aerated compost tea help

alphapinene

alphapinene

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i'm planning on brewing up a small amount of aerated activated compost tea for my grown seedlings and need some help. I don't need a crazy amount (2 gallons worth) as I have 3 cannabis plants (3 weeks old) in 1gallon pots and 2 tomato plants in 3 gallon pots. 2/3 of my cannabis plants have been droopy/slow growth ever since I transplanted.. I hope the bacteria will bring them back to life...anyway, i'm not so sure of the ingredients/ratio so any help would be appreciated..I already have the pump,hose,e.t.c..I was thinking of a simple tea of EWC (or ancient forest alaska humus), unsulphured molasses, and kelp meal....I also have some rock dust as I heard it's good in teas...would this be a good mix? the plants are in clackamascoots soil that composted for 2months.

Thankss
 
psychedelicdaddi

psychedelicdaddi

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1 liter of whatever kind of compost per 5 gallons of water is typical. put it in pantyhose or something and hang it from the side. weigh your stones down. maximum of 2.5T of molasses per gallon of water is on point but you should add just as much lactoserum or EM (@2.5T per gallon) if you will be using that much molasses. Lactobacillus and yeast will consume it and develop the soil. A handful of rock dust tossed into the tea seems to dissolve nicely but with some sediment. I do two gallon teas myself with a handful of azomite. I've havent bothered to use kelp meal so maybe someone will have some advice on that. Im not against it by any means, its just not something i have around.
 
alphapinene

alphapinene

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psychedelicdaddi said:
1 liter of whatever kind of compost per 5 gallons of water is typical. put it in pantyhose or something and hang it from the side. weigh your stones down. maximum of 2.5T of molasses per gallon of water is on point but you should add just as much lactoserum or EM (@2.5T per gallon) if you will be using that much molasses. Lactobacillus and yeast will consume it and develop the soil. A handful of rock dust tossed into the tea seems to dissolve nicely but with some sediment. I do two gallon teas myself with a handful of azomite. I've havent bothered to use kelp meal so maybe someone will have some advice on that. Im not against it by any means, its just not something i have around.
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Thanks for the advice! what's lactoserum/EM? never heard of it for compost teas
 
psychedelicdaddi

psychedelicdaddi

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alphapinene said:
Now how crucial is lactic acid ? Would not putting it in effect the microbe population immensly?
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Not really, you just wouldn't need to add a bunch of molasses. Like, half the recommended molasses amount at most. So, 2.5T for 2gal is plenty if you are just using compost. Aerate for 12-36hrs of course.
 
charface

charface

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Here is what I ran yesterday perked them right up.

For your two gallons it should work.

chlorine free water to start with.

Cold pressed fish hydroslate
Teaspoon or two

kelp extract
Teaspoon or two

About a tablespoon molasses

Pound or so of compost or worm castings. I put it in a mesh bag
Brew about 24hrs in a warm environment if possible

Spray it on foliage then dump the rest in the roots.

almost all ingredients are optional besides molasses n compost.
 
Dmannn

Dmannn

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Try roots organics Organism with some a few table spoons of worm casting juice, molasses and the air. In five gallons of clean RO water. mild nitrogen of your choice. It literally brings dead plants back to life.The one pound pack will get you a couple seasons easy Wonders for everything the longer you brew, I can't scream this loud enough! G/L!
 
alphapinene

alphapinene

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Dmannn said:
Try roots organics Organism with some a few table spoons of worm casting juice, molasses and the air. In five gallons of clean RO water. mild nitrogen of your choice. It literally brings dead plants back to life.The one pound pack will get you a couple seasons easy Wonders for everything the longer you brew, I can't scream this loud enough! G/L!
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Ahhh i love that stuff! i have some and sprinkled some on the roots upon transplant..the thing is it expired 6 months ago so idk how good it will be lmao..roots organics is great stuff!!! I have their whole dry nute line and love it..decided to try something new this time and make my own soil!
 
alphapinene

alphapinene

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I lost all hope on this freebie white widow from canuk seeds IMG_8218.JPG lol...all my plants first set of leaves have weird discoloration/crispyness, the white widow has it the worst, what can it be?..here are the others..g13haze and candidacd1 IMG_8211.JPGIMG_8213.JPGIMG_8220.JPGIMG_8223.JPGIMG_8215.JPG how they lookin for 3.5 week from sprout? Except the white widow of course that one looks f***** lol and here's a misfit g13 haze born with one cotyledon..I decided to grow it in roots to compare to coots soil..IMG_8225.JPGlol will it survive?
 

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