Beeb Beebman
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This is an amazing thread all the way through. I've learned so much!! Let's keep this going..
Soil Food Web Gardening with Compost Teas
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trichome fiend
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...here --> http://www.amazon.com/Worms-Eat-Garbage-Mary-Appelhof/dp/0942256107#_
...and anything written by Ruth Stout!
PakaloloHui
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This was posted yesterday on another thread.
Teaming with Microbes is a great buy...also check out "The Compost Tea Brewing Manuel, 5th Edition" by Elaine Ingham...this you can buy for $300 on Amazon or download the pdf @ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the compost tea brewing manuel&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CF8QFjAE&url=http%3A%2 F%2Flivingsoilsp2011.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F 05%2Fbrew-manual-04-28-08.pdf&ei=p8J1T6y2L8KZiQKxhLWoDg&usg=AFQjCNGeZMIrf pqs5UKx1_x235K2baTpQw&cad=rja
Elaine Ingham is the guru on compost teas!
I chose the google pdf download for free.
Teaming with Microbes is a great buy...also check out "The Compost Tea Brewing Manuel, 5th Edition" by Elaine Ingham...this you can buy for $300 on Amazon or download the pdf @ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the compost tea brewing manuel&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CF8QFjAE&url=http%3A%2 F%2Flivingsoilsp2011.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F 05%2Fbrew-manual-04-28-08.pdf&ei=p8J1T6y2L8KZiQKxhLWoDg&usg=AFQjCNGeZMIrf pqs5UKx1_x235K2baTpQw&cad=rja
Elaine Ingham is the guru on compost teas!
I chose the google pdf download for free.
Beeb Beebman
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Wow! Thanks alot for those links!! I had my nose in that tea manual for most of the day! Thanks again! Starting a batch of tea tomorrow and I can't wait after reading this thread.
Rrog
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She gets a lot of shit elsewhere on the net. Not sure why. Bickering amongst professionals, I gather.
Teas are great. Building a big 15 gallon brewer right now.
trichome fiend
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"Secrets of the Soil", and "The Secret Life of Plants" by Peter Thompkins and Christopher Bird
trichome fiend
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trichmasta
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I use ACT's every feeding non diluted all the way to week 5 of flower, then take a break and innoculate/brew once a week for 6-7. Just added - Wonder Worm- ewc to my tea line up; along with honey es, and kelp meal. I <3 my soil food web!!
trichmasta
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What's everyone using for a kelp meal source in their tea's?
Rrog
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Roots Organic Extreme Serene is one I've read about.
From MicrobeOrganics.com: *kelp meal - 0.25% max. (0.5 liter or 500 ml), (17 ounces US), (0.5 quart US), (2 plus cups)
NOTE: This is a maximum amount of kelp and you can experiment using less. This is using regular grade kelp meal for livestock. If you have soluble kelp, I recommend using smaller amounts. Sometimes kelp meal can initially delay bacterial multiplication.
From MicrobeOrganics.com: *kelp meal - 0.25% max. (0.5 liter or 500 ml), (17 ounces US), (0.5 quart US), (2 plus cups)
NOTE: This is a maximum amount of kelp and you can experiment using less. This is using regular grade kelp meal for livestock. If you have soluble kelp, I recommend using smaller amounts. Sometimes kelp meal can initially delay bacterial multiplication.
PakaloloHui
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Cytoplus by Bioag
40%humic acid, 7 micronutrients, plus seaweed. Soluble Potash 7.5%
1/2 tsp. per gallon per instructions for soil; 1/4 - 1/3 tsp. per gallon for hydro or foliar spray.
or
Maxicrop Soluble Powder (1 - 0 - 4)
1 tsp. per gallon
Both work great for what you need them for.
wyteboi
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i use kelp meal from maine. , i also got some liquid karma layin around that i did not buy , so im usin that right now.
Thanks for that book for free ! thats an amazing find. i have read bit an pieces of that book forever , its nice to have the whole thang at my hands. +rep bigtime.
soil
PakaloloHui
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That site has been on my favorites bar for several years.
Kb's seeds
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excellent thread!!!! really nice to see a thread on compost teas im tired of reading about everyone using synthetic nutes, iz not the way to go iz not natural!! im currently trying out a new compost tea product on the market, its called malibu's compost bu's brews tea bags, its actually one of the better compost tea products ive seen on the market, ever since organics alive split into vermitea i havent really like their products, ive been running the bu's brew on a side by side trial with my compost teas, like i said pretty good product, some of the other products are there are ridiculously expensive, like the vortex brewer products, ive seen the earth tonic being sold for 50bucks a bag!!!! WTF!!! now if thas not makin money off of growers i dont know what is, u can buy products for ur teas in bulk and cut ur cost down by 90%, i mean the extreme gardening compost tea brews are 50 a bag too, i paid 10 bucks for a bag of bu's brew and it would easily compete with other more expensive tea products, so if ur new to makin teas and jus wanna buy the pre made tea bags to brew shop around before buying name brand cause its starting to get like what advanced nutes did, released essiantlly the same products over and over and charged more for them, i mean why is their powder myco cheaper than the voodoo juice?? its alot cheaper to buy bulk ingredients for ur teas any good hydro store should have a section of bulk nutes and its alota fun when u start brewing ur own teas, espcially when u start ur own home worm farm and learn the different things u can feed them, like adding cannalope rinds or potato skins etc. etc. to ur worm bin, its amazing how u can use table scraps to feed ur worms and get excellent castings, nature is fukin awesome, i wont ever buy castings again unless i have to the difference between bagged castings and fresh castings is amazing, have fun brewin those teas folks but remeber its tea for ur plant so if u get thirsty go buy a arizona ice tea lol great thread i enjoyed reading it very much, and gota give props for posting a link to the great book teaming with microbes, i think anyone who wants to garden organically should read that book
wyteboi
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95% of the time you are correct kb , most folks are in it for the money so they add up to 75% filler in them bags off wood chips ...i mean castings. i would say a good seller will add 25 to 35% filler which is much better but its not homemade goodness. 100% is the way to go PLUS you know exactly what the castings are made of.
the most important part of any tea is the quality of the compost that goes in the tea. freshness is the key because the majority of the microbes an fungus are still exploding with life.
soil
Kb's seeds
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ya its amazing if u apply the water bottle test to store bought castings the amount of filler tha is added, can really piss u off sometimes when u realize u jus bought a bunch of sand and wood chips