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Old 06-17-2009, 01:26 PM
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wasn't worried about internet purchase being flagged, just that it's expensive way to buy soil/nutes and such
i did notice something from the 1st batch of tea, which i'm sure wasn't the best tea
my outflow ph'd pretty acid - looks to be below 6 - that's the limit of my drops
wasn't able to ph my outflow till recently - too muddy - i did dolomite the soil with 1 tbsp per gallon soil
such an acidic soil might help with breaking down the bone meal quicker, that and bringing up the ph a bit might be a good idea - the bone meal is supposed to do that to some extent
there is an interesting set of experiences on icmag - some bone tea fanatics there
1 was a guy put 1 cup bone meal in a sock(a lot) and brewed in 1 gallon molasses water for maybe 3-4 days
diluted with another gallon of water - if the bone meal breaks down slow you'd think it would be just a weak tea
when he used it, it fried his flowering plants - had all the symptoms of intense nute burn - this is what got my interest
just not going to brew anything that strong

Last edited by growone; 06-17-2009 at 03:43 PM.. Reason: corrected ph data
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