Feeding tea

mhz

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2014

• #21

Sweet setup! I don't think the potency of the tea will degrade that much by wednesday. I would just stir it really well before using it. What are the dimensions of your loop house? I want to end the season indoors.

 

FresnoFarmer

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2014

• #22

Yes. With high temps your tea will go anaerobic and start to smell sour. Then it is no good. Bad bacteria have already taken over. The longest I have kept a tea is for 36 hours from the start time. After that it can get real nasty. Sometimes on 100 degree days the tea will smell ready after 16 hours. if I let it go 24 hrs it will start to smell sour.

 

foreverflyhi

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• Jul 21, 2014

• #23

^ yup teas will go bad without air flow.

Always find it funny when hydro stores offer free tea, the tea will die by the time you get home, lol

 

Dr. Treez84

Well-Known Member

• Jul 22, 2014

• #24

foreverflyhi said:

^ yup teas will go bad without air flow.

Always find it funny when hydro stores offer free tea, the tea will die by the time you get home, lol

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So if i kept my airstone going it would stay good for a few days?

 

foreverflyhi

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• Jul 22, 2014

• #25

Dr. Treez84 said:

So if i kept my airstone going it would stay good for a few days?

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Not unless theres sugars (mollasses)for the microbes to eat, but honestly why bother, start. A new batch yoda would advise

 

FresnoFarmer

Well-Known Member

• Jul 22, 2014

• #26

Yeah. You have to add sugars at the right time. Or else it will still go sour.

 

Dr. Treez84

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• Jul 22, 2014

• #27

alright, alright... I'll just make a new one every time... the jew in me trying to save a dollar any way i can lol

 

guardogz

Member

• Jul 23, 2014

• #28

yeah honey or molasses each night it brews. last one had a few chunks of banana, some peels and oats to try to keep the sugars available the entire brew. of course a bunch of other stuff. new(for me) was some frass from a hollow in a tree.