guano teas and this
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river rat01
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hey pedro,
it looks like a potassium def. check this guide out..http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688
are you using LC's soil mix? your not supposed to have PH problems in organics - at least thats what burn one says.
it looks like a potassium def. check this guide out..http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688
are you using LC's soil mix? your not supposed to have PH problems in organics - at least thats what burn one says.
What is LCs? The only thing worth reading in the stickies concerning teas is CT Guy's Tea Article
Tim
They're referring to the "LC Mix" outlined in the organic sticky at the top of the page titled 'Organics for Beginners' or a similar name.
HTH
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river rat01
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here it is...http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=53792
scroll down to about a 1/4 of the page.
scroll down to about a 1/4 of the page.
Well it looks like the same outdated stuff still hanging around concerning compost tea. I guess if you wanna mix up some bird or bat shit and call it tea... okay but dont talk abut using an aquaruium pump to promote good (aerobic) microbes. That's plain ridiculous.
river rat01
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so tell us how its done microbeman.
pedrodepaco
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If fish can breath microbes can. It is foolish to say a 60 gallon aquarium pump cannot handle the job on a 30 gallon tea setup.
So you are saying that bubbling Guano teas with an aquarium air pump dates back 30 years? show me.
I'm not disputing shit teas, just their affiliation with aerated compost teas and the promotion of aerobic microbes. Ridiculous!!!
River Rat: I already have, over and over and over
http://www.microbeorganics.com
pedrodepaco
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yes the recipe I am useing is from the beginers sticky 2\3cup jamacan guano 2\3 cup peruvian seabird 2\3 cup ewc 5 tbls kelp and 5 tbls. mollases 5 gallons of water.
As an aquarium hobbyist (salt-water reef systems) I can tell you that the ratings on 'aquarium pumps' are all over the board.
What you want to look for are the liters per minute converted over to gallons per minute.
According to Tim (Microbeman) and others is .8 cfm - that requires a serious pump not generally used in a typical aquarium system unless you're running protein skimmers, wave-motion equipment to maintain the health in a salt-water set-up. Especially in the salt-water reef systems.
A decent pump will run +$65.00 - MarineDepot.com is a place to start looking for these types of pumps.
HTH
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No, that isn't what I said.
What I posted was a link to a 'guano tea' that has been made and sold for 30 years from the Budswell company.
They do NOT use an aerobic compost tea process to make their tea products. It's more accurately known as a leachete (sp?) tea.
HTH
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You of course are entitled to your opinion but I have tested this with real equipment many times and have worked out a formula; minimum 0.05 CFM/gal. <=35PPM water; 2.38% compost; 0.75% molasses; 65 to 72 F degrees; up to 36 hour brew; with over ten styles of brewers.
Optimum is 0.08 CFM/gal
Do you really wish to argue with me on this?
river rat01
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damn good info microbeman.
organic is the way to go.
ive bookmarked it to read when i'm more sober'er.
organic is the way to go.
ive bookmarked it to read when i'm more sober'er.
could one of you expand on guano co super tea or liuid budswell. im using it, seems good, i cant make tea myself right now. is it complete bullshit? im pretty sure i see positive results from supertea, but 30$ a gallon is expensive and the most priciest liquid i use, im not into overpriced nutes, but i splurge on the guano co for some reason.
No argument from me, Tim.
I was simply trying to explain the 'history' on the urban myth surrounding guano teas. It all goes back to George Cervantes' book on growing marijuana.
George didn't come to the discussion with 'clean hands' as they say in a court of law, i.e. he owned one of the very first 'grow stores' up in Portland and from his so-called writings created any number of 'growing myths' that still persist to this day.
He was/is a complete tool by any definition.
HTH
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Baet
At one time (and perhaps even today) the Budswell company used the Archipelago Bat Guano for their Budswell Bloom product.
Having said that, you might want to read what the importer of this product has to say about N-P-K numbers as it relates to bat guano - here
Best wishes on determining the truth. I couldn't but hopefully your endeavors will prove more fruitful than mine were.
Here's a link to the nutrient profile for this specific guano - here
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okay got it
