I am planning to make a fertilizer tea with dr earth flower girl dry fertilizer by mixing it in water and let it sit for like 1 day the water plants with it like it details on the bag. How long would it take for the plant to start using the nutrients in the tea for it on there?
How long does it take fertilizer tea to start working?
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I don't know the product at all . I did google the brand to see what was in it , From what I can see you will only get some of the nutrients out of it , being made for a soil input there will be some you will not get .
That's not how you make teas.. Teas aren't mixed, they are aerated. You would need to the dry amendments into a stocking or pantyhose, then let that sit/hang in your water, along with an airstone. Just mixing/stirring dry amendments into water does not make a tea.
There is very little difference between the two. The directions are not complete, but do as you want. I am only trying to help you. I've already made every mistake you've made, lol. But hey, here's a video from the Dr. Earth YouTube channel. It shows step by step how to make both. And please notice the mesh netting used in BOTH buckets. Same thing as the pantyhose I mentioned. They aren't just "mixing" dry amendments with water. They are letting it steep for 24hrs in a mesh netting. Adding an airstone helps to activate the microbes and keep them alive. They aren't using an airstone in the video, but it only helps. As long you you understand that you can't just mix flower girl with water and call that a tea. There is a process to it. Once it steeps for 24hrs, nutrients are immediately available to the plant.
Thanks. That is interesting. On the bag it detailed to mix with water then strain it then pour the liquid in the pot and put the solid items from the tea around the plant on there.
I do thank you for the information. I am not arguing with you I was just talking about what was on the bag. I am in an apartment and do not want to mess with mesh bags or a pump or anything like that. I was going to mix the fertilizer in a bottle with water then water the plant with it the next day on there. How much of a difference would a mesh bag make? I would likely only do it for 1 or 2 plants at a time and was planning to mix it in a bottle then in like 24 hours water the plant with it on there. The biotabs line has a pk boost item that they say is a boost for the plants in flower that they recommend but I do not have that and was trying to do something similar with the flower girl fertilizer I have for it on there.
I do thank you for the information. I am not arguing with you I was just talking about what was on the bag. I am in an apartment and do not want to mess with mesh bags or a pump or anything like that. I was going to mix the fertilizer in a bottle with water then water the plant with it the next day on there. How much of a difference would a mesh bag make? I would likely only do it for 1 or 2 plants at a time and was planning to mix it in a bottle then in like 24 hours water the plant with it on there. The biotabs line has a pk boost item that they say is a boost for the plants in flower that they recommend but I do not have that and was trying to do something similar with the flower girl fertilizer I have for it on there.
No worries. Many of us are in apartments so I get it. If you put flower girl in a bucket, add water, stir it and let it sit for 24 hrs, all you'll have is a bunch of flower girl at the bottom of the bucket. Steeping is very important so the mesh bag or pantyhose is a major step. Look up the term "steeping compost tea" or "steeping fertilizer tea" and it will explain how it works and why it's important. For only one or two plants you should only need one gallon of water and about a half a cup of flower girl to steep in the water. If you watch any video on making tea, they will use some sort of mesh or pantyhose to steep with. If you want to make a foliar, steeping is still important. I use a one gallon water jug and a piece of pantyhose. I put a few tablespoons of craft blend from build a soil in the foot of the pantyhose.. Then drop that into the jug.. Leaving just enough pantyhose out of the jug to pull it out. I shake it, pull the pantyhose out and squeeze it every few hours, and there you have it. I just add an airstone to activate it. But steeping is vital. If you need pics of how I do it I can take some. Tonight is a feed night for my plants.
