Thoughts on airating water with organics added, or maybe tea.

Hello all, I'm growing in coco using organic dry amendments and supplimenting the water with organic cal-mag and organic liquid seaweed and kelp fetilizer, in addition to a tablespoon of molasses per 5 gallons of water, the cal-mag and seaweed are at half strength. My plants are so far looking great at 24 days from seed. I recently bought an airstone to oxygenate the water. I use tap water I fill in 5 gallon buckets and let airate for 2 days to de-chlorinate before watering.

On the day I first use it I add the suppliments with a ph adjustment. The bucket can sometimes last one day or 3 days depending on how much water I give them each day. I keep it aerated.

I've noticed since I bought the airstone that if the water makes it a 3rd day the sides of the bucket are real slimy after I finish it. I thought with the organic seaweed suppliments it's probably making a tea, just not like a traditional tea and the slime is the bacteria. The buckets never got slimy like that before using the airstone.

Does anyone have any though on this? I'm more concerned if it's healthy or harmful to use water like that every day, can there be too much bacteria or bad bacteria in the coco?



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FunkeyMunkey

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I do the same with my water and usually end up with some slime on the sides as well. I've never had a problem and don't see it being harmful. I do clean the bucket before each use. I have two airstones that bubble around 4-5 gallons and I add liquid fish hydroslate and some water soluble mykos mixed with humic acid, seaweed extract, kelp meal, etc (its an organic plant food mix). I don't use enough air to make and actual "tea" but i do get some foam at the top most of the time. I have to aerate my water because its got some chlorine as well so add my amendments and let it all bubble for 24-48 hours and then water my plants. Also this is my first time growing with coco mixed with my compost and I haven't seen any bad side effects.

Hope this helps bro!
 

JayBio420

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Hello all, I'm growing in coco using organic dry amendments and supplimenting the water with organic cal-mag and organic liquid seaweed and kelp fetilizer, in addition to a tablespoon of molasses per 5 gallons of water, the cal-mag and seaweed are at half strength. My plants are so far looking great at 24 days from seed. I recently bought an airstone to oxygenate the water. I use tap water I fill in 5 gallon buckets and let airate for 2 days to de-chlorinate before watering.

On the day I first use it I add the suppliments with a ph adjustment. The bucket can sometimes last one day or 3 days depending on how much water I give them each day. I keep it aerated.

I've noticed since I bought the airstone that if the water makes it a 3rd day the sides of the bucket are real slimy after I finish it. I thought with the organic seaweed suppliments it's probably making a tea, just not like a traditional tea and the slime is the bacteria. The buckets never got slimy like that before using the airstone.

Does anyone have any though on this? I'm more concerned if it's healthy or harmful to use water like that every day, can there be too much bacteria or bad bacteria in the coco?



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The molasses is probably feeding a bacterial bloom that’s leaving that biofilm. I’m not certain but I’ve heard people having that trouble using organics in a hydro system.
 

hillbill

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I bubble all my water, rain or tap, brewing tea or not, with 2 air stones. My teas are either compost/EWC or weak feeder with Alfalfa, Kelp and Neem like today. 1/2 TBS each per gallon. I never make teas from fish meal or bone meals or blood meal or fresher high N Guano.
 
I bubble all my water, rain or tap, brewing tea or not, with 2 air stones. My teas are either compost/EWC or weak feeder with Alfalfa, Kelp and Neem like today. 1/2 TBS each per gallon. I never make teas from fish meal or bone meals or blood meal or fresher high N Guano.
Why don't you use them to make teas? I'm making teas on the weekend now using some dry ferts, one of them is guano high in N.
 

hillbill

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Don’t really care to use animal products that way and where I live some care is needed about attracting resident wildlife. I mix fresher Guano s and manures into mix and let that “cook” a few weeks. Nothing against animal amendments.
 
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