organic nutrient teas

hey who here uses nutrient teas? need some ideas on what to use in this tea. any advice guys

Survey says #1 answer is Compost. But really the sky is the limit in organic tea making. If you look around a bit there is quite a few recipes posted in this section. I am a noob myself about to brew up my first batch this week end. Got the 55 gallon barrels ready to go. Lucked out a place just down the road has food grade 55 gallon barrels for 15 bucks a piece. Mine reak to high heaven of Dr Pepper since that is what was in them. Sure it will be gone after the first brew or two. Most brew in 5 gallons But i have a vegetable garden that needs to be fed also. Speaking of which i got to go check on my bell peppers something was feasting on them last night. I saw a small spider moved in i hope he eats what ever the hells chewing up my peppers. Peace

radicaldank42 said:

hey who here uses nutrient teas? need some ideas on what to use in this tea. any advice guys

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Imo top dress your nutrients and water them in with compost teas and enzyme teas.

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well no I know that I make those but I mean like brew a tea that's fot the npk rather then then for the microbes. I brew worm compost tea already and top dress.

radicaldank42 said:

well no I know that I make those but I mean like brew a tea that's fot the npk rather then then for the microbes. I brew worm compost tea already and top dress.

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If you have previously mixed up your soil, I would assume there is a least a fair amount of nutrients already in the soil. If you simply add any new amendments to the top of the soil, the nutrients will leach down into the soil. This will be aided by watering with microbial extraction (compost tea) and enzyme teas. There are many opinions on Compost teas, but I am a firm believer you do not brew nutrient teas (which I really don't think are necessary with a good soil) and compost teas together. Adding solids to your brew is going to lower your dissolved oxygen levels and make your brew more likely to go anaerobic. Microbe teas are going to make the nutrients already in your soil more available.


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ok ty that's all I needed.