I think i made Tea...?

[TaterMcnuggys]

hey guys i was bored and started pouring shit in bucket to make a tea if you will...this is my first time ever doing this so im just seeing what everyone thinks...it contains approximately 80ml an B-52 50ml gh bio weed 10ml sea minerals 100ml voodoo handful of wonder worm 80ml carbo load 20ml botanicare sweet citrus half a pouch of piranha and tarantula was going to put great whit in to but when i got home from the grow shop and opened it the shit was already growing... so tell me what ya think guy any suggestions? btw this is in 5 gallons that will be turned into 10 unless im told otherwise...

 

[Cappy]

Are you just experimenting or is that a recipe you're following?

 

[GoneRooty]

You might want to check out the Tea Article thread in the organic soil forum.

 

[TaterMcnuggys]

just experimenting cappy @ gonerooty im not really organic tho just playing around wanted to get some feedback from people here but i will be sure to go through there and see what i can round up thank you

 

[GoneRooty]

Organic or not, just randomly throwing stuff in a bucket can and most often will result in negative effects.

 

[TaterMcnuggys]

oh yes i agree i just ment it as its my first time brewing up a tea i looked up some basic tea info and just got to my knowledge a similar products that were listed nothing i found had exact measurements so thats where im kinda iffy but thats why im just gonna half it...

 

[who dat is]

oh yes i agree i just ment it as its my first time brewing up a tea i looked up some basic tea info and just got to my knowledge a similar products that were listed nothing i found had exact measurements so thats where im kinda iffy but thats why im just gonna half it...

Start with these

(Really general recipe)
5 gal brewer
1 lb. compost
½ cup of humic acid
1 to 3 T. of kelp
1 tsp. of non-sulfured, blackstrap molasses


Guano Tea and Kelp:

Seedlings less than 1 month old nute tea mix-
Mix 1 cup earthworm castings into 5 gallons of water to make the tea.
Add 5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses.
Use it to water your seedlings with every 3rd watering.

Veg mix-
1/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano (PSG)
1/3 cup High N Bat Guano (Mexican)
1/3 cup Earth Worm Castings (EWC)
***3 TBS/gallon liquid seaweed*** or 5 tsp. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
(That makes the "dry mix". You can make all you want and save it to use later.)
Mix with water @ 1 cup of dry mix into 5 gallons of water to make the tea.
To that 5 gallons of tea add:
5 tbs. Liquid Karma
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
Use it to water with every 3rd watering.

Flowering nute tea mix:
2/3 cup Peruvian Seabird Guano
2/3 cup Earth Worm Castings
2/3 cup High P Guano (Indonesian or Jamaican)
***3 TBS/gallon liquid seaweed*** or 5 tsp. Maxicrop 1-0-4 powdered kelp extract
(That makes the "dry mix". You can make all you want and save it to use later.)
Mix with water @ 2 cups of dry mix into 5 gallons of water to make the tea.
To that 5 gallons of tea add:
5 tbs. Liquid Karma
5 tbs. Black Strap Molasses
Use it to water with EVERY watering.


Even if you don't have any of these nutrients you can still maybe substitute here and there with something similar. Pay more attention to ratios of ingredients with Nitrogen and Phosphorous, etc.

 

[TaterMcnuggys]

thank you who dat is now im trying to use nutrients with this tea what are your recommendations? i run almost full line of AN what im shooting for here is to give tea to my plants to feed them as well as keep a live soil and the nutes to bring out the full potential...my plan is for veg soak medium with tea 1st watering then about 200 ppm of pbp bloom and a lil calmag since i use water filter for 2nd... water fresh water for 3rd rinse repeat... im kinda hesitant about the guano's since i still want to use nutes what you think ?

 

[who dat is]

hey guys i was bored and started pouring shit in bucket to make a tea if you will...this is my first time ever doing this so im just seeing what everyone thinks...it contains approximately 80ml an B-52 50ml gh bio weed 10ml sea minerals 100ml voodoo handful of wonder worm 80ml carbo load 20ml botanicare sweet citrus half a pouch of piranha and tarantula was going to put great whit in to but when i got home from the grow shop and opened it the shit was already growing... so tell me what ya think guy any suggestions? btw this is in 5 gallons that will be turned into 10 unless im told otherwise...

thank you who dat is now im trying to use nutrients with this tea what are your recommendations? i run almost full line of AN what im shooting for here is to give tea to my plants to feed them as well as keep a live soil and the nutes to bring out the full potential...my plan is for veg soak medium with tea 1st watering then about 200 ppm of pbp bloom and a lil calmag since i use water filter for 2nd... water fresh water for 3rd rinse repeat... im kinda hesitant about the guano's since i still want to use nutes what you think ?

