Help with tea

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BlackBean

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I have two plants around 4 weeks old. I'm going to veg for a few more weeks and want to brew a good tea.

Plants are in my hommade mix:
Peat moss
Perlite
Lime
Oyster shell
Compost
Manure
EWC
Blood Meal
Bone Meal
Fish
Kelp Meal
Alfalfa Meal
Jobes organic veggie

All of these ingredients are available for the tea including molasses

So far I have only used ph'd tap water that I bubble for at least 24hrs before use.
Can someone give me some idea on how much to use and the process. I don't need much. Two plants in 2gal pots. I've found recipes for each individual but I can't figure out how much all together. Thanks!
 

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chemphlegm

chemphlegm

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I've grown awesome trees indoors with just the pro mix, perlite and jobes veggies organic ferts and water. It was expensive
for the jobes but very effective with little fuss. just throwing that out here
good luck
 
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BlackBean

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I mean my plants aren't showing g signs of deficiency or anything just wanted to boost. I know sometimes less is more that's why I didn't want to just jump into making teas if it's not worth it.
So you think I should just leave it alone? I want to at least get some molasses in. Guess I can just mix with water.
 
DonBrennon

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It's hard to tell with the pink light, but your plants look like they've got plenty of nutrients, if you're after a bit of a 'boost' or something, have you looked into sst's, aloe vera or coconut water? Maybe a weak kelp tea?
 
DonBrennon

DonBrennon

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BlackBean said:
I've also been seeing people talk about adding oats to the mix any straight forward info on that
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I believe it's purely to give the micro-organisms(specifically fungi) a bit of easy to digest food to get the mix composting quicker
 
chemphlegm

chemphlegm

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BlackBean said:
I mean my plants aren't showing g signs of deficiency or anything just wanted to boost. I know sometimes less is more that's why I didn't want to just jump into making teas if it's not worth it.
So you think I should just leave it alone? I want to at least get some molasses in. Guess I can just mix with water.
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skip the molasses for a perfect mix, put that shit in your pot roasts, not your pot plants
 
chemphlegm

chemphlegm

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BlackBean said:
I've heard of aloe and the coconut water definitely gonna get some but what is sst?
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slow down. if there were tricks that worked then they would not be called tricks, instead just the way we all do it.
if you add something and get positive results you know you were deficient. make sure not to be deficient, in minerals, air supply, c02, hid lighting, temperatures and humidity and nutrients, thats the best boost. quality amendments wont need food item additives.
 
chemphlegm

chemphlegm

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building soil takes a long time. mine cooks for a year if I have composted items in it before its ready to use indoors. I use promix/org composted chicken shit and water right out of the bag without cooking though, plants respond in a few days. no additives
with care everything the soil needs is born quickly and multiplies by the billions with little more than toss air and warmth and water.
with correct amendments kitchen items indoors are troublesome.
 
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BlackBean

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My temps and humidity are perfect very little fluctuation. I water properly. I have good air flow. Big exhaust for negative pressure in the box. Fresh air and ph'd. Water. I have everything else covered. This is my first time making my own soil mix. I've done my reading and I've seen more people favor teas and molasses and coconut water etc than people that say not to use them. I understand I should've amended the soil better and maybe cooked alittle longer (cooked for 3weeks) I didn't. This is a learn as you go hobby I'm just lookin for positive insight is all. I'm asking simple questions and looking for descriptive answers. I'm here to learn
 
DonTesla

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BlackBean said:
My temps and humidity are perfect very little fluctuation. I water properly. I have good air flow. Big exhaust for negative pressure in the box. Fresh air and ph'd. Water. I have everything else covered. This is my first time making my own soil mix. I've done my reading and I've seen more people favor teas and molasses and coconut water etc than people that say not to use them. I understand I should've amended the soil better and maybe cooked alittle longer (cooked for 3weeks) I didn't. This is a learn as you go hobby I'm just lookin for positive insight is all. I'm asking simple questions and looking for descriptive answers. I'm here to learn
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I would.. Try a simple tea on one plant only.. Low in NPK but high in all microbes

TBSP of fresh worm castings..
Tsp of evaporated raw cane juice crystals (harvested and made on same day)
Per One litre of water
36 hour brew.

Keeping all other ingredients out for now.

Then apply and gauge results. Repeat if happy.

For coconut and aloe, search some posts by me or someone who loves them and you will learn a lot. Great as stand alone foliars or combined as aloe + coco.

