jeeperscreepers
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I am on my third batch of compost tea for flower. My teas are for root feeding only. I suspend the bag of nutrients half way deep in my water reservoir with a air stone inside. I put a few other stones inside to give the water a nice boiling effect and works just like its supposed to.
My questions are: Why are you supposed to even use the bag in the first place? Wouldn't just mixing your nutrients and dumping them in the water be more effective in leaching these nutrients into the water? It seems that the bag (i am using stockings) constricts the nutrients in the center of the bag making the water/air harder to reach. Wouldn't it be better just to mix the contents of the water and slurry on the bottom of the reservoir and feed the plants that way? That way the plant would receive some healthy top soil and get fed at the same time?
Why use a bag at all?
My questions are: Why are you supposed to even use the bag in the first place? Wouldn't just mixing your nutrients and dumping them in the water be more effective in leaching these nutrients into the water? It seems that the bag (i am using stockings) constricts the nutrients in the center of the bag making the water/air harder to reach. Wouldn't it be better just to mix the contents of the water and slurry on the bottom of the reservoir and feed the plants that way? That way the plant would receive some healthy top soil and get fed at the same time?
Why use a bag at all?