localhero
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a six foot fence is important. by law they cant get a search warrant for looking over a fence over 6 ft high. that might not apply if your plants are visible by towering over your fence or if they can stand on a hill nearby and see over. in my case they used a ladder to look over my 8ft high fortress from a neighbors and claimed there was a 2 ft gap in my fence to cover their ass. it sounds like youre living in a sane part of the state though.
this year for my 2 plants im gonna triple wall with 10' green house mesh 5' inside the fence line. so even if you look over the fence you still wont have line of sight. some people out in the dessert here get real creative and build massive plant enclosures out of greenhouse 40% shadecloth so even from a heli you cant see anything. and it keeps the plants protected from 135 degree temps and santa anas.
your tea sounds like it might not be ready if it still smells sweet. is your tea brewer outside and has it been really cold at night? its early in the year and probably the cold is affecting the reproduction rate of your bacteria. that sweet smell could mean that the beneficial microbes havent consumed up all their food, meaning they havent reached peak colonization.
i found that for my 55gal brewer @70 degrees it took about 5 days for the first brew to appear ready. after that i always left some tea inside the brewer to kind of jump start the teas. after a while it basically became a perpetual tea brew with teas appearing ready after sometimes just a day. its all semi educated guess work unless you have a microscope.
if youre getting enough oxygen in the brew and its not a 5 gal little brewer and it doesnt smell like ammonia and its in a cool place then most likely its temps slowing you down.
besides watering your plants with low levels of molasses or whatever sugar source your using isnt too bad and can be good. ive heard in high doses it can make the micro life in your soil go nuts to the point that your soil heats up. but ive mixed in a tbs of molasses per gallon in later stage waterings as a bloom booster with no issues and you probably arent putting more than that in your tea brews. worse case scenario youre giving your plants a good triacontinol drench so thats cool.
cant wait to see some pics!
this year for my 2 plants im gonna triple wall with 10' green house mesh 5' inside the fence line. so even if you look over the fence you still wont have line of sight. some people out in the dessert here get real creative and build massive plant enclosures out of greenhouse 40% shadecloth so even from a heli you cant see anything. and it keeps the plants protected from 135 degree temps and santa anas.
your tea sounds like it might not be ready if it still smells sweet. is your tea brewer outside and has it been really cold at night? its early in the year and probably the cold is affecting the reproduction rate of your bacteria. that sweet smell could mean that the beneficial microbes havent consumed up all their food, meaning they havent reached peak colonization.
i found that for my 55gal brewer @70 degrees it took about 5 days for the first brew to appear ready. after that i always left some tea inside the brewer to kind of jump start the teas. after a while it basically became a perpetual tea brew with teas appearing ready after sometimes just a day. its all semi educated guess work unless you have a microscope.
if youre getting enough oxygen in the brew and its not a 5 gal little brewer and it doesnt smell like ammonia and its in a cool place then most likely its temps slowing you down.
besides watering your plants with low levels of molasses or whatever sugar source your using isnt too bad and can be good. ive heard in high doses it can make the micro life in your soil go nuts to the point that your soil heats up. but ive mixed in a tbs of molasses per gallon in later stage waterings as a bloom booster with no issues and you probably arent putting more than that in your tea brews. worse case scenario youre giving your plants a good triacontinol drench so thats cool.
cant wait to see some pics!
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