read this post.. not the one above.. same shit.. just more info.. it wouldn't let me EDIT!!!
dude the brown color is the shit getting eaten.. i always like wiping that shit off anywat... and please... PLEASE.... follow the tea recipe to THE T.. alot of people are like " why do i still have rot? i put my own poop into the tea hoping it would work.. why didn't it?" PEOPLE ARE CRAZY~!! LLOLLLL... so just follow it to the exact letter.. you can get rid of aqua shield though since ALL bottles are now expired since they don't sell it anymore.. i bought it.. and use it.. but some people dont like that.. you NEED at least these things.. ANCIENT FOREST (just very good quality..), MYCOGROW or GREAT WHITE.. (you can get mycogrom from
www.fungi.com and they are cheap.. ) and zho powder.. (isn't super necessary.. but i like the fungi that come with it.. ) and you also need molasses or maple syrup..
you mix up two gallons at a time.. 1.. you put STERILE water with no chlorine in it into the bucket.. 2.. get a sock and put two fist fulls of ancient forest into it.. (you will be securing an air stone into that sock later..okay?) 4.. add 1 and a half teaspoons of maple syrup or molasses... 5 put the sock with the airstone in it into the water to let it float.. 6 make sure that you put everything into the bucket in the list below.. 7.. wait 48 hours.. and then take everything out of the bucket.. 8.. use a tshirt (not folded) with at least two layers of tshirt to filter the stuff.. filter about a liter at a time.. and dont filter directly from the bucket.. i use a 20 ounce plastic cylinder looking thing.. so filter all of it.. 9 if you want to filter it more.. use a coffee filter to filter all of it again.. (will take longer than tshirt).. 10 add 1 cup per gallon to your res.. and also pour half a cup or a cup over EVERY net pot..
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my exact recipe is this (READ everything in between these "( )" <<<<
2 gallons of water (the water can't have chlorine in it.. can't have chloramine in it.. so i suggest RO water or filtered through a final filter or something like that mmk? ?
1-2 tsp of maple syrup OR molasses (i like maple syrup bc molasses is super thick and i think maple syrup is cleaner.. =)
15-25ml - aquashield (can be replaced by a product called "Hydrobact" by the company Simple Path, very cheap, very effective)
1/4-1/2 small scoop zho powder (of the small scoop that comes with the package in zho powder)
15-25ml Hydrobact (a very cheap but potent blend of bacteria made specifically for hydro)
Mycogrow 1/8 to 1/16 of the small scoop that comes in the zho powder package (can be bough online for 5 or 6 bucks an ounce at
www.Fungi.com YOU NEED THIS)
2 handfuls of Ancient Forest( is way better than earthworm castings bc it has Alaskan humus which is basically the SHIT! lol.. )
*****Mycogrow can be replaced by Great White, but you need to use more.. and it is expensive.. so i would use 1/2 of the small scoop that comes with zho powder..
***** if you noticed.. i use the two sided measuring spoon that comes with zho powder.. that's bc i would not replace this product with anything else.. i think it is necessary.. i have seen it activate under a microscope.. amazing.. i have also seen mycogrow.. aquashield and ancient forest.. and hydrobact too.. very great products.. =)