Is my tea supposed to foam up?

mathew pixley

mathew pixley

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I'm brewing my my first tea and it's not bubbling. I added a handful of worm castings, a teaspoon of mollasses and a teaspoon of uprising foundation by roots organic. The uprising contains fish bone meal, oyster shell flower, kelp meal, Greensand, rock dust, alfafa meal,feather meal, bat guano, crab meal and a few other things. Its been almost two hours. Will it take a while or are my ingredients messed up?
 
abe supercro

abe supercro

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definitely lots of great stuff! heard something so-so about feather meal, but can't remember what it is now hah
 
mathew pixley

mathew pixley

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Haha I also have liquid seaweed and cold processes squid. Iv heard bad things about liquids in a tea. Should I brew then in right now or like the last hour of my brew
 
abe supercro

abe supercro

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with organics usually less is more. wait until the next time you brew to try those. or consider using them for a foliar application. good luck
 
weedenhanced

weedenhanced

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mathew pixley said:
Haha I also have liquid seaweed and cold processes squid. Iv heard bad things about liquids in a tea. Should I brew then in right now or like the last hour of my brew
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That sound wicked lol makes me wanna do organics lmfao
Like a beast witches brew for weed that can't burn ur plants
 
Banana444

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Best compost tea ever....homemade worm castings, homemade compost, mollasses, declorinated water, and a commercial style air pump. I have added quite a few different things to teas...and always had the best results with simple teas. I might add alfalfa meal if it is solely tea for plants in veg or early flower. Otherwise put all that other stuff in your soil when you mix it...the bone meal, oyster shell, kelp, greensand (very slow release), crab meal, alalfa, would all be better mixed in your soil, or top dressed for best results.
 
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anzohaze

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Less is more if you are using fresh homade earth worms castings The They shod contain all nutrients as I feed my worms all my nutrients. they eat it break it down to.make avaliable to the plants. I will top dress every so often with a Lil ammendmentso but I am not learning as my ewc gets better all I need is my ewc and it provides more then enough for plants
 
MjMama

MjMama

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The tea won't bubble on it's own. When we talk about brewing and bubbling teas, we use an air pump attached to a diffuser called and airstone that sends the air into tiny bubbles. This makes your water oxygen rich so the beneficial microbes, fungus, and bacteria in the castings or compost can multiply and flourish.
 
mathew pixley

mathew pixley

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Yeah I have an air pump and 2 airstones haha but it's support to foam when the organisms start multiplying right? Foam is a good sign? I guess I meant foam not bubble
 
MjMama

MjMama

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mathew pixley said:
Yeah I have an air pump and 2 airstones haha but it's support to foam when the organisms start multiplying right? Foam is a good sign? I guess I meant foam not bubble
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Ahh, ok I gotcha. Some ingredients foam more than others. It'll probably start getting frothy after a day of brewing.
 
green_machine_two9er

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Banana444 said:
Best compost tea ever....homemade worm castings, homemade compost, mollasses, declorinated water, and a commercial style air pump. I have added quite a few different things to teas...and always had the best results with simple teas. I might add alfalfa meal if it is solely tea for plants in veg or early flower. Otherwise put all that other stuff in your soil when you mix it...the bone meal, oyster shell, kelp, greensand (very slow release), crab meal, alalfa, would all be better mixed in your soil, or top dressed for best results.
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Great advice here!
 
hyroot

hyroot

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mathew pixley said:
Yeah I have an air pump and 2 airstones haha but it's support to foam when the organisms start multiplying right? Foam is a good sign? I guess I meant foam not bubble
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everything in the foundation is making the tea take longer. Foaming doesn't always happen. That's more to do with retention I've brewed tons of teas over the years that never foamed or barely foamed up. Also water temp and room temp can effect how long a tea takes to brew.
 
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anzohaze

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Yes greed I am some that foam and spew all over the place and then some do nothing. Sometimes just my water turns foamy
 
MjMama

MjMama

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How much tea are you trying to brew? Those are pretty small amounts you used. When brewing 5 gallons I use 2-3 cups compost and 2-3 tbs molasses. You really don't need anything else if you are trying to brew microbes and soil life. Kelp is actually counter productive in and ACT tea because it can slow down the microbes from breeding.

Save nutrients like kelp and alfalfa for one tea, and compost/molasses for another.
 
hyroot

hyroot

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MjMama said:
How much tea are you trying to brew? Those are pretty small amounts you used. When brewing 5 gallons I use 2-3 cups compost and 2-3 tbs molasses. You really don't need anything else if you are trying to brew microbes and soil life. Kelp is actually counter productive in and ACT tea because it can slow down the microbes from breeding.

Save nutrients like kelp and alfalfa for one tea, and compost/molasses for another.
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kelp doesn't hinder the tea. Just makes it take longer. Kelp meal isn't soluble. Fungi feed off kelp too
 
mathew pixley

mathew pixley

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Ok so I will make a compost tea with worm castings and molasses. A foliar spray with the kelp and I will add a tablespoon of squid at the end of the compost tea when I feed the plants. I'm only giving 2 plants there ingredients. I have two plants to where I can try my methods I. So I'm just brewing a couple gallons of water
 
green_machine_two9er

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MjMama said:
How much tea are you trying to brew? Those are pretty small amounts you used. When brewing 5 gallons I use 2-3 cups compost and 2-3 tbs molasses. You really don't need anything else if you are trying to brew microbes and soil life. Kelp is actually counter productive in and ACT tea because it can slow down the microbes from breeding.

Save nutrients like kelp and alfalfa for one tea, and compost/molasses for another.
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I like Alfalfa due to its effects on tighter nodes? Anyone else experience this. ? Speratijg aact and nutrient solutions is great. Every 14 days I do one Ewc/ molasses tea. And on the opposite weeks I like a kelp, alfalfa, fish emulsion solution. Up until. Halfway through flower then just straight water. And aact
 
MjMama

MjMama

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Delay, hinder...same difference. If adding kelp makes it take an extra 24 hours of brewing and using electricity to achieve the same results, I would say that is hindering the act tea. Don't get me wrong, I love kelp and alfalfa teas. Just separate from my acts.
 
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