How often to dose with Microbe Tea, Hydroguard etc.

fartoblue

fartoblue

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Hello again.

You lads must be getting sick of my questions by now.

I have decided to go with a live RDWC system and have made some Microbe tea with TNC BactorrS13 - Beneficial Bacteria. Have spoken to the manufacturers for advice and must admit they were very helpful.

My question is how much and how often do I use the tea. I have read an initial dose of 1 part tea to 20 parts solution, but can't find anything on repeat dosing and how often.

Thanks.

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fartoblue

fartoblue

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rkymtnman said:
why not just use that TNC by itself? mix it up in your res and then do a res change weekly.
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I have done that initially RKY, just thought the tea would work out cheaper and have a more diverse selection of microbes when the Worm castings have been added.

This is my recipe bubbles for 18-24 hours.

5 UK gallons (23 litres) of dechlorinated water.
500 ml worm castings
25 ml unsulphured molasses
BactorrS13 1 tsp

Bye the way I'm going to start another thread listing everything I now know/think I may have done wrong. Thanks to the help I have had on this thread I hopefully won't make the same mistakes again. It may also be of some help to other RDWC newbies.
Hope you will chip in with your twopeneth RKY
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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fartoblue said:
I have done that initially RKY, just thought the tea would work out cheaper and have a more diverse selection of microbes when the Worm castings have been added.

This is my recipe bubbles for 18-24 hours.

5 UK gallons (23 litres) of dechlorinated water.
500 ml worm castings
25 ml unsulphured molasses
BactorrS13 1 tsp

Bye the way I'm going to start another thread listing everything I now know/think I may have done wrong. Thanks to the help I have had on this thread I hopefully won't make the same mistakes again. It may also be of some help to other RDWC newbies.
Hope you will chip in with your twopeneth RKY
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i personally wouldn't run tea in a rdwc. but if that's how you want to run it, go for it! i tried molasses early on in my growing and had horrible results. i would def not use airstones, waterfalls only.
 
fartoblue

fartoblue

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rkymtnman said:
i personally wouldn't run tea in a rdwc. but if that's how you want to run it, go for it! i tried molasses early on in my growing and had horrible results. i would def not use airstones, waterfalls only.
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I thought all of the molasses would be used up feeding and growing the microbes?
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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fartoblue said:
I thought all of the molasses would be used up feeding and growing the microbes?
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i would only ever use carbs in soil. same with tea.

if you really want the truth, start of with a good base nutrient, a bottle of cal/mg and that bag of bacteria. that's it. get a successful grow under your belt. you'll have enough stuff to deal with in monitoring pH 2x day to keep you on your toes for the whole grow.
 
fartoblue

fartoblue

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Mmm, maybe I am being a bit of a skinflint, I can get a 300g bag of TNC Bactorr for 20 Quid , a couple of bags would last me a grow.
Do you rate the TNC Bactorr RKY?
 
rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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i would call them back and ask them if you could use just the TNC in an rdwc setup with a weekly res change. see what they say. the bag said 15 g per 100L correct?
 
fartoblue

fartoblue

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rkymtnman said:
i would call them back and ask them if you could use just the TNC in an rdwc setup with a weekly res change. see what they say. the bag said 15 g per 100L correct?
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Yea the bag does say 15ml to 100 litres which isn't to bad really. I will email them now and update.
 
Logan Burke

Logan Burke

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We never get tired of questions, it's why we're here! I tend to redose my DWC with bennies after 10 days as long as I haven't had to do a res change, as I add all new bennies then anyways.
 
5BY5LEC

5BY5LEC

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Johnny Lawrence said:
You're over complicating things.

Keep it simple.
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Fuck yes. How many liters is your system? Dump the recommended dose of 15g/100l in there for the first time. Straight to the res. After that, just put about 1/2 that in there each week. I would advise against tea.
The keyword there is INOCULATE. With the inital dose, you gain that. After that, you maintain it. This is by no means fact. Just rambling after a beer.
 
fartoblue

fartoblue

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5BY5LEC said:
Fuck yes. How many liters is your system? Dump the recommended dose of 15g/100l in there for the first time. Straight to the res. After that, just put about 1/2 that in there each week. I would advise against tea.
The keyword there is INOCULATE. With the inital dose, you gain that. After that, you maintain it. This is by no means fact. Just rambling after a beer.
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I also ramble after beer or Guiness in my case. Keeping things simple is not an option for me unfortunately, I have over complicated my whole life and don't intend to stop now. I'm sure life itself is uncomplicated it just never has been for me. KISS
 
5BY5LEC

5BY5LEC

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LOL good stuff. That bacteria should work well for you at any rate, it is a pretty comprehensive package including your B.A. and B.S. I really like Orca by Plant Success, it has a similar bacteria package to what you are using.
 
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