**DISCLAIMER** I'm not a pro, and have a small amount of experience with growing bud. I have had a life long love for nature, and plants in general. I don't own a microscope, I just read my plants to see results. Some things I try are based on what I learned growing up, some are based on what I read.
I know being in different areas we have different names for some things. I'll try to explain some of the terms, and methods I am familiar with.
EWC tea, or earth worm casting tea is basically what is sounds like. It can be as basic as just letting casting sit in water for a few days stirring every few hours. That is its most basic form. Most people in the MJ community prefer to add aeration (air) to it.
Compost teas. It is basically the same as above, but made with compost instead. Again most people like to add air to it
ACT, & AACT. This stands for aerated compost tea, and actively aerated compost tea. When adding air to the above 2 teas, it becomes this. By adding aeration to your teas it increases the dissolved oxygen in the tea, and providing a better habitat for the microbes. The main benefit of added dissolved O2 is it keeps the tea from going anaerobic (bad, stagnant) and giving the microbes a good breeding condition. The main difference in these 2 are the amount of air used. Think home fish pump, versus a commercial air pump.
SST is for sprouted seed tea. This also has a few methods, but the basic method (what I do) is to grow some sprouts, and blend them into water. You can use just about any seed that sprout fast, but the most common are alfalfa, corn, and barley. You would grow them till they have about 1/2 inch tails and then make a slurry (blended in water). It is a more new method to me, so I can't offer much about it. I would rather you research it, than I give you wrong info. The reason people make SST is to harvest the enzymes in the forming plant.
Manure teas would be more along the lines of what you described above. I do use manure, but only in dry form. I have not ventured in to these yet. Maybe you could share how you would make it.
FPJ/FPE. This stands for Fermented plant juice, or FP Extract. There are a few ways to make it, and also what I was refering to in my previous post. It only contains plant mater, no animal shits. It would be vegan dish so to say. It does sount like the same method you spoke of though. Just add plant material to a bucket of water, and let it rot for about a month. The bad smell comes from the water becoming stagnant, and it is an anaerobic mixture.
The method I like takes the same plant material, put it in a container, and coat it really well with brown sugar, not molasses. Molasses would be fine for anything you add water to, but this is a "dry" mix. After you have good coverage of the brown sugar, give it a light packing so it is an even top. Add a ~1/2" layer of brown sugar on top covering the plant. Cover it with a breathable cloth (shirt, towel, w/e) and let it sit for about a week. The cloth need to be breathable as there is a gas exchange that need to take place. When it is done I turn the container upside down over a strainer and let it sit for about an hour. When it has drained as much as it will on its own, I take the liquid and bottle it. The 1st "drain" is a very clean thick liquid with a gold/brown color. I use that for making foliage sprays at 1/10 FPJ to water.
From there I add water to the remaining mixture, and shake the container to loosen up what ever is left behind. Squeeze the plant material really well in the water. Sometime I even take the water and strain it through the plant matter a few times. This 2nd "drain" will give me a more brown/green color. I dilute it to a light tea color and use this for soil feedings. Next batch I make, I'll be sure to make a post here about it. The method I use has not produced any foul smells. Not to say it won't, just hasn't.
When you get a chance watch the video. The guy in it explains it a bit better than I do.
Till next time, take care.
So... I been trying to research the re ipes for the teas but they are never well explained.
What I've learnt is that you gotta ferment them before applying/feeding.
I other words you gotta bubbpe the tea for a while... i'd guess for a week or something.
The whole process shaould happen protected from the direct sunlight fo sho.
I can share my (K) potassium organic tea, though!
I make it in 25 minutes approximatelly (+40 or more to cool down).
All it takes are the leftovers of 4 bananas. By that i mean skin basically.
I also add orange peels as well but these I add in the end of the process.
At low heat you add the banana skins... let it "simmer" for a while. I like to put them while the water is cool, and let it heat gradually. When it starts to boil.. I know its basically almost done.
Then i add two spoons of brown sugar to feed organisms in the media, but mind that sugar may attract ants! So go slow, less is more!
Then I mix the solution to dilute the sugar, and add the orange skins. (I used 4 oranges that were used to prepare a juice for my son, you see.. only leftovers!)
Then i let the orange skin boil very little, turn off the heat and let the whole thing cool at room temperature, caped.
As substitution for the orange skin you could as well use cucumber.
But the banana, by itself should provide plenty of potassium.
The thing is to strain it NICELLY as you dont want particules floating around. Cause flies love fruit and if they lay their eggs on yer plant, they hatch and eat the roots. So trust me, strain the tea as you can. Specially if there was pieces of the banana in the mix. (I put the bad injuried banana part i wouldnt eat, for example).
My tea is stored in the fridge and I wouldnt store for more than 5~7 days, as a bartender I can say... it will ferment for sure! It you notice like a "tssss" when you uncap the bottle (like gas of anykind) its a signal of fermentstion... and I dont know if its still safe to feed.
The thing is to feed them easy and dont feed only banana tea! Give your darlings some pure water too, as theres some reports of people who managed to kill their plants feeding too much banana tea.
I guess theres no reason to fear overfeeding if you dilute slightly. And you use the mix to help the plant not lacking such mineral.
So... dont go hard on it. Take it easy. I get satisfied that my plant dont show deficiencies in her leaves, the organic way is quite simple! Less is more , always!
About the manure teas in other hand...
Its logical:
The stardard goes like that:
2 cups of compost or worm castlings (micronutrients)
2 cups of (N) rich meal, I use "caster bean" (or was it called castor?) or cotton seed meal.
1 cup of the (P) rich meal, I personally use is bone meal
The (K) is the banana tea I mentioned above. (Dont mix it all up in the same reservoir, so you dont contaminate your banana tea)
These measurementa are for vegetative.
On flowering you invetrt the (N) and (P) amounts...
Half castor bean meal to 1 cup
And double bone meal to 2 cups
Feed banana as usual, taking easy on it.
Some people add too tea spoons of MgSO4, its "magnesium sulfate" and it helps plants A LOT!
CRITICAL OBSERVATION:
BONE MEAL + CASTER BEAN MEAL will ferment, so you gotta ferment it in the tea (bubling) before applying else you WILL/CAN INJURY YOUR DARLINGS!
Ill add a last observation so you guys get to perform your organic nutrients more cleverly:
A well balanced nute shall folloe the following "laws".
The Max amount of (N) shall be 3 times the amount of P,
And the Minimum amount should be atleast 1/2 the amount of (P) as well.
But that's not all! The more critical factor is (K)!
Nitrogen's max amount should be 2x (K) amount, and the minimum, again, 1/2.
So dont balance all with (P) as measurement, so you dont make it too strong!
Theres plenty of recipes for making organic nutes rich in (K).
This is just an Idea... cause I am a poor person, and so I like to teach you guys to make nutes with little to no investiment!
You dont need a growshop, expensive nutes nor anything!
(Ofcourse it helps, but there sure are alternate ways to achieve success!)
I hope it have helped ya'll!
It is a great pleasure to share my humble knowledge! [emoji51]