Alfalfa kelp tea at 32 hrs, can i go till morning?

MammothGrow

MammothGrow

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Have 5 gallon bucket with 1 cup alfalfa 1/2 cup kelp meal 1 cup ewc, 1 cup compost and molasses brewing right now, my question is will it be too strong by 48 hrs to give 5 inch tall plants that have been in their pots for 6 days? was hoping to water today but they need to dry out a little more, should be good by morning. Any help please, could I just pour the 5 gallons into 50 gallon res with some airstones in it and not have it go anaerobic?
 
smokey the cat

smokey the cat

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Why so much kelp and alfalfa? Is this currently aerated?

regarding time:
I normally brew AACT for 48 hrs, so it probably wont make any difference. Brewing length doesn't make the brew get "stronger" or "weaker", but the microbe population changes. After 48 hours you will see degredation in the variety of microbe life as certain dominant species over populate the brew.
 
MammothGrow

MammothGrow

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smokey the cat said:
Why so much kelp and alfalfa? Is this currently aerated?

regarding time:
I normally brew AACT for 48 hrs, so it probably wont make any difference. Brewing length doesn't make the brew get "stronger" or "weaker", but the microbe population changes. After 48 hours you will see degredation in the variety of microbe life as certain dominant species over populate the brew.
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it started as just an Alfalfa meal and Kelp meal tea, was going to brew for 24 hrs and water. Then I figured I might as well throw some ewc, compost, and molasses in there and get some beneficial bacteria at the same time. Anyhow, was mainly worried that it might burn my little plants being only 6 days in their pots now. But the more ive read im pretty sure 5 gallons of this mix into 50 gallons will definitely not burn them
 
MammothGrow

MammothGrow

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smokey the cat said:
Why so much kelp and alfalfa? Is this currently aerated?

regarding time:
I normally brew AACT for 48 hrs, so it probably wont make any difference. Brewing length doesn't make the brew get "stronger" or "weaker", but the microbe population changes. After 48 hours you will see degredation in the variety of microbe life as certain dominant species over populate the brew.
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and Im under the impression that brewing alfalfa meal and kelp meal strips the nutrients from it into the water as well as the growth hormone triacontanal or however you spell it. That's why I was wondering if it would be too strong after 48 hours, or if everyone says only do alfalfa tea for 24 hrs because all the benefits are stripped from the material after 24 hrs and you wont get anything more out of it.
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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MammothGrow said:
and Im under the impression that brewing alfalfa meal and kelp meal strips the nutrients from it into the water as well as the growth hormone triacontanal or however you spell it. That's why I was wondering if it would be too strong after 48 hours, or if everyone says only do alfalfa tea for 24 hrs because all the benefits are stripped from the material after 24 hrs and you wont get anything more out of it.
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you'll be fine, the nutrients won't go anywhere, but the microbe population may fluctuate, especially when using kelp and alfalfa.
It won't go anerobic unless you stop pumping air into it, I've had a comfrey/dandelion tea bubbling for 20 days weeks straight(I made too much) and it smells like clean earth compost, but I had a power outage for one night only, and the tea smelled like sewage in the morning, added a tablespoon of molasses in it, and fired up the air pump and 8 hours later it smelled like compost again, not sure how good those aerobic bacteria guys are, but they whupped ass on the anerobic ones in just a little bit.
besides, according to tim the microbe man, kelp delays microbial life, so you want to brew longer
 
MammothGrow

MammothGrow

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greasemonkeymann said:
you'll be fine, the nutrients won't go anywhere, but the microbe population may fluctuate, especially when using kelp and alfalfa.
It won't go anerobic unless you stop pumping air into it, I've had a comfrey/dandelion tea bubbling for 20 days weeks straight(I made too much) and it smells like clean earth compost, but I had a power outage for one night only, and the tea smelled like sewage in the morning, added a tablespoon of molasses in it, and fired up the air pump and 8 hours later it smelled like compost again, not sure how good those aerobic bacteria guys are, but they whupped ass on the anerobic ones in just a little bit.
besides, according to tim the microbe man, kelp delays microbial life, so you want to brew longer
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awesome, exactly the answer I was looking for :) thank you!
 
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