how to make a compost tea?
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Fallen Buckshot
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couple tblspoons worth per gallon of water bubble with an aquarium pump/stone when you see it foaming up 24 hrs later .. bingo
Here's a step-by-step on making compost teas:
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/Tea/tea1.htm
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/Tea/tea1.htm
You might want to be cautious about using iguana excrement as a plant fertilizer. According to the link its very heavy in sodium (same as chemical fertilizers) and, the scary part, salmonella bacteria is common is reptile excrement. That alone would be enough for me to never use it.
http://my.opera.com/mountainlion_wales/blog/iguana-behaviour-excretion
http://my.opera.com/mountainlion_wales/blog/iguana-behaviour-excretion
tea tree
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I take water, a bucket, 1 tbsp of molasses a gallon, some cups of compost and manure, and if i got it worm castings. I then place all this together and take asa much air as I can, about 2 watts a gallon and WITHOUT AIRSTONES I bubble that for 16 to 24 hours. IF you have enough air then you should have a froth in 16 hours. If not longer. It is a beautiful thing to get right. Still works tho if not. If not a lot of bubbles then you most likely got a fungin dominated tea.
No airstones as those little bubbles cut thru the fungi hyphae like knives. MJ likes a 1 to 1 ratio, 1:1 of fungi and bacteria. So you want both.
Also a half tbso of Blackstrap UNSULPHERED molasses is cool a gallon. Too much is kinda a waste. Find that at the grocery store. Find compost at lowes.
Mix your tea at a cup or so to gallon of regualr water. It will kick your soil into high gear and too much will burn your plant.
No airstones as those little bubbles cut thru the fungi hyphae like knives. MJ likes a 1 to 1 ratio, 1:1 of fungi and bacteria. So you want both.
Also a half tbso of Blackstrap UNSULPHERED molasses is cool a gallon. Too much is kinda a waste. Find that at the grocery store. Find compost at lowes.
Mix your tea at a cup or so to gallon of regualr water. It will kick your soil into high gear and too much will burn your plant.
Luger187
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thanks man +rep