First time making compost tea. Help..

fasts10

fasts10

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Hello everyone.
Im wanting to try to brew up my first compost tea. Let me know if this is good for flowering.. These are the ingredients I have..
1/2 cup of earthworm casting 1-0-0 ( all brewed in a 5 gallon bucket)
1/2 cup of fossilized seabird guano 1-10-1
1/2 cup of original seabird guano 13-12-2
5tbl molasses
5tbl hygrozyme
5 table liquid karma 01-01-05
 
deflectohead

deflectohead

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A compost tea is usually just made with ewc, molasses , and kelp. I would consider this more of a bio active nutrient tea. How big are your plants? What kind of soil are they in? And what stage of growth are they at?
 
deflectohead

deflectohead

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Also, I've been told that hygrozyme enzymes agave short lives and are fast acting so don't put them in until right before you water
 
foreverflyhi

foreverflyhi

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Dump everything except worm and mollasses, and kelp. Keep it simple hygrozim not organic. Make seed sprout teas, much cheaper and better then hygro. Bat guano too much, i say just slightly top dress with that stuff, maybe once every other cycle assuming ur recycling
 
SpicySativa

SpicySativa

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As others said, keep it simple. 5 gallon bucket of water, 1-2 cups of worm castings, and 3-4 TBSP blackstrap molasses. Brew for 24 hours with all the aeration you can muster.
 
fasts10

fasts10

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Hello guys I have another question could I use the brew for a hydro setup or would it clog up the pump?
Thanks..
 
NaturalWorksOrganics

NaturalWorksOrganics

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I only have one plant so i only brew a liter at a time then i dilute with another liter just before applying. This is what i got brewing right now:
1 liter R/O water
1 tsp dry, organic all purpose
1 tsp kelp meal
1 tsp alfalfa meal
1 tsp blackstrap molasses
2 TBSP fresh worm castings

I am about two weeks into flower and showing a N deficiency. Looking into NPK values this seems pretty well suited for this stage. If my frass shows up in time i will add 1 tsp of it to the brew and bubble for a couple extra hours.
 
fasts10

fasts10

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NaturalWorksOrganics said:
I only have one plant so i only brew a liter at a time then i dilute with another liter just before applying. This is what i got brewing right now:
1 liter R/O water
1 tsp dry, organic all purpose
1 tsp kelp meal
1 tsp alfalfa meal
1 tsp blackstrap molasses
2 TBSP fresh worm castings

I am about two weeks into flower and showing a N deficiency. Looking into NPK values this seems pretty well suited for this stage. If my frass shows up in time i will add 1 tsp of it to the brew and bubble for a couple extra hours.
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Thanks I'll be watching your progress.. The brew you use do u have any problem clogging up the pump or air stones?
 
steelheadguy

steelheadguy

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Use a non submersible pump. The airstone gets dirty on the outside, but as long as you keep the pump running the airstone wont have too much tea in it.

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