Help with teas

hey all I'm upgrading my grow this year and using 100 gallon pots. I'm going to need more tea and want to build a set up. I'm thinking 3, 50 gallon containers for tea making. Any ideas ?

Here this years girls, got blue dot, sense star, dr who and strawberry banana.

I'd use the same tea you used in the past and more of it as long as it was satisfactory to you.

I use a pondmaster ap100 pump for 30 gallons of water.rolls the h20 no problem. what are you thinking for a pump?

natureboygrower said:

I use a pondmaster ap100 pump for 30 gallons of water.rolls the h20 no problem. what are you thinking for a pump?

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No idea yet. Got to find out if I can get a big one and bubble 3, 50 gallon containers at one time of 3 smaller ones.

norcal mmj said:

No idea yet. Got to find out if I can get a big one and bubble 3, 50 gallon containers at one time of 3 smaller ones.

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the pump I use is rated for a pond up to 10,000 gallons and it really moves the tea.I'd think you'd need 3,and these are pricey.look into a larger model.they have them.also,I fed my 30g pots (6) 1gallon of straight tea a week.you are going to have mad amounts of tea!

Go get a 275 gallon pallet tank they are cheap. The bigger the bubbler the better

What kind of soil are you using and what kind of teas do you normally brew?

I recommend mixing yourself a good quality soil and simply top dressing it for the duration of your grow, throw some red wrigglers in there too if you can source them. Spent like $45 on Amazon for 2000 of them, you can get less for a smaller price though.

I used to make teas all the time but it did more harm than good because it threw off the balance of my soil. Personally, the only teas that I make are to inoculate the soil and that's it. Even if you're using soil from the hydro store, like Fox Farm or Roots Organic, you can still get good results from simply top dressing and EWC teas. Just make yourself a simple EWC to keep your soil alive, then top dress every month or so.

I'd be able to give better advice if I knew what soil you were using.

But for now, I recommend that you grab yourself a couple of amendments and get a top dress mix going. Kelp/Neem/Crab meals with some basalt and oyster shell flour will make a great top dress mix. Every month or so just top dress your pots with that mixture, then water with an EWC tea to feed the microbes in your soil that will eventually help with decomposing the amendments you put on as a top dress. Getting earthworms would help even more with that.

So long as you take care of your soil, you shouldn't really need to worry too much about teas aside from an EWC tea or a SST.

Most of the soils you see in hydro stores are actually pretty decent, Fox Farm and Roots Organic make good quality products. The only problem with them is that they don't have enough nutes to get through an entire grow, especially in 100 gallon pots.

If you do decide to go with making teas, make sure you take it easy on the guano and alfalfa meals, they WILL burn.

What kind of soil are you using and what kind of teas do you normally brew?

I recommend mixing yourself a good quality soil and simply top dressing it for the duration of your grow, throw some red wrigglers in there too if you can source them. Spent like $45 on Amazon for 2000 of them, you can get less for a smaller price though.

I used to make teas all the time but it did more harm than good because it threw off the balance of my soil. Personally, the only teas that I make are to inoculate the soil and that's it. Even if you're using soil from the hydro store, like Fox Farm or Roots Organic, you can still get good results from simply top dressing and EWC teas. Just make yourself a simple EWC to keep your soil alive, then top dress every month or so.

I'd be able to give better advice if I knew what soil you were using.

But for now, I recommend that you grab yourself a couple of amendments and get a top dress mix going. Kelp/Neem/Crab meals with some basalt and oyster shell flour will make a great top dress mix. Every month or so just top dress your pots with that mixture, then water with an EWC tea to feed the microbes in your soil that will eventually help with decomposing the amendments you put on as a top dress. Getting earthworms would help even more with that.

So long as you take care of your soil, you shouldn't really need to worry too much about teas aside from an EWC tea or a SST.

Most of the soils you see in hydro stores are actually pretty decent, Fox Farm and Roots Organic make good quality products. The only problem with them is that they don't have enough nutes to get through an entire grow, especially in 100 gallon pots.

If you do decide to go with making teas, make sure you take it easy on the guano and alfalfa meals, they WILL burn.

They have mixers at farm supply stores. I guess they are for mixing sprays. Saw one at a hydro shop. Guy was making teas and selling them.