The first thing I have to say is open this thread and get lost in it. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=110620 It's one of the really big sticky threads on ACT's. It might seem a little overwhelming at first but if you are genuinely interested in learning about ACT's it won't seem like work and you will enjoy reading all the info in there. CT Guy and Microbeman are two gurus in there that really know their stuff. I hear you on using nutrients for making teas too. I asked about that but never got a really clear-cut answer. My recommendation (and I'm no expert at all) is to go ahead and try it. You might want to simplify what you're throwing in the bucket though. I'm not familiar with your nute line at all and don't know what's organic or not. I would assume that sticking with organics for teas is the way to go but I'm not sure what microbes do with inorganic ferts. If you want to go ahead with this then look up your feeding schedule put out by the manufacturer for your nute line and use that per gallon on how many gallons you're using. Use that stuff depending on how many gallons you need to brew for your plants. Brew one of these batches when your plants need to get fed and aerate it as best you can, (pumps, airstones, etc.) for 24 hours. When 24 hours has rolled around smell the batch and if it smells like shit or rotten eggs then you know it's bad and don't use it. If it smells earthy or just like your nutes then go ahead and try it out, worst case is you end up feeding them what you would have done with your regular feeding schedule. If you are worried about it and possibly skeptical then select a couple of guinea pig plants and make observations and jot some notes down. If it sucked you haven't set back your whole batch and if it worked then you know what you can work with next feeding.

Some quick comments on stuff I noticed on what your using though. Pure blend pro is NOT organic. Since you aren't completely organic anyways I don't know how important that is to you, run a search on the boards here for more info if you want. Also, the great white you mentioned is the mycorrhizal stuff right? Don't bother using those in teas as the spores have to be directly applied to the roots of the plant and don't really work in a regular watering. Lastly the recipes I posted earlier are somewhat older ones from a couple years back. I think they are well and good except for the mention of using 1 tablespoon per gallon of molasses. That is alot of molasses and you might be better off with 1 teaspoon per gallon.

Longwinded post I know but seriously check out that ACT thread and you will learn alot.

 

[GoneRooty]

^^^^
Pretty sure that's the same thread I told you to read earlier!

 

[TaterMcnuggys]

thank you who dat is now im trying to use nutrients with this tea what are your recommendations? i run almost full line of AN what im shooting for here is to give tea to my plants to feed them as well as keep a live soil and the nutes to bring out the full potential...my plan is for veg soak medium with tea 1st watering then about 200 ppm of pbp bloom and a lil calmag since i use water filter for 2nd... water fresh water for 3rd rinse repeat... im kinda hesitant about the guano's since i still want to use nutes what you think ?

yes ive been going through that thread alot of good stuff but not quite what im trying to get at its a totally new thing for me so its kind of hard to explain something i have no idea about but essentially im trying to work teas and synthetics together to get the best of both worlds like i said above

 

[GoneRooty]

Teas and synthetics don't go together.

 

[shrpshooter]

I second thAT.THEYd don't go together well at all

 

[TaterMcnuggys]

so im no really making tea or act more so a root juice i guess/soil conditioner to maintain a nice soil to get full uptake of synthetics... dose that sound more right?

 

[vonforne]

oh yes i agree i just ment it as its my first time brewing up a tea i looked up some basic tea info and just got to my knowledge a similar products that were listed nothing i found had exact measurements so thats where im kinda iffy but thats why im just gonna half it...

What you did is not even remotely a tea. In any sense. I would assume what you did may harm your plants and or medium more that benefit it.

As Gonerooty suggested refer to the Tea Article in the Organics forum.


The purpose of ´brewing´ a tea is to multiple micro organisms such as bacteria. In doing this you add bacteria to the medium to digest the organic compounds that will in turn feed the plant. What you did was dump nutrients in a medium in an attempt to feed the plant directly.
Good Luck.

V

 

[GoneRooty]

Synthetic nutrients are already in readily available forms for plant uptake. What you are mixing is a waste of money and nutrients, and will most likely be harmful to your plants. If you're using synthetic nutrients, follow what the label says. Most of the time you don't even need to use that much, but to be safe, follow the label.
Not to be mean, but it seems like you're trying to be a supergrower or something without learning the basics. If you're new to growing, start out as simple as possible.

 

[TaterMcnuggys]

yes i was wrong its not a tea its what i called a tea =) but any ways i guess we will see results in a couple days... so far so good again im just messing around im sure a lil bennys wont hurt...atleast i hope haha!

 

[GoneRooty]

Ok, well you have fun with that, but it's kind of silly to ask for advice and then not listen to any of it. Done with this thread.

 

[TaterMcnuggys]

im listening just trying to get feedback and yes my end result is not doing this again i thought i did something i was wrong just trying to give my ladys everything wich i learned is not good like you said and many other they dont need that needless to say i was aiming for a root juice and silly me to listen to a hydro store guy to tell me what i got and mixed was ok infact he uses it idk...

 

[TRONIC187]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=53792&highlight=organics+beginners