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[Green Goblin]

Just some info I came across in my travels of internet land

1. Quality Compost (homemade or store-bought; bacterial, fungal or balanced), Bat Guano (bacterial, fungal or balanced) and/or Worm Castings (typically bacterial)
2. Unchlorinated Water (if your water is chlorinated, fill your brewing container with water and allow to sit for 24 hours to let the chlorine burn-off or aerate the water for 20-30 minutes)
3. Additives to enrich microbial growth

Common Compost Tea Additives

Ingredient Feeds
Cane Sugar (Bacteria)
White Sugar (Bacteria)
Maple Syrup (Bacteria)
Corn Syrup (Bacteria)
Fish Emulsion (Bacteria)
Yeast Extract (Bacteria)
Bone Meal (Bacteria)
Raw Milk or Nonfat Dried Milk (Bacteria)
Organic Unsulfured Molasses (Bacteria/Fungi)
Sea Kelp (Bacteria/Fungi)
Fruit Pulp (Bacteria/Fungi)
Humic Acids (Bacteria/Fungi)
Rock Dusts (Bacteria/Fungi)
Fish Hydrolysate (Fungi)
Ground Oatmeal (Fungi)
Oat Bran (Fungi)
Yucca (Fungi)
Lignin (Fungi)
Cellulose (Fungi)
Soybean Meal (Fungi)

Note: A wide variety of compost teas can be made using the above ingredients. For example, to make a bacterial-dominated compost tea, start with a high-quality bacterial (high nitrogen) compost and unchlorinated water and add any number of additives that feed bacteria. Conversely, to make fungal-dominated compost tea, use fungal (high carbon) compost and unchlorinated water and include additives that feed fungi. And finally, to make a balanced compost tea, use balanced compost and unchlorinated water and include additives to feed both bacteria and fungi.

 

[Padawan1972]

Just some info I came across in my travels of internet land

1. Quality Compost (homemade or store-bought; bacterial, fungal or balanced), Bat Guano (bacterial, fungal or balanced) and/or Worm Castings (typically bacterial)
2. Unchlorinated Water (if your water is chlorinated, fill your brewing container with water and allow to sit for 24 hours to let the chlorine burn-off or aerate the water for 20-30 minutes)
3. Additives to enrich microbial growth

Common Compost Tea Additives

Ingredient Feeds
Cane Sugar (Bacteria)
White Sugar (Bacteria)
Maple Syrup (Bacteria)
Corn Syrup (Bacteria)
Fish Emulsion (Bacteria)
Yeast Extract (Bacteria)
Bone Meal (Bacteria)
Raw Milk or Nonfat Dried Milk (Bacteria)
Organic Unsulfured Molasses (Bacteria/Fungi)
Sea Kelp (Bacteria/Fungi)
Fruit Pulp (Bacteria/Fungi)
Humic Acids (Bacteria/Fungi)
Rock Dusts (Bacteria/Fungi)
Fish Hydrolysate (Fungi)
Ground Oatmeal (Fungi)
Oat Bran (Fungi)
Yucca (Fungi)
Lignin (Fungi)
Cellulose (Fungi)
Soybean Meal (Fungi)

Note: A wide variety of compost teas can be made using the above ingredients. For example, to make a bacterial-dominated compost tea, start with a high-quality bacterial (high nitrogen) compost and unchlorinated water and add any number of additives that feed bacteria. Conversely, to make fungal-dominated compost tea, use fungal (high carbon) compost and unchlorinated water and include additives that feed fungi. And finally, to make a balanced compost tea, use balanced compost and unchlorinated water and include additives to feed both bacteria and fungi.

Dont forget the Aloe Vera ..I use it in compost tea...great stuff all around for plants

 

[Green Goblin]

Dont forget the Aloe Vera ..I use it in compost tea...great stuff all around for plants

Oh yeah, fresh aloe fillet. I have an aloe plant growing in living soil on my kitchen counter just for that

 

[VitaMan]

Just some info I came across in my travels of internet land

Man, good timing, Goblin!

