NPK value. The usual NPK of the Alfalfa averages 3-1-2 going in...

I see hyroot's point on the molasses/fish products as being about the idea of a simple bio tea or a fert tea.....Unless your trying to gain some of each in one shot (still called a fert tea). Leave the fish products out.

I like fish hydroslate instead of molasses to balance the bacteria and the fungi. with molasses you get too much bacteria which can bind nutrients. If you brew that tea for 3 plus days you will have plenty of protozoa regardless of the food stock. They will eat up all the bacteria.

I Also make my own fish hydroslate from the unconventional farmer recipe.