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Ohsogreen

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How do I use the Bat Guano And Worm Casting ON a Plant that is Almost 3 months old and in the pot she is going to finish in?

And what do you mean about Making a Tea with the Casting??
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To make a tea : which can be done with compost, worm castings or bat guano (really any manure or guano) you just do the following:

Get yourself a clean 5 gallon bucket (smaller size is fine), Put a couple of gallons of unchlorinated water in it (if you only have chlorinated water - just put it in the bucket & let it sit for 48 hours - 99 % of the chlorine will evaporate).
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Next decide will I let my amendment (castings, guano..etc) free float (possibly a little messy), or do I want to put the amendment in a old nylon stocking, piece of cheesecloth, or old pillow cases.
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Pour in the amendment in or place the holding sock you've made with it's goodies in the bucket of water. For worm casting (4 tablespoons per gallon of water), bat guano (2-4 tablespoons per gallon - start low, you can always add more later), compost (2 cups per gallon of water.) You can mix & match - if doing so, mix lightly on all amendments.
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Now, some people just stir or swish it around every morning & every evening for a couple of days. I like to bubble it, using a cheap aquarium air pump & air stone.
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If you stir or swish, you end up with a fairly decent tea. If you bubble it (oxygenate it) it really pumps up the number of benefical fungi, bacteria and other microscopic critters - they reproduce faster than the anti-oxygen loving micro critters, kill them off & eat them. So, it really makes a better end product.
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Either way works. I used to just pour from one bucket to another empty bucket a couple of times a day. I learned to pour more slowly after a couple of splash accidents. The whole idea is to add oxygen & mix things up.
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If you don't use a holding sock of some sort. Just let the amendment settle for an hour or two, before pouring your tea from bucket to watering can.
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The Tea is best used within 72 hours of (mixing or bubbling) commonly referred to as making or brewing tea. I like to put the left over crud in my compost barrel to enrich it. Later, I use it to make Compost Tea. Recycle, Recycle & buy less.
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Since, you plant is ready for flowering. Make sure you use Higher P guano for tea or soil amendment. Higher N guano is for veggie growth. Worm Castings can be used any time (they only have about .1 % N, no P, no K).
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If, you are going to mix guano directly in with the soil. Mix about two tablespoons in with the top inch of you soil. Then it will slowly leach into all of the soil feeding your plant slowly. Worm Castings should be no more than 20 % by volume, of you soil mix - so, you can mix in a pretty health dose of worm castings - they will not burn (even at 100 %). People just don't use them straight because their very heavy/dense for their size. Roots need fluffy soil to spread easy.
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Hope this helps.. Type at you later...
Keep it Real... Organic.
 
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Ohsogreen

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To use teas - just pour them in like you were watering your plant. With worm casting tea or compost tea, heavy application will not burn. With High N or P bat guano teas pour in only about a quart of your brewed tea per 3-5 gallon flower pot; once a week. This way you will not overfeed/burn your plants. Start low, build as you go..
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Keep it Real ... Organic.....
 
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Ohsogreen

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deesbarrett

After you apply your tea, wait about an hour, then check the pH of your soil. A cheap pH probe/meter from Lowes, Home Depot or Wally World will do. They cost about $ 6. I say this because, if your soil mix is at a pH of say 6.5 & you start adding High P Guano Tea, it will move towards a pH of 7 over time. You want to stay between 6 & 7 pH for best results - to avoid nutrient lockout, which happens above or below those numbers.
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grapeoptimo

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fine, still no roots on any of the clones, i think that the was that wasn't showing sex is a hermie the other girl is growing good and has like 4 bud sites already
 

Ohsogreen

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fine, still no roots on any of the clones, i think that the was that wasn't showing sex is a hermie the other girl is growing good and has like 4 bud sites already
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Good. Roots will probably not show for another 5-7 days. Glad to hear the one lady is showing her stuff. I hope she turns out to be a fat chick.
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johndoe11

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LittleBat Re: Ozark Mountain Hippies & Other Not So Normal People

Back in 1997, I got pulled over by a black, unmarked Camaro SS (police car) - driven by what looked like a Hell's Angel, in Madison County, Arkansas. The guy driving, much to my suprize, was the Sheriff of Madison County - His Name - Ralph Baker. He chewed my *ss for driving too fast & told me he could smell the strong odor of MJ in my ride. I thought, I'm screwed. Next, he asked " Is it any good ?". I laughed & said " Yeah, Real Good ". He said "We will see". He then told me to give him some. This was just too Crazy for me. I asked " How Much ? " He said " At least a quarter". I forked it over, he smelled it, put it in his pocket and told me to slow down or I'd end up dead on these curvie roads. He then drove away & I sat there - wondering if I was in the Twilight Zone.
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I'm glad he was easy going, cause I only had about 3 pounds in the car. Yeah, I know what your thinking - why were you speeding. The answer - driving to AC/DC "Back in Black" - got carried away. Now, I listen to Country when making special trips, to avoid happy, heavy feet.
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About a year later, I found out that Sheriff was a Serious Outlaw - they even wrote a book about him called " When Money Grew On Trees " So, Yes I know what you mean - definitely a different kind of place & people.
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ok....that has to be the sweetest thing ever known to man....i mean i loved the second to last paragraph....AC/DC back in black with a heavy foot...ha doesnt get much better than that...so this "cop" wasnt really a cop he was an outlaw???
 

