aerating seaweed tea for foliar?

[GDK]

Hey peeps.
I searched around for a recipe for a seaweed tea for foliar feeding, but did not find one...all i could find was the part about diluting the tea when used as a foliar...i sprayed the plants with a aerated tea brewed from bat and bird guano, seaweed meal and a pinch of bloodmeal and it seemed to work.
But id like to do a tea with just seaweed meal and molasses maybe to see if theres a difference...The thing is im not sure if the tea has to be aerated or if i can just mix some seaweed meal with water and strain after a cpl of days and the spray?
Also..does the plants respond better to foliar spray with only one additive at a time, or is it cool to use a mixed tea like i did before?

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[vonforne]

I use an Extract and just add to water and spray. I do not aerate it unless I use it with EWC and molasses but seaweed and molasses just mix and spray.

V

 

[Iron_Lion]

I use seaweed extract straight from the bottle mixed with water in a spray bottle as a foliar feed as well. I do this thru veg and for first few weeks of flowering, just until buds start to form. Plants love it, they grow green and lush.

I never aerate, but I would think if you were using granular kelp meal you might want to aerate to get the good stuff out. I keep a bottle of Maxicrop liquid seaweed for foliar feeding only and kelp meal to be used as a top dress.

 

[Clackamas Coot]

Hey peeps.

I searched around for a recipe for a seaweed tea for foliar feeding, but did not find one...all i could find was the part about diluting the tea when used as a foliar...i sprayed the plants with a aerated tea brewed from bat and bird guano, seaweed meal and a pinch of bloodmeal and it seemed to work.

But id like to do a tea with just seaweed meal and molasses maybe to see if theres a difference...The thing is im not sure if the tea has to be aerated or if i can just mix some seaweed meal with water and strain after a cpl of days and the spray?

Also..does the plants respond better to foliar spray with only one additive at a time, or is it cool to use a mixed tea like i did before?

Stay Safe

GDK

I apply a kelp meal tea at least once a week. 1/4 cup of kelp meal to 5 gallons of clear water. I let it aerate for 24-36 hours before applying.

In veg and the first few weeks of flower I add 1 cup of organic alfalfa meal and apply both as a soil soak as well as a foliar spray.

HTH

CC

 

[CT Guy]

No need to aerate any tea that does not contain biology (seaweed, molasses, etc...). If the tea has any guanos or compost, then O2 is necessary and more research should be done into how to make aerated compost tea properly.

 

[Bass Akwards]

Old Recipe ...

Old Recipe ...

Mix 2 Tbs. of "Liquid Seaweed" & 2 Tbs. of "fish emulsion" in 1 gal. of water.

Spray plants once a week, for vegetative growth.

But, don't mix more than you can use in a day or two.

Cut the volume, in proportion, to what fits in your sprayer.

This stuff doesn't store well.

It get's really foul, quickly.

But fresh, it rocks.

 

[High Country]

I use this stuff and feed the clones with it at about 7 days.

38 CLONES

DAY 14, ALL HAVE ROOTS LIKE THIS, 100% STRIKE RATE

 

[Iron_Lion]

HighCountry, could you give me the run down of your cloning method? I've been having terrible luck with my clones lately.

 

[High Country]

HighCountry, could you give me the run down of your cloning method? I've been having terrible luck with my clones lately.

This is what I do but everyone has a different way, this just seems to work for me so I stick to it.

1. Hydrate and feed mums for about a week before taking the cuts, get them nice and healthy. I feed them with the seaweed extract. I also put a 400W HPS over them and take away the cfl.
2. Soak jiffy pellets in straight water until expanded or use a 60/40 coco/perlite mix.
3. I cut however many clones I want and put them in a tub of water. I usually take the cuts from the healthy growing tops. Clones are about 5" tall, some people take bigger ones.
4. Trim the leaves on the clones to reduce transpiration and dip in Clonex purple.
5. Poke the clones into the jiffy pellets or 60/40 coco/perlite mix.
6. Place jiffy pellets onto a tray with a heat mat set at 24C or 75F.
7. Spray once with water and put on dome, all vents closed.
8. Clones go under 2 36W cfl 4' batons. These are Sylvania Grow Lux lamps. Set timer to 18/6. I have my mums under them as well.
9. Now I leave them alone for 5 days. I don't touch them, mist them or do anything to them.
10. At 5 days I remove the dome.
11. At 7 days I start to feed with the seaweed extract on a daily basis.
12. By 14 days the roots are usually pumping out and the clones can go into hydro or soil.

This works for me. I have tried a bubbler but it was not consistent for me. Other people have 100% strike rate with bubblers and aeroponics.

As I do SOG I need to reliably produce a high number of clones.

I have also found the indica dominant strain I grow clones easily with this method so I'm sticking with it.

Hope this may be of some use.

Cheers.
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[GDK]

Thanks for the responses yall..theyre appreciated!

I kinda had the idea that it didnt need to be aerated...so ima just throw some sw-meal in a bucket and stir a cpl of times a day...lookin forward to seing the results.
About the extract...i can see how it makes things alot easier, and ill see if its available here. Until then ill just make the stuff myself.

Great lookin clones there High Country..'

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[High Country]

I think you would find the seaweed extract any where the world over. Otherwise I know a woman in Belgium who uses it.

 

[GDK]

Yea HC...i found it.
How much seaweed meal should i use for a gallon of water?

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[CT Guy]

Thanks for the responses yall..theyre appreciated!

I kinda had the idea that it didnt need to be aerated...so ima just throw some sw-meal in a bucket and stir a cpl of times a day...lookin forward to seing the results.
About the extract...i can see how it makes things alot easier, and ill see if its available here. Until then ill just make the stuff myself.

Great lookin clones there High Country..'

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GDK,

I wouldn't leave it sitting around too long because there are airborne bacteria that will begin to colonize it rather rapidly. Personally, I'd make it for when you needed it and apply it right away, without any brewing cycle.

 

[High Country]

Yea HC...i found it.
How much seaweed meal should i use for a gallon of water?

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The recommended rate is 20ml or 2 capfuls per 9 litre.

 

[GDK]

Ok i made some by throwing a cpl handfulls of sw meal into a 2 liter bottle of clear water and a drop of molasses.....looks pretty concentrated...should i apply this diluted as a store bought extract?

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[heady blunts]

i just judge concentration of dark things like kelp and molasses by color. for foliar i want it to be like iced tea -- pretty translucent.