Feed Feed RO Feed Feed RO TEA?

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GanjaAL

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #1

As the title says that is my schedule to which I am going to be using 50/50 coco/hydroton... and my question is, on the TEA day, how long will the tea stay in a rez?

Will it stay for atleast 24hrs without going bad? will have my rez on a timer to water every three hours.

Thanks.

Oh... and the organisms that I will be using are Caps Packs

 

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medicalmj

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #2

Keep it well aerated and you'll have microbes for days. They only last 1/2 hour in a sealed gallon jug filled to the top, much longer if the jug were 1/2 filled and even longer if you shake n then open for a min, for those getting tea from a store...

 

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GanjaAL

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #3

No brother... I have have a 5 gallon DIY vortex brewer and using streight microbes with blackstrap. Rez is 55 gallons.

 

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medicalmj

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #4

Cool, you're ahead of me. How'd you build it? just got a powerful air pump in my 5 gallon brewer. I look at mine under a scope to check for microbes.

 

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GanjaAL

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• Nov 22, 2012

• #5

Used a sparklets bottle and some pipe. Had a large airpump lying around from another project as well as the sparklets bottle. Works great with just water in in it and can't wait to try it out for real. Just trying to figure out if I can leave the tea in the rez for 12 to 24hrs and still have it stay good.

Looks like this:


https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=37729&pictureid=893898

 

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medicalmj

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• Nov 23, 2012

• #6

GanjaAL said:

Used a sparklets bottle and some pipe. Had a large airpump lying around from another project as well as the sparklets bottle. Works great with just water in in it and can't wait to try it out for real. Just trying to figure out if I can leave the tea in the rez for 12 to 24hrs and still have it stay good.

Looks like this:


https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=37729&pictureid=893898

Click to expand...

I check my res solution under a scope pretty much daily. And even after a change out w no ACT added there are still live microbes left from last addition (i.e. residual from media/roots).

So yes, as long as res is well aerated you will have live microbes for some time (i.e. until food source runs out), which in my case they're still alive and kicking after a week.

My res has a powerful air pump and good air stone...

 

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GanjaAL

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• Nov 23, 2012

• #7

Thanks brother.