Ohsogreen

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JohnDoe11 He was really the Sheriff, he just happened to be an Outlaw too. Seems, he was very friendly with his local growers. They were all getting rich, growing without fear of the law. Since, they torched up with him on a regular basis.
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But someone got greedy, people got wacked (some went missing, some burned to death in their cars, one even got beat to death with a baseball bat), and it all went to shit. He was the Sheriff there for like 20 years, so he controlled the county. They used to call Madison County, Arkansas " Booger County " That Sheriff Ralph Baker was a pretty conected guy. Seems him and old Bill Clinton were big buddies.
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johndoe11

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wow ohsogreen that is some crazy shit man....so with this compost tea you take a stocking or pantyhose, fill it up w ur goodies, then how long do you let it sit in there and use the bubbler? i know you said its good up to 72 hours so i understand that.
 

Ohsogreen

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wow ohsogreen that is some crazy shit man....so with this compost tea you take a stocking or pantyhose, fill it up w ur goodies, then how long do you let it sit in there and use the bubbler? i know you said its good up to 72 hours so i understand that.
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If you don't bubble; shake, swish or swirl - twice daily (or more) for two days. End result - pretty good stuff.
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If you bubble, let it bubble at least 24 hours up to 48 hours. End result - very good stuff.
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I just say use within 72 hours, because after that - the oxygen loving (good microorganisms) start to slowly fade away & the anti-oxygen loving (not as nice microorganisms) start to slowly reproduce - gaining more ground every day.
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It is possible to keep the good microorganisms alive indefinitely, if you keep bubbling & feed them. You could keep the bubbles flowing at least two hours daily and drop in a ounce of molasses or corn syrup every few days - then just dip from the well as needed. If you did not feed them, but bubbled daily, they would consume everything in the mix & poop it out (bioconversion) until there is nothing left to eat. Making it highly soluble / quickly absorbed by you plants. NPK like 1-1-1 or under.
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A high dollar, big hydro fert. company - does just that with carrot juice, pear juice..etc. The end result NPK .5-1-1 & about $ 15 a quart. They brag about BIOCONVERSION. Which is just tiny microorganisms - eating & pooping out what they have consumed. High Dollar Micro Shit.
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Type at you later. bongsmilie
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Ohsogreen

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where can i get some bmo from ive tried ebay cant find any i live in the uk can anyone help:-|
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Don't get bummed out. I bet if you email that dude and ask nice, he will sell you some. Heck, money is money. I bet you'll have to pay some extra shipping; but it's worth it. This stuff is awesome. If he turns you down, drop me a private message. :blsmoke:
 

deesbarrett

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Hello, fellow garderns. I just want to tell everyone about this excellant organic plant growth stimulator. It's called Blue Mountain Organics " Super Plant Tonic ". It is chocked full of good stuff and does not cost much. I paid like $ 10 for it. I bought some on Ebay a couple of months ago.
I used to use SuperThrive to jump start things, but sometimes it caused weird results. I have this dwarf "Tomatoe" plant called "low ryder" and used the SuperThrive on it. It caused it to grow over 4 feet tall; kinda defeats the purpose right - I don't like using stuff that is too, too - concentrated. Just one drop too much of that stuff and look out.
If you want a dwarf, you don't want it being 4 feet tall. I used this Super Plant Tonic on the very same seeds; through the first month of growth. This time, the plants are as wide as they are tall. About 21 inches, both ways !!! This one is flowering to perfection.
I emailed the dude selling the stuff. He says Blue Mountain Organics is made by a bunch of Hippies living in the Ozarks Mountains in , ARK. They only sell the stuff locally for the most part - it has a real following among organic garderners there. It has mychorrizal fungi, worm castings, blackstrap molasses, coral calcium, humic acid and more. Impressive stuff ! It has some sediments in the bottle, so if you hydro, I'd pour it through a coffee filter before mixing.
I just got my BMO today...just gave my baby some of it...Will let you know the results.
 

grapeoptimo

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shit is awesome in my opinion i can see tiny roots on 3 of my 5 clones its been nine days i will post pictures good quality! in 48 hours i am trying to capture how fast they will grow once they have roots that can actually absorb the BMO and water solution.

I also put two seedlings in the bubbler to start vegging for lack of a better place to put them. I also planted two more seeds in a hempy pot to get started i will later transfer to the bubbler (the thing is awesome) one is sour diesel :) either way i should see some growth in the next two days.
 
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