I'm going back to organics, I do believe I've had enough. (TEA HELP)

This is my first time growing organic indoors.
I need some tips, especially with teas.

I've been growing hydro for years, coco lately. My whole deal has been to maker things simpler.
When I was mixing nutes I realized, what is simpler than watering with plain water?

Any tips would be appreciated.

I will use the Fox Farms Ocean Forest mix stickied on this page and plan on making some teas.
I will not be starting until after I get back from vacation July 10th or so. I have everything but the greensand. If I mix it with in the next week, it will have a month to sit. (In 5 gallon buckets in my furnace room.)

Water - I have a small pond in the backyard. In previous grows I used the pond water to water the plants with great results.
I can use pond water to make teas as well.

I'm going to grow 3 plants in 3 gallon (I have 5 gallon pots too) super roots air pots under a 600 watt hps in a 3'x3'x6.5' tent. They will probably veg until they are about 1.5', then topped.

I have read more about this subject than is probably needed.

I have two 5 gallon beverage dispensers and a air pump and air stone.
I have some compost, access to a huge pile of 10 year old horse manure. I have kelp and dried algae from my pond...

I was thinking of making some tea and putting it on my vegetable garden to test it out first.

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I use 2 5gal buckets with 2gal of water in each bucket. Basic aquarium pump with airstone in each bucket.

- 2 tablespoon mexican bat guano
- 2 teaspoon maxicrop soluable seaweed
- 2 tablespoons earthworm castings
- 1/2 tablespoon mollases, another half 12 hours later, then another half 2 hours before feed.

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In 5 gals of rainwater I bubble

1 cup of worm castings

for an hour with a fish pump, then add
1 Tbsp molasses
to feed the micro-beasties. They need that O2!
Let the whole thing go for 12-24 hrs to feed the good, aerobic bacteria.
I add 1/4 c of norwegian sea kelp and some fungal supplements as it is about to finish.

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Vegetative Stage Recipe

* One Gallon Water *: R/O water,rain water,distilled etc. etc.

* One Teaspoon Black Strap Molasses (unsulfured)1-0-5)*:
Be sure to use only the unsulfured variety.This is because sulfur kills microlife,especially fungus (unless it's elemental sulfur in small ratios).

* One Teaspoon liquid Alaskan Fish Fertilizer (5-1-1)*:
Fungus and bacteria both love fish ferts and go nuts reproducing when it's included.

* One Cup Earthworm Castings (vermicompost) or good outdoor compost*:
Vermicompost provides humates,enzymes,protozoa,nemat odes,bacteria,fungus,trace elements,secondary and primary nutrients.

* One Teaspoon Fox Farms Peace Of Mind All Purpose (5-5-5) *:
Food for the microlife that balances the pH of the tea (to about 6.5-7.2).

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Flowering Stage Recipes

* One Teaspoon Black Strap Molasses (unsulfured) (1-0-5) *:
An excellent source of potassium during flowering;bacteria prefer these simple sugars,whereas the fungus prefer more complex sugars derived from various organic matter.

* One Teaspoon Fox Farms Peace Of Mind All Purpose (5-5-5) *:
Food for the microlife that balances the pH of the tea (to about 6.5-7.2).

* One Teaspoon High Phosphorous Bat Guano (0-4-0) *:
Fungi love this nutrient and will deliver it to the plant roots.

* One cup Earthworm Castings (vermicompost) or regular compost *:
Good balance of nutrient (trace and secondary).Also a source for microbes and beneficial elements.

* One teaspoon Maxicrop liquid or 1/2 teaspoon water soluble Maxicrop or kelp/seaweed extract (dry) *:
A fungal favorite,this is a key tea ingredient that produces a good ratio of happy fungus.It's also booming with trace elements,some nitrogen,and some potassium.

* 1/4 teaspoon Micronized (soft) Rock Phosphate *:
Fungus attach to the rock phosphate and grow on it.Also a prime source for phosphorous,magnesium & sulfur.

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Fungus Dominant (halfway through flowering) Recipes

* 1/2 cup Earthworm Castings *:
See above.

* 1/2 cup Mushroom Compost *:
This is fungus waiting to happen.A rich source of fungal spores and dense organic matter that fungi like to eat.

* Two tablespoons Powdered,100% Natural rolled oats *:
Fungi love this nutrient and will deliver it to the plant roots.

* Two teaspoons Kelp Meal *:
I use kelp meal for several reasons.It's organic matter that fungi like to attach themselves to.Fungi love kelp extracts as a primary food source and the rich trace elements and potassium it introduces.

* 1/4 teaspoon Micronized (soft) Rock Phosphate *:
Fungus attach to the rock phosphate and grow on it.Also a prime source of phosphorous,magnesium and sulfur.

The earthworm castings,mushroom compost,oatmeal,and kelp meal are first mixed together and made very wet.After fungus has grown on this blend,place it in your tea bubbler for 24 hours with some additional liquid (or water soluble) kelp/seaweed extract and Micronized (soft) rock phosphate.

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Seedling Brew (less than 4 weeks old):
5 TBS Black Strap Molasses
1 cup Earth Worm Castings
5 tsp. Liquid Kelp Extract
5 Gallons of Water

Feed every 3rd watering with no dilution needed.

Vegetative Brew:
1/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano (careful, this stuff burns easily!)
1/3 cup Mexican Bat Guano
1/3 cup Earth Worm Castings
1/2 cup alfalfa meal
5 TBS Black Strap Molasses
5 TBS Liquid Kelp Extract
Optional: 2-5 TBS Fish Emulsion (depending on how strong you want it)

Feed every 3rd watering at 2 cups per 5 gallons water

Flowering Brew:
2/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano
1 cup Earth Worm Castings
2/3 cup Indonesian Bat Guano (High P)
1/2 cup alfalfa meal
5 TBS Black Strap Molasses
5 TBS Liquid Kelp Extract

Feed Every 3rd watering 3 cups per 5 gallons water.

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