Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

[RedCarpetMatches]

Love the seabird guano! Stows link said something interesting about kelp slowing down bacteria at first. Then adding more castings/compost afterwards. Going to have to recheck that and PH thing. my brain is fried from reading LED threads lol...and other reasons

 

[st0wandgrow]

Love the seabird guano! Stows link said something interesting about kelp slowing down bacteria at first. Then adding more castings/compost afterwards. Going to have to recheck that and PH thing. my brain is fried from reading LED threads lol...and other reasons

I just use compost and molasses for my ACT's per his recommendation. Kelp goes in to my nutrient teas.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

One of the many things that confuses me is how much aeration you need. Is there a minimum/max (other than worm poo tea splashing lol)

 

[st0wandgrow]

There's info on his website about that, but 45 litres/per minute is the minimum pump you want to use for 3-5 gallon brews with a good air difuser.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

May are you talking about the coco?

 

[May11th]

Red, no the coco plant is the only one besides blueberries that are thriving, I think the cheap ass greenhouse soil I bought it fighting me, I haven't been able to keep anything happy in it and I cant wait to throw it away. Going to go buy some bales of promix and coco this weekend and make more super soil, I only have a few weeks left of the plants that are being pissy, just want them to finish strong. Ill get on later guys and give you a list of stuff I have. I just bedn really busy and reading my ass off but getting no where, thanks for the help guys, its very much needed.

Gandalf, what do you like to do for soils? Im sorry if im bugging you but I love how your plants look and id like to try your methods.

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

Like Gand said before...shit happens to everyone. If you can make it through that coco mess, then you'll get out of this. I learned half of what little I know by f'ing up. I have 200+ pounds of expensive ass soil infested with a trillion mites that think Delicious Seeds seedlings are delicous. C'mon nematodes!

 

[Trousers]

A huge key I have found is a sweet smell that my teas make when they are ready. There is a window for this smell of about 24 hours.

Good to hear that. I noticed the smell of the fish is gone after 24 hours then it smells great the next day.

Bubble 24 hours then add:

1/2 - cup of fresh compost or ewcs. I alternate.

Bubble 24 more hours.

Build food and then add microbes?
I'll try that next time.

I have tea going right now that is about 44 hours along.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Red, no the coco plant is the only one besides blueberries that are thriving, I think the cheap ass greenhouse soil I bought it fighting me, I haven't been able to keep anything happy in it and I cant wait to throw it away. Going to go buy some bales of promix and coco this weekend and make more super soil, I only have a few weeks left of the plants that are being pissy, just want them to finish strong. Ill get on later guys and give you a list of stuff I have. I just bedn really busy and reading my ass off but getting no where, thanks for the help guys, its very much needed.

Gandalf, what do you like to do for soils? Im sorry if im bugging you but I love how your plants look and id like to try your methods.

I love this soil as a base organic soil.

http://www.coastofmaine.com/soils-barharbor.shtml

http://www.coastofmaine.com/soils-quoddy.shtml

http://www.coastofmaine.com/soils-schoodic.shtml

What can you get around you? You are far from a bother. We are here for each other, right?

 

[May11th]

I can get alot of stuff really. None of that coast of maine. Here's a list of what I have.

Fox farms soil conditioner
Greensand
Kelp meal
Oyster shell flour
Seabird quano
Super rock phosphate
Epsom salt
Dolomite lime
Azomite
Oregonism
Molasses
Feather meal
Fishbone meal
Humic acid


I think thats its. Might be a few missing.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

You will have to cook everything for awhile. Here is my current mix. It is what has started my organic journey. I plan to tweak things as I go with future mixes as I learn more. I kinda jumped right in with two feet.

• 
  2 cft of Coast of Maine Bar Harbor blend
  2cft of coco
  2cft of perlite (large and small)
  1cft of EWC
  1cft of Maine Coast Lobster Compost
  
  Amendments are:
  
  12 cups of Happy Frog 5-5-5
  4 cups of greensand
  6 cups of oyster shells
  4 cups of dolomite powder
  14 cups of prilled dolomite
  2 cups of blood meal
  2 cups of rock phosphate
  4 cups of gypsum
  4 cups of kelp meal
  32 cups of cow manure
  2 cups of high N bat guano
  4 cups of feather meal
  8 cups of bone meal
  4 cups of Happy Frog bulb fertilizer
  2 cups of excellerite
  2 cups of azomite
  4 cups of humic acid
  4 cups of alfalfa meal
  8 cups of organic rice
  ​
  
  
  
  

 

[hyroot]

I'm going to try that coast of main lobster (amazon) when I run out of nutes. Probably After next batch

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

It's nice in teas and as a top dressing.

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Half of my mix will fit in a full size rubbermaid tub. The big blue ones. 35 gallonish. Make at least that much. The Rev recommends 3 gallon containers for his flowering. I am going by his plan since it's his mix..

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

Man every recipe makes mine look elementary.

1/3 peat
1/3 lava rock
1/3 worm poo

crab shell meal
neem cake and oil
kelp
alfalfa
soft rock phosphate
rock dusts
Mexican and Indonesian bat poo
Seabird guano
blood meal
fish bone meal
Dolomite lime
protekt is awesome

i looked at a couple mushroom compost bags today and they were all soaked. Haven't seen a bag of lobster compost without gnats swarming. Starting my worm bin tomorrow!!! Been on Clist and no local compost damn it. Anything I should add or remove?

 

[GandalfdaGreen]

Man every recipes makes mine look elementary.

1/3 peat
1/3 lava rock
1/3 worm poo

crab shell meal
neem cake and oil
kelp
alfalfa
soft rock phosphate
rock dusts
Mexican and Indonesian bat poo
Seabird guano
blood meal
fish bone meal
Dolomite lime
protekt is awesome

i looked at a couple mushroom compost bags today and they were all soaked. Haven't seen a bag of lobster compost without gnats swarming. Starting my worm bin tomorrow!!! Been on Clist and no local compost damn it. Anything I should add or remove?

I am getting my ass kicked at the moment. I hate those little pricks. You would think the chitin would handle this.

 

[Rrog]

GdG- What's the issue?

 

[RedCarpetMatches]

Good thing I seen the sticky above it before I bought some bags. Chitin draws chitin eating microbes in to eat the chitin in larvae jaws right? There shouldn't be any gnats near the shit.

 

[Rrog]

fungus gnats?

 

[hyroot]

Top dress with vegan compost to get rid of gnats. Predatory mites will show up eventually. Eat the larva. Gnats don't like vegan compost (no poo)... They don't like rosemary either. Place a rosemary plant in the room. You can make a botanical foliar with it too. Gnats also don't like worm castings. That has chitin too.