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dubwise · 10-11-2009, 03:20 PM

hello icmagers...I started to brew a tea made of mexican guano @ 1 tsp/gal + molasses @ 1 tsp/gal. I've been brewing 5gal for 24 hours....I have foam coming out of the top of my bucket. Can I aerate this longer then 24 hours? Or do I need to use this today? My next tea I was planning on using compost w/ the guano & molasses. Would this be okay or would this be too much? I grow in hempy buckets (perlite/vermiculite mix) for my mj. and bc hydro nutrients for my peppers & tomatoes. I'd like to use the compost tea for both types of gardens. Any suggestions is GREATLY appreciated.

magiccannabus · 10-14-2009, 12:48 AM

24-36 hours is probably a pretty safe range of time to use it in. I'm not very familiar with hempy buckets, though I do know what they are just never used them myself. If it's anything like organic coco though, you can build up humates in it just like soil. The trick is to not overwhelm it with too much too fast. You can add a lot more food into an organic grow medium than you can in a chemical one, if you just don't do it too fast. Have you read about OBBT? I know at least one person has done a variant of that using a hempy bucket. Might be worth a look....

dubwise · 10-14-2009, 01:48 AM

thanks! i will check out obbt.

10-11-2009, 03:20 PM	#1
dubwise in the thick of it Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: deep dark jungle Posts: 3,002	new to organics.... hello icmagers...I started to brew a tea made of mexican guano @ 1 tsp/gal + molasses @ 1 tsp/gal. I've been brewing 5gal for 24 hours....I have foam coming out of the top of my bucket. Can I aerate this longer then 24 hours? Or do I need to use this today? My next tea I was planning on using compost w/ the guano & molasses. Would this be okay or would this be too much? I grow in hempy buckets (perlite/vermiculite mix) for my mj. and bc hydro nutrients for my peppers & tomatoes. I'd like to use the compost tea for both types of gardens. Any suggestions is GREATLY appreciated. __________________ Prov 3:5-6; Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
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10-14-2009, 12:48 AM	#2
magiccannabus Next Stop: Outer Space! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Between the Mississippi and the Missouri Posts: 1,990	24-36 hours is probably a pretty safe range of time to use it in. I'm not very familiar with hempy buckets, though I do know what they are just never used them myself. If it's anything like organic coco though, you can build up humates in it just like soil. The trick is to not overwhelm it with too much too fast. You can add a lot more food into an organic grow medium than you can in a chemical one, if you just don't do it too fast. Have you read about OBBT? I know at least one person has done a variant of that using a hempy bucket. Might be worth a look.... __________________ --------------------------------------------- My newest grow diary: 400W CMH + 256W T8. Multi-strain perpetual organic My Grow Diary(finished) T-8 only grow cab, taking shoplights to the extreme(finished) "This coir smells so good I'm having a growgasm!" - Me
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10-14-2009, 01:48 AM	#3
dubwise in the thick of it Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: deep dark jungle Posts: 3,002	thanks! i will check out obbt. __________________ Prov 3:5-6; Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
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