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Suby · 04-04-2006, 02:28 AM

Those products look amazing, it saddens me there are no specialty organic stores anywhere out here, but they have every format of salt ferts in stock.....
Sounds like you have your recipe down, i would skip the chicken shit but some are of very good quality so who knows.
One would imagine that of adding a food source and bubbling it would keep things going but after doing some reading the concensus seems to be that unless we are using a professional brewer with access to a lab to analyse the tea we can't be sure of it's quality after 4+ days.
It seems that as the tea's activity gets going the balance between certain types of beneficial fungi and bacteria get upset as food sources get used in different proportions leaving residuals that boost the food source and thus competitiveness of another....you get the idea.
I am ashamed to admit that soil microbe dynamics are hard to put together just by reading articles, sort of makes me want to go back to University.....well almost.

minds_I · 04-04-2006, 06:08 AM

LOL, maybe its cause I am in N.Cal. Its not surpising really that they would push the organics. I had never heard of either of these products before I purchased them. I went in looking for EWC, Mycorhizea meal and liquid kelp.

I left with the kelp and a bag of ewc/veggie compost/ with benificial mircoherd.

Plus a sample of thier tea.

I am still looking for a tea recipe actually.

What is yoru recipe?

minds_I

duce · 04-04-2006, 06:32 AM

you can also go to the water softner in wal- mart,(they just put them in)and get the 50 or 100 count test srtips,measures the same as the fish strips,i have been using both for about 2 years no problems

Suby · 04-05-2006, 04:01 AM

My recipe is a little like my cooking, i usually don't follow it too closely but it goes something like this.

I bubble 4 gallons plain water in a 5 gallon bucket with an airstone running for 24hrs to get rid of chlorine BEFORE I add the worm castings which are my sampling of beneficial bacteria.

I add 1TBS of liquid seaweed (potassium, hormones, auxins, vitamins), 4 TBS of EWC (bacterial sampling), 4 TBS of molasses (carbon source), 1 TBS of yeast extract or rice meal (nitrogen source for proteins) to the water and let it bubble loosely covered for ~24-48hrs.

I don't use a sock to hold the EWC, it juts gets in the way.
Use a hella big air pump and get better results the air ensures the aerobic bacteria take hold, what your looking for is foam collecting at the top and it should NOT have a foul smell.

I generally water everytime with this tea, it helps as a fertilizer boost by boosting the microbes that convert the ammendments in my soil, you can add high P guano to the tea for the last couple of weeks of flowering tu supplement.

Simple and amazingly effective, natures perfect brew.

04-04-2006, 02:28 AM	#11
Suby AWD Aficianado Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the healing arms of planet love. Posts: 2,435	Those products look amazing, it saddens me there are no specialty organic stores anywhere out here, but they have every format of salt ferts in stock..... Sounds like you have your recipe down, i would skip the chicken shit but some are of very good quality so who knows. One would imagine that of adding a food source and bubbling it would keep things going but after doing some reading the concensus seems to be that unless we are using a professional brewer with access to a lab to analyse the tea we can't be sure of it's quality after 4+ days. It seems that as the tea's activity gets going the balance between certain types of beneficial fungi and bacteria get upset as food sources get used in different proportions leaving residuals that boost the food source and thus competitiveness of another....you get the idea. I am ashamed to admit that soil microbe dynamics are hard to put together just by reading articles, sort of makes me want to go back to University.....well almost. __________________ Organic Fanatic Collective Suby's Kitchen The "Beer" Fridge ~Pimp Your Organic Fertilizer~
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04-04-2006, 06:08 AM	#12
minds_I The Emperor is not only naked but batshit crazy. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Norcal USA Posts: 5,269	LOL, maybe its cause I am in N.Cal. Its not surpising really that they would push the organics. I had never heard of either of these products before I purchased them. I went in looking for EWC, Mycorhizea meal and liquid kelp. I left with the kelp and a bag of ewc/veggie compost/ with benificial mircoherd. Plus a sample of thier tea. I am still looking for a tea recipe actually. What is yoru recipe? minds_I __________________ His contempt for objective truth is the rejection of democratic accountability, an implicit demand that his supporters place undying faith in him. Because the only measure of truth he accepts is what he claims at any given moment, the power his supporters vest in him is unlimited. Sound familiar? If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures. In the United States, under our Constitution, a free press is a check on politicians of all parties. If we are to demand that other countries respect the tradition of a free press we must also practice that here at home. Let the people know the facts, and the country will be safe.
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04-04-2006, 06:32 AM	#13
duce New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 22	you can also go to the water softner in wal- mart,(they just put them in)and get the 50 or 100 count test srtips,measures the same as the fish strips,i have been using both for about 2 years no problems
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04-05-2006, 04:01 AM	#14
Suby AWD Aficianado Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the healing arms of planet love. Posts: 2,435	My recipe is a little like my cooking, i usually don't follow it too closely but it goes something like this. I bubble 4 gallons plain water in a 5 gallon bucket with an airstone running for 24hrs to get rid of chlorine BEFORE I add the worm castings which are my sampling of beneficial bacteria. I add 1TBS of liquid seaweed (potassium, hormones, auxins, vitamins), 4 TBS of EWC (bacterial sampling), 4 TBS of molasses (carbon source), 1 TBS of yeast extract or rice meal (nitrogen source for proteins) to the water and let it bubble loosely covered for ~24-48hrs. I don't use a sock to hold the EWC, it juts gets in the way. Use a hella big air pump and get better results the air ensures the aerobic bacteria take hold, what your looking for is foam collecting at the top and it should NOT have a foul smell. I generally water everytime with this tea, it helps as a fertilizer boost by boosting the microbes that convert the ammendments in my soil, you can add high P guano to the tea for the last couple of weeks of flowering tu supplement. Simple and amazingly effective, natures perfect brew. __________________ Organic Fanatic Collective Suby's Kitchen The "Beer" Fridge ~Pimp Your Organic Fertilizer~ Last edited by Suby; 04-05-2006 at 04:07 AM..
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