Hawaii Growers
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Cooter@666
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Funny you mention the worm bin...lol....i made one out of a HD bucket too...hahaha. I drilled a bunch of ¼ inch holes in the bottom a of a HD bucket. The worms and their food go in the bucket with the holes drilled in the bottom, and then I insert that bucket into another bucket (without any holes in it). All the juice and what not falls threw the holes and I get a little bit of worm juice for making teas while I’m waiting for the worms to do the rest of their business.
To migrate the worms I reverse the process, the worms go into the buck with the holes, the bucket with the holes is filled with new bedding and food for the worms and slowly but surely they find their way into the new bedding leaving behind all their piss and poop (I’m not sure if worms really piss of not)
I’ll get some pic’s up later
SurfdOut
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I got 3 lines and just loop the hoses through a heavy nut to hold them at the bottom. You may need bigger bubbles than an airstone can provide....
SurfdOut
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Nice, I made one out of the big tupperware tubs, but had a hard time from keeping it too wet. Then I made a 10' x 4' x 4' bin out of 2x4s, plywood and shade cloth, was pumping it out...Now i just use my friends can-o-worm thingy...horse and rabbit manure and shredded paper is great bedding....
SurfdOut
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Alright so I guess new info has come to light...RE: Bubble size
This question was finally put to rest about a year ago on the AACT email group at Yahoo.com which is moderated by the author of 'Teaming' and Dr. Elaine Ingham is a regular poster there.
Bubble size has no impact one way or the other. It's all about the volume of air moving through your cistern - you want .4 cfm of air for each 1 gallon of water.
RE: Airstones
Airstones are not a good way to go - sure, they produce more than enough air/air bubbles but it's the cleaning that poses the challenge. If you do not remove all traces of the AACT then the aerobic microbes will turn anaerobic via the 'bio film' that the teas produce.
The advantage to using a PVC manifold is that because you're running a very low PSI number on the type of pumps generally used for 5-gallon brewers you don't have to glue the PVC parts together meaning that you can disassemble the entire manifold and soak in either hydrogen peroxide or Oxyclean resulting in a complete removal of the bio film.
You can cause huge problems in brewing your teas if there are big colonies of the anaerobic microbes. Keep that in mind when designing your brewer - keep the cleaning process at the top of your design list.
This question was finally put to rest about a year ago on the AACT email group at Yahoo.com which is moderated by the author of 'Teaming' and Dr. Elaine Ingham is a regular poster there.
Bubble size has no impact one way or the other. It's all about the volume of air moving through your cistern - you want .4 cfm of air for each 1 gallon of water.
RE: Airstones
Airstones are not a good way to go - sure, they produce more than enough air/air bubbles but it's the cleaning that poses the challenge. If you do not remove all traces of the AACT then the aerobic microbes will turn anaerobic via the 'bio film' that the teas produce.
The advantage to using a PVC manifold is that because you're running a very low PSI number on the type of pumps generally used for 5-gallon brewers you don't have to glue the PVC parts together meaning that you can disassemble the entire manifold and soak in either hydrogen peroxide or Oxyclean resulting in a complete removal of the bio film.
You can cause huge problems in brewing your teas if there are big colonies of the anaerobic microbes. Keep that in mind when designing your brewer - keep the cleaning process at the top of your design list.
Sheckster
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In the last 6 months... after some persuasion from friends and seeing some positive results on this board......
I finally became 100% organic-
While the results are pretty awesome...
It is expensive... and it is a lot of work!!!!!!
I am fortunate to have a friend that makes teas....I would have to quit one of my jobs if I had to make my own
I finally became 100% organic-
While the results are pretty awesome...
It is expensive... and it is a lot of work!!!!!!
I am fortunate to have a friend that makes teas....I would have to quit one of my jobs if I had to make my own
Cooter@666
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Eh what to you use to keep the leaf minors at bay? Your plants never seen to have any damage caused by them. Leaf minors and weevils are always fucking with me.
Sheckster
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Roots Organic Soil 4 Bags
Recycle Mix 2 Bags
Happy Frog 2 Bags
Bone Meal 8 Cups
Blood Meal 4 Cups
Worm Castings 1 Bag
Kelp Meal 4 Cups
Dolomite 4 cups
Trace Elements 1 Cup
Oyster Shell 2 cups
Green Sand 2 cups
I'm just having a lot of pH issues... Was using Sunshine Mix before and it was very acidic when put into this mixture for some reason...
I haven't had to add any nutes until mid flowering...
Have not had any burning ... Did have some potassium, calcium, & magnesium lockout due to pH...
SurfdOut
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Yeah, the old organic hippies say "don't chase the ph", but I don't get it....
Sheckster
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Your baby looks very heavy on the Chem side... Looks like you have an GDP trunk/branch structure with a sativa output... Lots of leaves and budding sites for you!
Here are some pics of the Ape Dawg... It picked up the trunk/branch structure from GDP and also the wider leaves and set... Not a lot of chem traits except smell and flavor...
some close-ups
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Sheckster
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Well maybe Puna Bud can translate for us
Sheckster
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Yes thats a lot closer to the cross I have.. (see pics above)....
Your previous picture of the Chem dom... had the leaf serration structure that you see in Chems and Ogs....
I had such a difficult time deciding which pheno to keep because I had one that was Chem dom, one that was Grape Ape dom... and I ended up choosing another that had just the right combination of Chem and Grape....
Cooter@666
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Here's the Grow Big tea at about 36 hours of brew time.
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Cooter@666
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Here's my Worm Bin....super simple and it works pretty good for about a $7 investment.
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quite simply it means you have to let the PH run it course before you start adjusting PH levels. Stuff normally goes down, then climbs back up over here. Lets not forget water temp can play a part in PH balance too.Well maybe Puna Bud can translate for us