DeewNikoms420
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So lately I’ve been infusing some of my food scraps in left over boiled egg water. Whatever items I use that I think will have some beneficial water soluble nutrients, I’ll toss it in the tea pitcher and let it sit for a few days. So far I’ve been using orange peels, egg shells, lime peels, lettuce, etc.
After a few soak days I strain it and pour it into a sprayer, and whatever’s leftover gets split into dwc resi’s. It does seem to have helped me supplement my tap water, and I haven’t had a deficiency since I started. (Something is up with the tap water here, even with the flora series I was having nothing but problems.)
Anyways it got me thinking that maybe some of you will have some good ideas on what I could add to my mixture to get more out of it. I’ll be honest, I don’t really have a recipe, so I’m sure I could learn some things here.
To be very honest, I’m chasing the results I saw with clones and compost tea. I tried implementing it into my dwc, and it didn’t do good for very long, however on the clones with foliar feeding I’ve never seen growth like it. The fastest I’ve ever seen a root expose itself with my growing conditions and environment was about 12 days from cut. Using the compost tea I saw the thickest roots I’ve ever seen 4-6 days after cut. Never seen anything like it. I’m sold on the tea for clones, and soil applications hands down. That being said, I chose not to continue with the compost tea, and try to find something a little less of a headache. I got rid of the air, the barrel, and the molasses, and now am trying just plain infusion instead. Besides, I don’t think it was the beenies contributing to that accelerated growth as much as I do the other nutrients anyways.
Any of you ever done anything like this before? I would love to hear your experiences and ingredients. I would love to find a way to provide all the nutrients the plants need from my diet. I’ve got a lot to learn, hopefully you guys can teach me something of value.
So lately I’ve been infusing some of my food scraps in left over boiled egg water. Whatever items I use that I think will have some beneficial water soluble nutrients, I’ll toss it in the tea pitcher and let it sit for a few days. So far I’ve been using orange peels, egg shells, lime peels, lettuce, etc.
After a few soak days I strain it and pour it into a sprayer, and whatever’s leftover gets split into dwc resi’s. It does seem to have helped me supplement my tap water, and I haven’t had a deficiency since I started. (Something is up with the tap water here, even with the flora series I was having nothing but problems.)
Anyways it got me thinking that maybe some of you will have some good ideas on what I could add to my mixture to get more out of it. I’ll be honest, I don’t really have a recipe, so I’m sure I could learn some things here.
To be very honest, I’m chasing the results I saw with clones and compost tea. I tried implementing it into my dwc, and it didn’t do good for very long, however on the clones with foliar feeding I’ve never seen growth like it. The fastest I’ve ever seen a root expose itself with my growing conditions and environment was about 12 days from cut. Using the compost tea I saw the thickest roots I’ve ever seen 4-6 days after cut. Never seen anything like it. I’m sold on the tea for clones, and soil applications hands down. That being said, I chose not to continue with the compost tea, and try to find something a little less of a headache. I got rid of the air, the barrel, and the molasses, and now am trying just plain infusion instead. Besides, I don’t think it was the beenies contributing to that accelerated growth as much as I do the other nutrients anyways.
Any of you ever done anything like this before? I would love to hear your experiences and ingredients. I would love to find a way to provide all the nutrients the plants need from my diet. I’ve got a lot to learn, hopefully you guys can teach me something of value.
