my tea is 4 going on 5 days old and smells like coffee...

[captinknots]

it smelled like nothing for the first 3 days, and then little by little it got sweeter almost a nice coffee hint to it.
its got ewc,molass,LK,and trinity (same as LK pretty much)

thats a good thing right?

whats it smell like when its gone bad?

im going to keep it going till i find out.

 

[NUG-JUG]

captinkonts..I'm not trying to be a mean jerk, but you've posted 10-15 frantic questions, in the past couple weeks..please read the stickies..and remember k.i.s. and you'll be ok.

A tea brewed for 3 days is too long. 12-18-24 hours are the time-frames. You can keep things alive in a 72 hour old tea, but it will be the sharks of the microbe world.

 

[quadracer]

After a certain point the bio film takes over the tea and can clog up your airstone real quick. As was mentioned, 4-5 days is overkill and unnecessary.

The smell can be described as earthy, and I know my teas are ready after the bad smell goes away (which is usually 24-48 hours depending on outside temps).

 

[guest2012y]

24 to 36 hours is the common time frame. Past that the tea will become anerobic if you don't keep feeding the microbes and diluting by taking a sizable quanity out and replacing it with water.....overall not a good idea. My teas smell like death if I let them go past that point and are basically useless indoors. The negative effects of using a tea in an indoor organic garden in plastic pots that has gone beyond it's "use by" date are not worth messing with.

 

[captinknots]

right on. just curious cause it still smells good....

Nug, nothing frantic dude. just a question. isnt that what these things are for?
i admit last week was a bit overdone but i had some issues i needed resolved. which are.

im sure ill continue to have questions man, bare with me. or just ignore me. i didnt ask you specifically.

 

[jaykush]

im sure ill continue to have questions man, bare with me. or just ignore me. i didnt ask you specifically.

this thread has all the answer to your questions in the articles and links posted even before you ask them( you can ignore the chit chat a little).
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=36542

whats it smell like when its gone bad?

it smells bad, period. you will know. hell for an experiment you can leave it to find out.