Compost Teas?

bibbles

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So, I've read about these teas, and after running into some root problems on my current grow, decided I should get on that, at least as a preventative, as I saw way more root development after adding the tea than I did when I used h2o2 - also, h2o2 never fixed any problems.

I have the fungal side of things, equipment, etc... but I cannot source earthworm castings, which is pretty bogus as I live in a major metro area in a medical state. Anyway, I'm trying to find an alternative to the castings, I had a couple suggestions, but I can't seem to find them anymore. Worst case scenario, I'll just go by the hydro store and buy what they use to make my own tea, with the addition of fungi (theirs is just microbial)... but... I've got this $6 eBay Bucks thing I need to use in the next couple days, haha.

Anyway, what's a good microbial tea inoculate for use in aeroponics?
 
y0 dunno about aero but u want fungal i is put oatmeal crushed + guano + molases + kelp sea weed + some organic material
 
i really want to make an organic tea, but i get mixed signals form different growers. Some people say that the tea is pointless cause the plants need soil for any real good to be done using the Teas. have you heard any definite answers?
 
i really want to make an organic tea, but i get mixed signals form different growers. Some people say that the tea is pointless cause the plants need soil for any real good to be done using the Teas. have you heard any definite answers?
In soil the microbes will help break down organic mater into nutrients, in hydro/aero, they simply outcompete all the bad things - and then die themselves. So you will have to keep adding the tea, but it should stop anything bad from getting a foothold, and if a root happens to die, they will break it down into nutrients. The fungal side of beneficials is more important in soilless use, from what I've read. (EDIT: More important than the microbial side, not more important than in soil, both should be more effective in soil/organic soilless.)

The tea I wound up with is Seaplex (more diverse food), Progress Earth's Earth Tonic (more diverse food) and Earth Compound (replaces castings), MycoGrow Soluble (fungi), and molasses (simple food). The extra and more diverse food will allow for a constantly fresh tea, rather than brewing it and throwing it in the fridge. I did some serious leg work in finding what I felt were the right things after the horrors of my last grow, but then... I was looking for what would be right in my garden, these things might not be the best in yours, but they're all pretty cheap.

EDIT: I would go with things you can buy, before trying to create your own tea from your own compost, you don't know what's in there; better to get the tea down, and then get creative.
 
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