Worm Castings Tea Question

I started a brew with 3 gallons of dechlorinated water, 3 tablespoons of unsulfured blackstrap molasses, and 1 cup of fresh worm castings. I plan on watering it to my 3 week old clones at half strength after it's brewed for 24-36 hours.

However, I want to use it on some plants that need watering in 72 hours.

My question is.. Will I need to add more molasses or new worm castings to keep it effective if I bubble it for up to 72 hours?

Thanks RIU!

Your tea is ready when u add some kind of guano then u see foamy bubbles but that also means the microbes have ate the sugars and want more.

I am no expert on organics, just getting into it myself, but many of the tea recipes CALL for 72 hour brewing...so I don't think you will have to add a thing

most people dont keep their tea alive because unless you have a really good microscope it's hard to tell how much sugar to add... if you dont have a powerful microscope you are best to follow the recipe, but you will still get benefits from using a tea that no longer has optimal microbes population. I would simply brew another batch for your dear plant. A good old top dress of vermicompost is just as good in my opinion. I prefer to have unlimited amount of compost on hand so I dont have to brew teas to increase microbes it's all in the top dress. Been too busy lately and been using nothing but water for the longest time. ROLS is where it's at for a busy grower like me!

bbxww said:

Your tea is ready when u add some kind of guano then u see foamy bubbles but that also means the microbes have ate the sugars and want more.

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actually foam is from the proteins, almost always its the presence of worm bodies that gets the foam going.. as for 72 hours, you start to kill beneficial microbe populations at the 42 hour mark. It can last for 4 hours from what i've heard on here. You're better off doing 2 smaller ones.

You can always inoculate rhizospheres 14" deep.
There have been beneficial microbes found over a half mile down actually.

So more waterings is better (aka tea) than forcing timing changes.
24-42 hours with 36 to 42 being ideal for both bacteria and fungi if you have decent air flow.
24 is safer if not.
Anerobic no good.. will stink up your whole room like sour death.

Thanks for your help!

bbxww said:

Your tea is ready when u add some kind of guano then u see foamy bubbles but that also means the microbes have ate the sugars and want more.

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Adding things to your finished AACT can sometimes dramatically reduce your microbe population.

goodjoint said:

I started a brew with 3 gallons of dechlorinated water, 3 tablespoons of unsulfured blackstrap molasses, and 1 cup of fresh worm castings. I plan on watering it to my 3 week old clones at half strength after it's brewed for 24-36 hours.

However, I want to use it on some plants that need watering in 72 hours.

My question is.. Will I need to add more molasses or new worm castings to keep it effective if I bubble it for up to 72 hours?

Thanks RIU!

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Logic would lead me to believe that the microbes are still eating, no matter how long you brew, so again, logic would lead me to believe that more microbes, and more time, would indeed, equal more food, so I would add a lil more molasses for the extended brew time.
I've also heard of people putting their unused AACT in the fridge for no more than a day or two, but I haven't done that.
Also you don't need to dilute it, full strength is best for that tea. Unless you add more to it.
can't see why you'd need more worm castings though, you already have an established microbe population.

Do you HAVE to use ewc? Can molasses,and myco mix and such be just as productive?

rory420420 said:

Do you HAVE to use ewc? Can molasses,and myco mix and such be just as productive?

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You don't want to add mycorrhizae to a compost tea.

You want something that is rich in beneficial bacteria (mainly) such as worm castings, thermophilic compost, composted manure, or even composted wood chips or leaves. Anything that has a decent population of beneficial microbes.

rory420420 said:

Do you HAVE to use ewc? Can molasses,and myco mix and such be just as productive?

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yup, what stow said, I wish I remembered what thread it was, but there was a good analogy regarding mychorrizhae and zebras and lions.... silly I know, but the analogy stuck.
Anyways, in a AACT there are lots of hungry microbes (lions), and they will happily munch on the mychorrizhae (zebras) as a food source.
I believe the original analogy was regarding trichoderma content in prepackages myco, but the analogy is the same for teas too

I use mycogrow soluable from fungi perfecti and hydroguard...

buddy asked me since i do all natural cloning if some VC or leachate would be best things added to the water reservoir .. i told him, well, the goal is to use zero ingredients, lol, so the most i would use on top of water and dissolved o2 is one thing max.. if possible, and personally, i would pick myco.

and if I didn't have that, then I'd use fresh aloe from a plant.
then coconut water.

the blade is the most important thing, and getting it wet quick. aloe is better than water, but just water works. i just wanted to try it out. so far 90% rooted