First AACT gardener

georgyboy

Active Member
Hey guys I decided to try myy hand at growing organic and at making an AACT. I got a little over excited though and I put about four gallons of tap water in a 5 gallon bucket and forgot to let the air stones evaporate the chlorine. Also, my airstones were brand new, and I hooked them up to the pump and tossed them in the water and turned it on. Afterwards I noticed the package said to soak the airstones for an hour before blowing air through them. anyone know why. I don't know for a fact if my water is chlorinated or not, but i normally let it sit for a day or two before watering my plants. The AACT has been bubbling for almost 2 days now and kinda stinks but in a good way. It also has lots of bubbly foam. Will this be safe for my plants? I also only need a gallon for all my plants right now, could I dump the rest on my vegetable garden area to get life going in the dirt. I haven't planted anything out there yet but I figure the soil life can get going right? Would it hurt to let the tea bubble for 3 full days. I know this is a long time but I'll be at work and when I get home lights are out so I have to wait till morning to use it, making it three days in the making.

O yeah, the tea is:
4 gallons tap wat
1 cup earth worm castings
3 tbsp molasses
2 tbsp kelp meal

I dumped everything right into the bucket too, no cheesecloth or sock or anything. Is this okay?
 

InfidelUniversity

Active Member
Yes ,ur good on all of what you said. If u don't need much don't make as much, it's usually diluted during application so just make small batches. to keep them going just airate and feed them some more. It's better to dump just straight in the bucket, bags are for fags.JK:)....get a little good compost in there next time.
 

+ WitchDoctor +

Well-Known Member
You're fine, but make sure the tea has an earthy smell, not a bad one. I had a batch that I bubbled for just over 48 hours once that actually smelled bad, like bad bad. But 2 or 3 hours earlier it had smelled much better.

Technically using a sock or a cheesecloth is counterproductive. That being said, I use a 400 micron bad that I got on ebay for $3 because I don't want to clean compost out of my spot sprayer every week lol.
 
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