My understanding is that mycorrhizal spores only germinate when they come into direct contact with roots.

That being said, I agree that you should add it at the end of the brewing cycle to your tea, but only if applying to the roots of your plants or if you buy a particular product that is able to travel through the soil (I know mycorrhizal applications has a couple products that do this now).

Personally, I'd just do a separate application, unless I was dipping the roots directly in a tea with added mycorrhizae.

You also need to get the proper species for your plant. www.mycorrhizae.com has a chart to look up whatever plant you're growing.

[Microbeman]

Originally Posted by CT Guy

My understanding is that mycorrhizal spores only germinate when they come into direct contact with roots.

That being said, I agree that you should add it at the end of the brewing cycle to your tea, but only if applying to the roots of your plants or if you buy a particular product that is able to travel through the soil (I know mycorrhizal applications has a couple products that do this now).

Personally, I'd just do a separate application, unless I was dipping the roots directly in a tea with added mycorrhizae.

You also need to get the proper species for your plant. www.mycorrhizae.com has a chart to look up whatever plant you're growing.

I agree 100% with this. The excerpt from the book pasted earlier is not correct information in that mycorrhizal spores do not germinate nor grow in compost tea (with current science). The spores need to contact your roots to be effective. Mixing it in your tea is mostly a waste of time and $. Apply the spores to your roots at planting time.

[rave420]

so...
i added
1tsp of worm castings
1/2tsp of blackstrap molasses
1 squirt of liquid seaweed
1/2 tsp of high P bat guano
2L r/o water

and now i am bubbling that with an aquarium pump and airstone for 24h.

My plants are just showing sex, and i plan on adding it tomorrow.

Anything wrong about that? Is this a recipe that has a chance of doing something?

[Microbeman]

Originally Posted by rave420

so...
i added
1tsp of worm castings
1/2tsp of blackstrap molasses
1 squirt of liquid seaweed
1/2 tsp of high P bat guano
2L r/o water

and now i am bubbling that with an aquarium pump and airstone for 24h.

My plants are just showing sex, and i plan on adding it tomorrow.

Anything wrong about that? Is this a recipe that has a chance of doing something?

This sounds reasonable but if you are using 2 litres of water, I'd use more like 4 heaping tablespoons of worm castings and a full teaspoon to 2 teaspoons of black strap molasses. If available use some good well water or spring water. I would not use the guano as it is a manure and not a compost (I presume) but this is your choice. Are you using a mesh bag or is the stuff free floating? Free floating is good.

Yeah, I'd defininitely up your worm castings! Also, if you do go free floating, make sure that the compost isn't just getting stuck on the bottom of the bucket and that's actually being suspended in the water and being agitated. Otherwise you'll want to have it in a mesh bag and run a diffuser directly into the bag.

[Joey56789]

Originally Posted by Hal

Hey Joey...

I'll be looking forward to your post/research on the subject.

Well Hal, I'm afraid I didn't come up with anything that great, and I've tried a few times to research this. It seems that most aquarium guys are more interested in how loud an air pump is, then how well it pushes air. It also seems that from one pump to another from the same brand, there can be big differences in noise level.

Here are a few brands mentioned as good.

Eheim - higher end
https://www.eheim.com/base/eheim/inha...ail_27594_ehen

hailea - higher end
https://www.hailea.com/e-hailea/product1/Air%20pump.htm

Sera - seems to be quality and quiet
https://www.sera-usa.com (I could not even find air pumps at their site)

Rena - a lot of people said it is quality and quiet
https://www.rena.net/Products/Product.aspx?ProductID=98

Tetra Whisper - some say quiet, others not, some say they are a bit weak in output. very common
https://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/tetr...id=1276&cid=66

Tetra used to make a line called deepwater, but that seems to be discontinued.

The shitty thing is a lot of them don't seem to list output, just how big of an aquarium it is supposed to be good for. It is a matter of opinion as to how much output you need for a given aquarium, so I don't think that tells you much at all.

Frankly, there weren't a lot of negative reviews. I think these are pretty simple devices, and quality is not that hard to make. Most people seem to agree that there are a lot of pretty good brands out there. I'm just going to grab a big one from one of the following brands, and I think it should be fine.

[Hash Zeppelin]

Outdoor Organic bud grown with a proper compost tea is the best.

Just wanted to mention that Tim has found huge differences in output even among the same pumps from the same manufacturer. They can differ on output as well. Most of these pumps are manufactured in China and I don't think the quality control is as tight on aquarium pumps as other products.

[Microbeman]

Originally Posted by Hash Zeppelin

Outdoor Organic bud grown with a proper compost tea is the best.

I love your signature.

[Clackamas Coot]

CT

For applying neem oil, I purchased some organic human food-grademp yucca extract and for that application it really keeps the neem oil from separating from the water, i.e. it keeps the neem oil product suspended.

Is there any use or reason to add yucca extract? The product I bought does NOT contain benzoate of soda that most yucca extracts contain.

Thanks for any input.

CC