Aside from feeding the micro herd, recently I've been curious about how the plants themselves use exogenous sugars. I have used molasses before and when compared to times I did not it did make a difference.

I am not sure how I can accomplish compost tea in high density metropolis condos....

 

[Green Goblin]

Man, good timing, Goblin!

Aside from feeding the micro herd, recently I've been curious about how the plants themselves use exogenous sugars. I have used molasses before and when compared to times I did not it did make a difference.

I am not sure how I can accomplish compost tea in high density metropolis condos....

Keep all your tea inputs in a tote, in a closet to store them..A simple 5 gallon bucket, a saucer underneath to catch any possible foam running over, a good air pump ( mine is rate at 571 GPH ) and either a bubble snake from Tealab or some good air stones..a 400 micron bag or some cheesecloth...Easily clean everything up with some Dawn dish soap and peroxide after use and store in the closet with your inputs. You can use a bathtub or shower to put your bucket in while you brew.

 

[Kneehigh85]

Hey all! Hope the work weeks been high! Anybody ever seen a single seed do this? Mephisto, sour livers. I posted on the mephisto customers service thread, but know there's more traffic in here normally!View attachment 841789

That’s an oddity if I’ve ever seen one!

 

[4tokin]

Experience can serve one well, if one pays attention and strives to do better!! You guys would all laugh your asses off if you saw my first 2 seasons outdoor plants!! Back then you couldn't just go on the computer and have a vet show you how to grow, or what you are doing wrong.

We have it so easy today with the internet.
In the past it was trial and error or if you where lucky you had access to a couple of gardening books.

 

[9bear]

Just some info I came across in my travels of internet land

1. Quality Compost (homemade or store-bought; bacterial, fungal or balanced), Bat Guano (bacterial, fungal or balanced) and/or Worm Castings (typically bacterial)
2. Unchlorinated Water (if your water is chlorinated, fill your brewing container with water and allow to sit for 24 hours to let the chlorine burn-off or aerate the water for 20-30 minutes)
3. Additives to enrich microbial growth

Common Compost Tea Additives

Ingredient Feeds
Cane Sugar (Bacteria)
White Sugar (Bacteria)
Maple Syrup (Bacteria)
Corn Syrup (Bacteria)
Fish Emulsion (Bacteria)
Yeast Extract (Bacteria)
Bone Meal (Bacteria)
Raw Milk or Nonfat Dried Milk (Bacteria)
Organic Unsulfured Molasses (Bacteria/Fungi)
Sea Kelp (Bacteria/Fungi)
Fruit Pulp (Bacteria/Fungi)
Humic Acids (Bacteria/Fungi)
Rock Dusts (Bacteria/Fungi)
Fish Hydrolysate (Fungi)
Ground Oatmeal (Fungi)
Oat Bran (Fungi)
Yucca (Fungi)
Lignin (Fungi)
Cellulose (Fungi)
Soybean Meal (Fungi)

Note: A wide variety of compost teas can be made using the above ingredients. For example, to make a bacterial-dominated compost tea, start with a high-quality bacterial (high nitrogen) compost and unchlorinated water and add any number of additives that feed bacteria. Conversely, to make fungal-dominated compost tea, use fungal (high carbon) compost and unchlorinated water and include additives that feed fungi. And finally, to make a balanced compost tea, use balanced compost and unchlorinated water and include additives to feed both bacteria and fungi.

A link would be nice when you find this information GG . Just sayin .

 

[9bear]

Good Morning AFN stoners 3:40 a.m. here . It's warmed up to 0 here banana belt weather . I will be a good tenant and visit the landlady this a.m. No word of her coming home yet which is just fine by me ,they can take care of her better than I can . I have bad bed side manners .

 

[EvilScotsman]

mornin troops. oh how the mighty have fallen. couple months ago i was getting 250 a shift..... today im off for an induction in a fish filleting factory. quality. minimal wage and i get to come home smellin like a cheap hooker. just what ive always wanted lol.