I am Scared to Use My Compost Tea because the Ph is 5.2. Help!

beartrapgeorge

New Member
Ok so now i have been bubbling the tea for about 24 hours or so and it is at 5.2. I dunno why it is so low. :!::!::!: Can i Use that on my soil?? the runoff is at like 7.4. I do not want to burn and my plants seem very sesitive to ph:dunce:. Any help is appreciated bongsmilie
 

<Grasshopper>

Active Member
Did you use earthjuice catalyst? That will lower the ph but bubbling rapidly and getting the microbes going raises it
 

beartrapgeorge

New Member
What i originally started bubbling is a handful of quaker oats, a handful of bread crumbs, Nature's nectar potassium, A little calmag, a little snowstorm, molasses, high fructose corn syrup, blah blah blah blah
 

Nullis

Moderator
While that doesn't sound like a very healthy tea, pH really isn't a huge issue anyways. Anything around or above 5 is just fine when it comes to AACT or organic bottled nutrients.

Is there an inoculant (humus\compost\EWC)?
Oats and crumbs aren't traditional tea brewing ingredients; there are more complex compounds in the oats which bacteria cannot break down, fungi can but fungi doesn't stand a chance in the majority of teas. But, oatmeal can be mixed into humus\compost to activate the fungi that is present before brewing, this takes 4-6 days. Finally I would just use molasses and ditch the HFC altogether.
 

beartrapgeorge

New Member
i want to activate the fungi thats why i put quaker oats in there.. I put in Great white, sub-culture, and a few other beneficials. Why wont the oatmeal get the fungi to work?,, I Did put in humic acids. The humic acids, natures nectar, and fish emulsion are my innoculants nullis.
 

Maine Brookies

Active Member
You have to culture the fungus on the oatmeal. Grab a handful of compost, grind up the oatmeal, mix them together and add enough water to get it all damp but not saturated. Put that into a warm place for 3 or 4 day. When you open it up it should be full of white fungal growth.

Or buy some kelp meal and add that to your teas instead. I get insane fungal growth (i scrape goop a half inch thick off my airstone) at a rate of 1 heaping TBS/gallon.
 
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