ok for this time around on my 3 week old plants I made a mix of compost tea that consists of 1/2 tsp of fish emulsion 5-1-1, a 3/4 tbsp of bat guano 10-2-1, maxi crop liquified seaweed extract 0.1-0.0-1.0, 1 tbsp of grandmas molasses, and just under 1 cup of EWC, is this to strong to weak or just right for a 3 wk old plant nutethanks ahead of time guys
Is my tea to strong
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why are you giving all that stuff to 3 week old plants? just felt like blowing some money?
You know they won't defy the laws of nature just because you blow money on them right? at four weeks, they will be 4 weeks, not 10 weeks just because you over feed. At 3 weeks, I would just use compost tea. That's it. Molasses and compost and water and oxygen. Save the agave nectar for making brownies out of black beans and high end chocolate (damn those are good!).
You know they won't defy the laws of nature just because you blow money on them right? at four weeks, they will be 4 weeks, not 10 weeks just because you over feed. At 3 weeks, I would just use compost tea. That's it. Molasses and compost and water and oxygen. Save the agave nectar for making brownies out of black beans and high end chocolate (damn those are good!).
lol, u know what I think u r right, about both things, I think I will just use straight molasses, and EWC, and oxygen, but I already got the batch with all that other stuff brewing I hate to waste it but I think u r rightsince its in just a gallon of water if I add another gallon will that dilute the concentration at like 50 % would it be ok to use then? this week they will all be a month old any way but I do want to start out with very diluted nutes and wrk my way updo u think I should dilute the solution at 75 % ? or 50% or should I just throw it awayI figure they'll be a month old in like 3 or 4 days so it shouldn't be to early I have a batch of molasses and EWC, brewing right now for my young 3 day old seedlingsthanks for the insight
do you have any non-weed plants? a garden? I would be putting that nute mix on my lettuce, which in my zone (CT coast) is now ready for nutes because it got a head start under a row cover. My roses are also waking up, and they wouldn't mind it, though they get plenty of coffee grounds. Bleeding hearts, daffodils, etc... are all waking up around my town, and your tea is perfect for them.
I just started my first "grow", so I don't know if they will tolerate your tea, but i do know that a 3 week old seedling doesn't need all that fancy stuff. Generally, my rule is that something with no benefit can only cause harm, because every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
I just started my first "grow", so I don't know if they will tolerate your tea, but i do know that a 3 week old seedling doesn't need all that fancy stuff. Generally, my rule is that something with no benefit can only cause harm, because every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Trillyen
Your compost tea recipe is pretty much what I use for watering my rooted cuttings when I first transplant them into #5 SmartPots using my soil mix (coconut coir, organic compost, organic earthworm castings, pumice, kelp meal, Canadian glacial rock dust and a bit of a general fertilizer from Down-To-Earth (their "Bio-Fish") product).
About the only main suggestion that I would make would be to discard the 'fish emulsion' and use a fish enzyme (aka fish hydrosylate) as you'll get much better fungi growth (important for root development) with fish enzyme and without all of the heavy metals (arsenic, lead, cadmium, et al.) that you get with fish emulsion - like the 'Alaska Brand' usually found at HomeDepot or Loew's.
Think of fish emulsion as a Yugo and fish hydrosylate as a Ferrari.
HTH
CC
Fish hydroslate got it, thanks man yeah i have herd not to use the alaskan brand so igot some ferti lome brand or some thing like that, i will get some hydroslate immediatley tho thank u
is the hydro slate a 5-1-1
oh shit i didnt know it wasnt organic thanks manam i still in the green for organic tho??
so does GNC have black strap molasses, like where body builders go??
How ever it does say on the grandmas molasses, that it is UNsulphered so im thinking its not loaded down with sulpher i HOPE
but yes i will definetly be getting some new products thanks for the heads up guys
AM I STILL ORGANIC THO??
right now it really dosent matter cause all the nutes are just going on my VEG plants and i mean i want them happy but i want my buds, and my hydro to be ALL organic soil and hydro grows, any recommendations, or should i just start a new thread??
thnks guys!!!
C
CT Guy
I could have sworn I picked some up the other day at the local grocery store. I always check to make sure it's unsulfured, and I'm pretty confident the brand was "Grandmas." It should say right on the bottle. Any PCC or Whole Foods would have it, but so does QFC and possibly Safeway.
yeah i definetly dont think the molasses is organic, but im really sure it is unsulphered, but im more worried about it being organic than anything
no need to apologize either gromer its all good it all depends on the areas we live in, on what products are available.
My only problem is that i need to no find out where in the heck a health food store is, hmmm
ill have to google that
thanks for the ideas
so now i need black strap molasses, and hydrosylate fish enzyme, lol
wonder what itll be next week.
thanks again guys how about this here are pics of all my stuff i use for my organic soil, and hydro
tell me what i dont need to use!!!
no need to apologize either gromer its all good it all depends on the areas we live in, on what products are available.
My only problem is that i need to no find out where in the heck a health food store is, hmmm
ill have to google that
thanks for the ideas
so now i need black strap molasses, and hydrosylate fish enzyme, lol
wonder what itll be next week.
thanks again guys how about this here are pics of all my stuff i use for my organic soil, and hydro
tell me what i dont need to use!!!
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no i didnt know that the kool bloom wasnt organic, but thanks for the info i invested in some new nutes, and i was wondering if i should use the sugar daddy, and the budswell together or apart, they are gonne be mostly for my hydro grow, but i may use the bud swell on my organic soil grow also
is sugar daddy organic im no sure i havent looked
here are some of my new nutes!!!
oh and as u can see i got a great new camera!!!
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