Total Noob using teas and I am a believer

st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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AllDayToker said:
Thanks for the quick and easy info man. So how does this microbe tea sound; 1 cup ewc, 1tbsp molasses? Couldn't be more simple.
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As mentioned above, I start out with 3 gallons of water and add warm water throughout the brew to reach my 4-5 gallon mark. I use a cup of compost per gallon of water, and a tbsp of molasses per gallon. This can be altered some. The main thing to keep in mind is that you have sufficient oxygen levels, and a sufficient amount of food stock to support the rapid multiplication of the microbes.
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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st0wandgrow said:
As mentioned above, I start out with 3 gallons of water and add warm water throughout the brew to reach my 4-5 gallon mark. I use a cup of compost per gallon of water, and a tbsp of molasses per gallon. This can be altered some. The main thing to keep in mind is that you have sufficient oxygen levels, and a sufficient amount of food stock to support the rapid multiplication of the microbes.
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Alright. So 4 cups and 4 tbsp won't be too much for 4 gallons of water? Obviously you do it haha, but I've heard people say 2tbsp of molasses max for 5 gallons.

Also, I am running three 20g Whisper Aquarium air pumps, is that sufficient enough for 4 gallons? I know I remember reading somewhere one here someone posting a really good post about the amount of oxygen.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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AllDayToker said:
Alright. So 4 cups and 4 tbsp won't be too much for 4 gallons of water? Obviously you do it haha, but I've heard people say 2tbsp of molasses max for 5 gallons.

Also, I am running three 20g Whisper Aquarium air pumps, is that sufficient enough for 4 gallons? I know I remember reading somewhere one here someone posting a really good post about the amount of oxygen.
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Sounds about right. You can always add more molasses as the brew progresses. Maybe start out with less, and add more if needed. I go by smell. If the brew smells like molasses after 24 hours, I leave it be. If it smells like soil/compost, then that indicates to me that the foodstock has been consumed and I will add a smidge more molasses.

This is the site you want to reference for all things compost teas:

http://www.microbeorganics.com/
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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st0wandgrow said:
Sounds about right. You can always add more molasses as the brew progresses. Maybe start out with less, and add more if needed. I go by smell. If the brew smells like molasses after 24 hours, I leave it be. If it smells like soil/compost, then that indicates to me that the foodstock has been consumed and I will add a smidge more molasses.

This is the site you want to reference for all things compost teas:

http://www.microbeorganics.com/
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Alright awesome, thanks. Yeah I have that page on my favorites, have read it a couples times. I need to start writing things down because I just do not obtain the information very well haha.

And for the nute teas, is kelp, alfalfa, and fish hydro, all I need? I mean I got guanos too but I haven't used them for a while, and they are easy to over do with.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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AllDayToker said:
Alright awesome, thanks. Yeah I have that page on my favorites, have read it a couples times. I need to start writing things down because I just do not obtain the information very well haha.

And for the nute teas, is kelp, alfalfa, and fish hydro, all I need? I mean I got guanos too but I haven't used them for a while, and they are easy to over do with.
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That would make for a great nutrient tea imo. I go with a 1/4 cup kelp meal, and 3/4 cup alfalfa meal to 4'ish gallons water, bubbled for 24 hours. I use the fish hydro separate, but I don't see any reason why you couldn't add it right in to your tea.
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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st0wandgrow said:
That would make for a great nutrient tea imo. I go with a 1/4 cup kelp meal, and 3/4 cup alfalfa meal to 4'ish gallons water, bubbled for 24 hours. I use the fish hydro separate, but I don't see any reason why you couldn't add it right in to your tea.
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Awesome, looks like I'm set!

Thanks for all the help st0w, I would hope you would see my question, I remember talking to you before you were very helpful. You make it simple haha. :mrgreen:
 
Scroga

Scroga

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So my ' cold' brew temp is around 20' c lol... my recipe consists of cup of ewc, cup mushroom compost,trichoderma products, mollases...
Scared to use after..I think...I didn't brew long enough, and had an out break...?
 
Scroga

Scroga

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Hamish said this a page back..I do recall people saying not to add mycos to a brew as the bennies would out compete them...they become a food source..an expensive one
 
DonAlejandroVega

DonAlejandroVega

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you can pretty much do a perpetual brew, if ya keep dosing with carbs and some minerals, and keep it bubbling. I'd have a 35 gal. batch going for over a month, and it stayed sweet and earthy. I had soldier flies, red worms, and compost going. my best garden, food and medicine.........ever. I even had a gig selling a gallon of it for $8 out of the side yard. organics forever........
 
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DonAlejandroVega said:
you can pretty much do a perpetual brew, if ya keep dosing with carbs and some minerals, and keep it bubbling. I'd have a 35 gal. batch going for over a month, and it stayed sweet and earthy. I had soldier flies, red worms, and compost going. my best garden, food and medicine.........ever. I even had a gig selling a gallon of it for $8 out of the side yard. organics forever........
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Preach.
 
Scroga

Scroga

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You pullin the piss Gandalf? Lol
can you do a microbial brew perpetualally? Or just your nutrient teas?
 
DonAlejandroVega

DonAlejandroVega

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Scroga said:
You pullin the piss Gandalf? Lol
can you do a microbial brew perpetualally? Or just your nutrient teas?
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my worm casting/compost tea. 5 weeks.......fresh, earthy/sweet. the new microbes eat the dead microbes along with the sugar and minerals. some compost and castings in an old stocking, one small jar of unsulfered molsses, and a chunk of mineral block; the deer bait stuff. add molasses about every 5 days, and change out stocking for new one full of fresh castings..........bubble on.....
 
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