That is very interesting, thanks for all the good info..not just this thread but everyone.... everyone needs teas and tea reciepes I agree with the whole brainwashing thing also commercial fertilizer is nasty I don't really want things laying around for my dogs to get into and I can't stand the aftertaste of over fert hydro (theres lots of it where I live) go organic or go home cause I'm not smoking it...sorry I don't care if you flush if you use that stuff it's like watering your plant with salt water blahh plus I like soil as a buffer just feel safer with it.

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I have to agree with this man 100% no foliar after at least 3 week flower. I also agree with the organic theory, I have grown mother tomatore plants for years. moms will only last 1 to 5 years with inorganic nutes, 5-20 years with organic nutes. The clones are all fine but the mother itself does not like organic nutes after 5 years.

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Hats off and I raise my future cuppa joe (gotta be brewed) to you who've been doing this and are sharing your knowledge. I really hope I am able to attain a level of knowledge that might approach yours, and I am also hopeful I can get this whole organic thing completely dialed in.

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if this question has already been asked please refer me to the post number, but how long of a shelf life do teas typically have?

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SalaDank- its not what you are stealing, i stole a shitty 3 dollar (u.s.) light bulb. Its just doing it.

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Brendon420.... If you keep your tea oxygenated by bubbling it (with a cheap aquarium air pump) - as long as the air pump stays on, it stays good (just becoming more soluble every day).
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If you mix it by stiring or pouring it bucket to bucket daily for a few days, you have about 3 days after the 3 rd day (of intial mixing) - to start using it before it starts to turns sour on you.
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Subscribed gonna do this when i can

would you suggest making small amounts at a time?

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SalaDank- its not what you are stealing, i stole a shitty 3 dollar (u.s.) light bulb. Its just doing it.

What I've been doing is continually replenishing with fresh water, then add my castings/guano/molasses + about a tablespoon of SPT. It's gotta be stirred vigorously at least once a day and shaded (shading seems to make the most difference). I'm feeding 9 girls, one's in a 4 gallon pot, and I mix up about.. I'm gonna guess it's about 3-4 gallons of this tea, sometimes less. The lower it gets in the bin, the less stirring it needs because it's got a nice, big surface-area-to-volume ratio.

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so keeping it shaded, as in a shady covered cool area?

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SalaDank- its not what you are stealing, i stole a shitty 3 dollar (u.s.) light bulb. Its just doing it.

Brendo420 The reason you want to mix up such elixirs in the shade is to avoid having UV sunlight kill the bacteria in your mix. Direct sunlight kills both good and bad bacteria. If you keep the mix supplied with plenty of oxygen, the good bacteria will thrive and kill off the bad ones. So, keep the oxygen flowing and your elixir out of the sunlight.
I would not mix up more than five gallons at a pop. I just mix what I need as I go.

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