Making Tea - is EZ.... & Cheap !

Hi
me again !

I'm thinking bout making tea for veg with blood and bone and worm castings then for flower worm castings and sheep manure ??

wrapping the ingredients in a sock or some thing like a tea bag !? aha

would this work and how much ingredients should i use per litre ??

thanks a million

R

Ohsogreen,
thanks to you and all the others for getting people to go organic. I am leaning that way and have a few questions when you have a chance...
1. what size air pump do you use? i heard i want min 59 liters/min-?
2. if there is a problem with nitrates in fish emulsion when you foliar feed, should i just make a batch of CT without fish emulsion so i can foliar feed?
3. have you or anyone here ever used organic mushroom compost in CT?
4. finally, i have heard that certain sprayers will break up or even kill the microbes when foliar feeding (like the 90 degree sprayers, etc.) - is this true?

thanks so much! Wanting to keep it organic...

Great thread. I was on the fence before wether I wanted to go through the effort of adding nutes and ferts but I'm convinced now, I'm making some tea tomorrow

chris88813 said:

Ohsogreen,
thanks to you and all the others for getting people to go organic. I am leaning that way and have a few questions when you have a chance...
1. what size air pump do you use? i heard i want min 59 liters/min-?
2. if there is a problem with nitrates in fish emulsion when you foliar feed, should i just make a batch of CT without fish emulsion so i can foliar feed?
3. have you or anyone here ever used organic mushroom compost in CT?
4. finally, i have heard that certain sprayers will break up or even kill the microbes when foliar feeding (like the 90 degree sprayers, etc.) - is this true?

thanks so much! Wanting to keep it organic...

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I am sure Ohsogreen would be happy to read this, he was a great man with a love for our treasured plants and growing them organically and the least amount of fuss possible, hence on of his favorite sayings "keep it simple".
You air pump is going to depend on the size of bucket you are going to aerate, you want to make sure that it is suitable for the size, bigger is better than too small. If you have a 20 liter bucket to brew you at least 20 liters per minute.
Fish emulsion - what a wonderful additive for your plants both in the soil and foliar feeding. I personally use it once a week to foliar feed and use it as needed in the soil when I water. You can safely use in the soil watering and still foliar feed in the same week. Fish is also great in flower when you need the bump of nitrogen and don't want to over do and still be able to keep what you are for blooming.
Mushroom compost is great stuff and from talking with Ohsogreen I know that he has used it and have seen him recommend it, I only wish that I could get that stuff here in Costa Rica.
As far as a mister killing microbes? I don't think it could possibly kill all of them if any. I am certainly no expert in this area but I don't see how it would hurt more than a small portion of them.

Good Luck in your grow and thanks for keeping it organic

I make teas always for ferts....cheaper and works great....

1 cup of alfalfa pellets
1 cup of wormcastings
4 oz of molasses
3 oz of liquid kelp
2 oz of fish emulsion
1/2 cup of ocean forest for the myco starter

brew for 24-48 hour until foamy

I water plants with this every 5 days....second watering I cut it 60/40 40 is the water....

my compost is close to done so that will be added next time I brew....

also I do use some organic nutes but just every 2 weeks 1/2 strength is all....

Al

I searched the post for zoo doo (Only picked up the mention of it on the first page) because I was gifted some a while back and want to put it to use.

How much of this product (Composted elephant dung) should I use in my tea? Or, is it a bad idea to use this product in my tea?

tyson53 said:

I make teas always for ferts....cheaper and works great....

1 cup of alfalfa pellets
1 cup of wormcastings
4 oz of molasses
3 oz of liquid kelp
2 oz of fish emulsion
1/2 cup of ocean forest for the myco starter

brew for 24-48 hour until foamy

I water plants with this every 5 days....second watering I cut it 60/40 40 is the water....

my compost is close to done so that will be added next time I brew....

also I do use some organic nutes but just every 2 weeks 1/2 strength is all....

Al

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how much water are you brewing with?

Thanks for the info everybody. Peace and Harmony

While I read on recipes for teas, I wanted to ask. I have "Purple cow compost", EWC, Peruvian seabird guano
Afalfa meal
Kelp meal
Fish bone meal
Oyster shell flour
Crab shell meal

I was going to just get some ratios, and put it in my bucket with my air stone for now.

Glad this thread is still going. Thanks to all

Ohso great thread ! I have brewed both compost and EWC tea separately not together: 1 gal well water 1 cup EWC or 1 cup compost 1/2 tbsp. BSM bubbled for 30 hours in a 5 gal bucket with aquarium air pump and 4 air stones 2- 6" and 2- 1" barrel stones but I'm not smelling that earthy or sweet smell from my teas am I doing something wrong ? +Reps