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Found a NICE read pertaining to organic gardening and thought I'd share it
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/compost-soil/soil
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/compost-soil/soil
hey man thanks for the response! I'm reading teeming with microbes this weekend...so far its awesome! So yeah ok I'll go ahead with my theory...gonna do 5 gallon brews with two airstones and a 100gal pump...i hope i'm not pissing up a rope with this endeavor though, i'm gonna be doing hempy and my medium is inert so i m gonna plan on applying teas once every week or two weeks but I'm worried about the pH differences...looks like a lot of teas can be almost alkaline (pH > 7-7.5ish) and for Hempy watering pHs are really best between 5.8 and 6.4...oh well we'll see!It wouldn't be a shortcut bro, it'd be a descent AACT to take "FF happy frog, add some alfalfa meal and molasses, and brew that shit up".
Better to use something like Kelp meal as it provides a lot of different thing in a general tea application.
Kelp Meal is know for its growth enhancing hormones and also helps to build up fungi in teas we brew. Mostly everything else will multiply bacteria in substantial numbers it seems. I use liquid fish as well(Neptunes Harvest)
But basically you want to multiply microbes in the tea. You add the amendments and compost of your choice(or EWCs) to introduce the microbes to the environment.
The molasses and the oxygenation are supplied to feed the herd of microbes and keep the aerobic. In turn they're mulitipled.
Ratios are important tho as too much of anything is never good. And you gotta find out what adds what to your teas so that you know what you're adding.
Finding the balance is the magic...IDK if I have yet tho. I've used lots of different tea mixtures to this point just to keep it varying and I've seen nothing but green outta my plants.
I use a gallon jug of water to brew in and a 10gal fish tank pump to inject oxygen.
These are all the things that I've used to make my teas to date.
http://shop.fifthseasongardening.com/algamin-kelp-meal-5lb/dp/2714 <-KELP MEAL
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001WV6GY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00 <-INDONESIAN BAT GUANO
http://shop.fifthseasongardening.com/worm-castings-wiggle-worm-white-30lb/dp/4810 <-EWC's for compost
http://shop.fifthseasongardening.com/ocean-forest-1-5-cu-ft/dp/3250 <- FFOF(my amended mix for compost)
http://shop.fifthseasongardening.com/neptunes-fish/dp/11671 <-Neptune's Harvest Liquid Fish
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Grandma-39-s-Original-Unsulphured-Molasses-12-oz/15716722 <- Unsulphured Molasses
There are a TON of things you can mix and match to use bro. There's nothing specific.
When I run out of the amendments I have, I'll try like Liquid Seaweed instead of liquid fish..Start using alfalfa meal as well.
Theres a lot of shit out there bro...I just have what I for a start so to speak...The more I learn, the more different things I'll try .
Try to find a book called Teaming With Microbes. The answers your looking for are there for sure bro. Good luck
what about using AACT for mycorrhizal inoculation in the root zone? I'm planning on using hydro-organic nutrients which still need to be broken down in the food web... I'm debating 100% perlite v. coco/perlite v. traditional hempy mix (perlite:vermiculite)...I'm still looking into this because I'm not entirely sure AACT wont do anything, just not as much as it would in soil, and there is also the prospect of foliar feeding with aact to help fight off pests, thrive through stress, and beat bad fungus and bacteria....also, the plural of medium is media.Well.....if your mediums are pretty inert, applying teas won't do much for you bro.
Applying teas feed the soil which in turn feed the plant. Whats you medium consist of?
Last Ive read bro...what about using AACT for mycorrhizal inoculation in the root zone? I'm planning on using hydro-organic nutrients which still need to be broken down in the food web... I'm debating 100% perlite v. coco/perlite v. traditional hempy mix (perlite:vermiculite)...I'm still looking into this because I'm not entirely sure AACT wont do anything, just not as much as it would in soil, and there is also the prospect of foliar feeding with aact to help fight off pests, thrive through stress, and beat bad fungus and bacteria....also, the plural of medium is media.
be easy,
Dr.J