Compost tea?

Hey I just planted my seed and am deciding what nutrients to use for my transplant. I have seen sum stuff on YouTube on "compost tea" it seems to boost growth incredibaly and seems to have very little or no side effects but incredible veg grow. It also inriches the soil and can by applied by water bottle for faster results. I am wondering becuz I havnt seen any marijuana grows on this so
Have any of u ever used it or what?It's also well if u have bad soil bcuz the nutrients it gives. Just curious and if it's good I hope this helps ppl out as well

the microbes in the tea are supposed to be part of a living soil system, as well as giving you nutrients. a lot of people don't brew it themselves because of the smell. you can get a similar product bottled from various nutrient companies but many question how effective it compares to the living microbes in fresh compost tea. home brewed compost tea can go bad quickly and some grow stores have begun brewing there own batches so the flow of fresh compost juice can be more accessible.

Ximaxxx said:

Hey I just planted my seed and am deciding what nutrients to use for my transplant. I have seen sum stuff on YouTube on "compost tea" it seems to boost growth incredibaly and seems to have very little or no side effects but incredible veg grow. It also inriches the soil and can by applied by water bottle for faster results. I am wondering becuz I havnt seen any marijuana grows on this so
Have any of u ever used it or what?It's also well if u have bad soil bcuz the nutrients it gives. Just curious and if it's good I hope this helps ppl out as well

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I use it occasionally but do grow organically. I use lots of compost in my soil and will foliar feed with the teas to help overcome any def. I might have.
Here is a link I would love to see made into a sticky, it is a long read but very informative started by OhSoGreen (Merry Christmas wherever you are) who was very knowledgeable in this area.
https://www.rollitup.org/organics/93913-making-tea-ez-cheap.html
Hope this helps enjoy the read and Merry Christmas

I also brew a starter solution for early vegging plants that makes the roots just explode.

2 TBSP of granular mychorrizae
5 ml of Rhizotonic (or anything fishy/kelp-y with a smidgen of N)
1 TBSP of Molasses
1 gal RO water (typically, I make it 5 gallons at a time)

Bubble it for 3 days, stirring at least 3xday and you will have a tea that is LOADED with microbial life. I mix it in with the regular solution, the tea makes up 1/3 of the total feed given for the two weeks of veg in my op. You can also use it as a foliar, undiluted a couple times during veg as well.

It's not home brew the one I was gonna make I guess it's a simple way he said in the Vid, I forgot what type it's called but yea thnx I'm gonna post link to Vid cuz he just take a hand full of compost and drops it into a bucket and sprays it with a hose.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=GCbeALuAYsg

Just clarify something. Compost tea does not smell bad. If it does, your not aerating it enough or your using manure instead of compost. Here's the guy (Bruce Duely) who started the compost tea in a bucket deal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxo2ma5hC8U


I use his method and it works GREAT! You don't just throw the compost in the water and soak it. You put it in a pores bag with an air stone and aerate for about 8 hrs and then remove the bag. Put air stones back in the bucket and aerate for another 24-36 hrs. If you keep the tea at 80-85*F while brewing, it will give the strongest tea. You can use it straight or dilute it. Your choice. You can also add supplements like kelp, fish fertalizer, bone meal etc.

People have been making tea for ages, some use air and some don't. People put all kinds of stuff in their tea's and swear it makes a big difference. I have read many articles on tea's and the one thing I have found is adding any type of manure is not safe due to the pathogens and other possible disease transmissions. When I make tea I only use worm castings, humic acid, fulvic acid and molasses. Works great as a drench or folair feed. The other thing is you will get the same results if you just top dress the soil of the plant and water.

Can you use the compost tea during flowering?

yes just use a compost with more P-K

woodsmaneh! said:

People have been making tea for ages, some use air and some don't. People put all kinds of stuff in their tea's and swear it makes a big difference. I have read many articles on tea's and the one thing I have found is adding any type of manure is not safe due to the pathogens and other possible disease transmissions. When I make tea I only use worm castings, humic acid, fulvicacid and molasses. Works great as a drench or folair feed. The other thing is you will get the same results if you just top dress the soil of the plant and water.

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their is truth to using additives in your tea. kelp & hydrolyzed fish stimulate bacterial and fungal growth. i also think humic& fulvic are excellent to use.

show us some pics of the goods your organic concoctions can produce.

Ximaxxx, hope u don't get pissed for throwin questions up on ur post, but do u guys have any good organic soil on the market or homemade soil mixtures good for a doin a full grow using only compost tea?

Here is what i plan on using for my first batch of tea.
-Diamond Black by General Organics - (liquid humic acids)
-Bio Weed by General Organics - (cold processed seaweed)
-Organic Molasses - (unsulphured)
-Subculture M by General Hydroponics - (Mycorrhizal root innoculant)
-Subculture B by General Hydroponics - (Bacillus root innoculant)

Am I missing anything or doing anything wrong making this batch of tea? I dont have any compost available but i think that these ingedients will work?

And do you need to bre the tea in a light proof container?

BCcannabis said:

Here is what i plan on using for my first batch of tea.
-Diamond Black by General Organics - (liquid humic acids)
-Bio Weed by General Organics - (cold processed seaweed)
-Organic Molasses - (unsulphured)
-Subculture M by General Hydroponics - (Mycorrhizal root innoculant)
-Subculture B by General Hydroponics - (Bacillus root innoculant)

Am I missing anything or doing anything wrong making this batch of tea? I dont have any compost available but i think that these ingedients will work?

And do you need to bre the tea in a light proof container?

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If you can believe that the Bacteria in the Subculture B is viable then it should be OK. Make sure you use an air stone (for fish tanks) and brew it for 24-36 hrs at between 75-85*. If you don't have compost or worm castings to use, you can use pond water, like from a swamp. It is teaming with all kinds of beneficial microbes.

Winter for me up here so no pond water, but thank you very much for your advice. +rep

I use to make it and substitute it for the lack of P and K in my 35gal aquaponic setup when I got to fruiting stage. Btw, aquaponics is my absolute favorite way of growing. The way I made it was called BSF composting. I had a tote with a filter and drain. I would fill it up with half dirt and have used plant garbage, leftovers, fat of steaks, what ever was real food. Then here in Ga the black solider flys would lay eggs in it, I would see what looks like big maggots in it, close the lidand those things go to town eating everything really really fast. What your left with is almost fertilizer, add worms to finish it off, but open the drain to collect the juice and aerate that for and hour or two and its ready to use.

Try Vermaplex It's on ebay on sale right now through sublime organics. It's packed with tons of stuff. All organic. My baby loves it and a gallon will make up to 32 gallons. You can't burn your plants in anyway. They even love to be sprayed with it.

BCcannabis said:

Winter for me up here so no pond water, but thank you very much for your advice. +rep

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Winter here too. I live in the Fraser Valley north of Chilliwack. We're expecting 80 ml tonight.

What about using pure green tea in watering the plants?

During flowering I would use some indonesian bat guano. Its high in phospherous. Idk about foliar feeding during flowering tho. Id def make some guano tea for watering, they will love u for that. Good luck bro!!