Soil Food Web Gardening with Compost Teas

trichome fiend

trichome fiend

Well-Known Member
Gyroscope said:
Hello TF,
I jumped over here from Al B's page. Nice pics that you posted there. Do you have another journal that shows your setup ? What is the spacing on those plants in that second pic ? Thanks.
Click to expand...
...hi ya Gyro...I haven't made a thread with my hydro setups, but I have posted alot in the past within Al's thread...he's been a big influence ( thankx a millon Al! :hug: ) ...you mentioned my spacing, they're about 6" apart. Those plants are in 3" netted pots that have been cut and fitted into 4"x4" fence post, panda poly covers the root area....sunleaves, "Grow Rocks" as the medium...running the Lucas Formula.

...we can converse over at Al's, he has no problem with it...good guy that Al. :-P :clap:
 
trichome fiend

trichome fiend

Well-Known Member
Kalyx said:
TF I was asking about the squash that is bigger than the gatorade bottle. What type of squash is it? It looks great, only the early done squash look that good around here because the squash bugs set in and decimate right around this time of year... So i got some 'marketmore cukes' im wondering were mislabeled squash seedlings, they look just like the leaves/stem/vine in the gatorade bottle pic.
Click to expand...
...I'm going to see if I have the little tag with the named labeled on it around the garden area, I'll get back with ya...I can't remember what they are atm.
 
NickNasty

NickNasty

Well-Known Member
Well your not supposed to use rain water off of certain types of roofs because of leaching chemicals but you can make a bio-filter with sand pretty easily that will purify your water so I dont see a problem with it.
 
no clue

no clue

Well-Known Member
Do you know which type of roof to watch out for? My house has an asphalt shingle roof about 12 years old
 
NickNasty

NickNasty

Well-Known Member
It probably is leaching some chemicals into the water the key is how much. You can get your water tested relatively cheaply just google it and ask them if your levels are ok to water your edible plants with. If you have chemicals leaching into your water you can make a biosand filter for your water that will leach out almost all contaminants to the point where where it should be drinkable. But I would get that water checked too just to make sure you did everything correctly and you can find tons of video's and pages on how to make those. You could also buy a water filter to put on your rain barrel and just gravity feed water through it.
 
O

OGrasta

Member
Bountea is the best tea i've used... the ancient microbes get it done! But be careful with the m3. I use half the recommended rate every other brew (2 weeks) only until the 4th week in flower. It can increase yellowing if your not careful.
 
J

Jumpstart

Member
trichome fiend said:
...no salts into your tea, nor your soil.
...as long as you have a healthy soil food web, your plants will need for nothing...and if you've started with a quality soil (such as Fox Farm's Ocean Forest, Roots Organics, Humboldt Happy Frog, exc...) then your off to a good start. When it comes time to replenish your soil, it all starts with the compost, the compost should be mostly bacterial for annuals such as MJ but fungi plays an important role, although you can alter which populates in your tea when brewing. What is your compost source? ...do you know what's in it?
Click to expand...
But if something does go wrong and you have a Mg deficiency, adding Epson Salts or like Cal Mag + to leaves and soil is the fix. So if no salts in soil, how do you fix this problem?
 
NickNasty

NickNasty

Well-Known Member
I don't think cal mag would be a problem but if you want to try something else for Mg def try fish meal, greensand or dolomite lime.
 
postedup610

postedup610

Well-Known Member
TY TY TY TY TY & TY i thought i knew about compost tea brewing, but after reading and medicating I can say I am well informed.
 
H

HanginIron

Active Member
WOW!! What an immense amount of information!
I am currently in my 5th week of bloom for my first grow. I have been using GH Flora series and been pleased with the results but interested in going with organics. After reading this entire thread this a.m. I am now convinced that I have been killing my bennies this whole time, I had no idea! You can bet I will be reading this thread again, as well as buying 'Teaming with microbes'. Right now my mind is overwhelmed with questions. I am sure many of which I will be asking about in the near future. For now I will be definitely doing some studying.
Thanks for all the great info guys!
 
MokiHort

MokiHort

Member
trichmasta said:
Anyone just running teas? Possibly in an amended soil?? Let's here your recipes and success riu.
Click to expand...
I don't like buying too much stuff for my grows so I really only use compost tea and garden soil that's mixed with compost. I could probably use more soil amendments but so far, I've been able to produce enough each season to last me till the next season's harvest on what I'm doing now.
I have two worm bins set up, each about 55 gallon barrels, and a larger mulch/compost pile. I harvest one worm farm each spring while the other is replenished and use the castings as a soil additive (about a 1/4 ratio of castings/soil) and for tea. I add a solid layer of mulch (from the bigger pile that mostly consists of decomposed leaves, organic grass clippings, and some veggie scraps) around the base of each of my plants. I use an AACT about twice a month too. Usually consists of castings, garden soil, kelp meal, and molasses.
It's simple and I could probably work more on the soil recipe but I enjoy the fact that it's sustainable. Last year I harvested 3 plants that each produced approximately 3 oz dried buds. Runnin a little low right now but it's harvest time again in a week or so.
 
dank smoker420

dank smoker420

Well-Known Member
trichmasta said:
Anyone just running teas? Possibly in an amended soil?? Let's here your recipes and success riu.
Click to expand...
i use amended soil with some basic compost tea. and my plants are looking healthy. the buds arnt really massive or anything probably cause im not super feeding since this is my first organic run.
 
trichmasta

trichmasta

Active Member
dank smoker420 said:
i use amended soil with some basic compost tea. and my plants are looking healthy. the buds arnt really massive or anything probably cause im not super feeding since this is my first organic run.
Click to expand...
Nice dude!! I always like to feed on the light side followed by tea!:blsmoke: I hope to amend my soil a little more in the future- I'm thinking Ewc, alaska humisoil, and insect frass
 
B

blueJ

Active Member
trichmasta said:
Anyone just running teas? Possibly in an amended soil?? Let's here your recipes and success riu.
Click to expand...
This strain loves the botanical teas & living organic soil mix :D - only use aloe vera (rooting compounds, micronutes etc), silica (protekt) & fulpower (fulvic acid) from the bottle, if I grew fresh aloe I wouln't buy the juice from the nutrition center.
BC UK day 62 1.jpg
BC UK day 62.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top