Then if wanting to do more foliars still, kelp and or seaweed are high mineral options .. Great for upping the thc and cbd content.. I do recommend these separately but do do them, unless you just mixed your soil and it has at least a good 1% kelp. Iron and manganese for the potency win.

Also, don't underestimate the power of MG or S, I would also do a foliar (albeit separate) of these to up mineral absorption by plant and vitamin production as well.

Keep up the good fight my friend, happy to have another organic brethren learning the ropes with us.
 
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BlackBean

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DonTesla said:
I would.. Try a simple tea on one plant only.. Low in NPK but high in all microbes

TBSP of fresh worm castings..
Tsp of evaporated raw cane juice crystals (harvested and made on same day)
Per One litre of water
36 hour brew.

Keeping all other ingredients out for now.

Then apply and gauge results. Repeat if happy.

For coconut and aloe, search some posts by me or someone who loves them and you will learn a lot. Great as stand alone foliars or combined as aloe + coco.

Then if wanting to do more foliars still, kelp and or seaweed are high mineral options .. Great for upping the thc and cbd content.. I do recommend these separately but do do them, unless you just mixed your soil and it has at least a good 1% kelp. Iron and manganese for the potency win.

Also, don't underestimate the power of MG or S, I would also do a foliar (albeit separate) of these to up mineral absorption by plant and vitamin production as well.

Keep up the good fight my friend, happy to have another organic brethren learning the ropes with us.
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Thanks for chiming in DonTesla. Honestly when I first started this mix I had measured everything then I kinda just started adding stuff. I know what's in it but not exact amounts. I wish I would've kept better notes but being impatient and ignorant in the beginning I didn't take notes. I'm only using bagseed this round as I'm trying to get the hang of organics before I expand and get legit strains. I will try light tea.

I will definitely do some more research on coconut and aloe.

Also Ive been noticing how much people are using foliars. Didn't realize the benefits.. interesting. When you are referring to "MG or S" sorry if it's a dumb question but what are those?
 
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DonTesla

DonTesla

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BlackBean said:
Thanks for chiming in DonTesla. Honestly when I first started this mix I had measured everything then I kinda just started adding stuff. I know what's in it but not exact amounts. I wish I would've kept better notes but being impatient and ignorant in the beginning I didn't take notes. I'm only using bagseed this round as I'm trying to get the hang of organics before I expand and get legit strains. I will try light tea.

I will definitely do some more research on coconut and aloe.

Also Ive been noticing how much people are using foliars. Didn't realize the benefits.. interesting. When you are referring to "MG or S" sorry if it's a dumb question but what are those?
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Magnesium, and Sulphur, brethren.. those are biiiiiiiiig terpene and flavour enhancers.

Your mix looks good by the way.. only a couple things I would omit next time you use that list to mix something up.
aloe and coconut, wont let you down either. keep it up
 
DonTesla

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and I agree with DB above, in that your plants look super super nourished. plenty of N and no yellowing ..
 
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green_machine_two9er

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BlackBean said:
My temps and humidity are perfect very little fluctuation. I water properly. I have good air flow. Big exhaust for negative pressure in the box. Fresh air and ph'd. Water. I have everything else covered. This is my first time making my own soil mix. I've done my reading and I've seen more people favor teas and molasses and coconut water etc than people that say not to use them. I understand I should've amended the soil better and maybe cooked alittle longer (cooked for 3weeks) I didn't. This is a learn as you go hobby I'm just lookin for positive insight is all. I'm asking simple questions and looking for descriptive answers. I'm here to learn
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Your phing water may be doing more harm than anything useful at all. Soil pH is buffered from the get go. No need to pH. 9 cases out of 10 at least
 
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BlackBean

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DonTesla said:
Magnesium, and Sulphur, brethren.. those are biiiiiiiiig terpene and flavour enhancers.

Your mix looks good by the way.. only a couple things I would omit next time you use that list to mix something up.
aloe and coconut, wont let you down either. keep it up
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Ok I thought that's what you were talkin about. Both of those can be found in molasses right? I bought a bottle of blackstrap molasses but I haven't used any yet. Wanna be sure I don't overdue anything.

I still have alike 10 gallons of mix left so in one hand I was gonna start adding some more stuff to it. I have to buy alittle here and there due to funds. I know I want greensand and some sorta rock dust. And anything else I should add. But in the other hand I want to start I new fresh batch and know exact recipe of my mix. But so far they seem to like what I have. Either way i feel like I need to start making moves on it soon so it has an adequate amount of time to cook.
Thanks for the reassurance with the coconut water and aloe
 
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