How to make tea?

greengoblin2014

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Ok so today I mixed up a batch of super soil to cook it'll be the 1st time I've used it and want to make tea to boost the soil.. I have about 600g of EWC left.. Also have some of the super soil ingredients like humic acid, azomite, dolomite lime, mycorrizhae.. Was hoping someone could give me some tips on how to make tea and how often I can use it? Thanks in advance.
 

greengoblin2014

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Also can I use tea during veg before the roots have reached the super soil? For eg. I was going to germinate in root riot cubes then veg for two weeks in 0.5 ltr pots then put them in 20 ltr airpots filled half way with super soil.. Once I've transplanted can I use teas straight away to keep the plant going until it grows into the super soil? I'll be vegging a further 4-6 weeks after transplant..
 

SpicySativa

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I'm sure you're going to go ahead and do whatever you want to do, but let me give you this little gem of advice.

FIRST try that soil for a whole run without adding ANYTHING other than water to it. This is how the soil was meant to work. The soil provides the nutrients for your plant. If you add more before you have learned to read your plants, you will likely cause problems.
 

SpicySativa

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If you time your transplants properly, you will NEVER need to feed your plants. If they start running lean, it's time to transplant.
 

Sparehead

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I dont think that there is anything wrong with using teas to increase the microbiology of your soil as this will only increase the nutrients in a usable form or at least thats the way I understand it to work. There is a really good thread in the Organic section https://www.rollitup.org/t/aact-bloom-tea-veg-tea-fungal-tea-myco-tea-recipes-from-the-outdoor-guys.516845/. I can see using a bacterial dominated tea a few times during veg and a fungal dominated tea during flower as being very beneficial with supersoil.
 

Sparehead

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It has to due with what nutrients your plant wants and how the microbiology in the soil processes the amendments you put into the soil. The way that I understand organic gardening is that the most important thing is the living organisms in your soil. Bacteria in your soil converts the nitrogen rich materials in your soil into a usable form for a plant. Fungi convert your phosphorus and potassium rich materials into usable forms for your plant. The book "Teaming with Microbes" explains all of this much better than I can.
 
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