Soil Food Web Gardening with Compost Teas

VTMi'kmaq

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so depressing to see the options online for removal of flouride from water 300 bucks and up for decent removal one includes hitting the water with uv light which seems awesome but honestly i cant afford a 2000 dollar system like that atm. I cant believe i have been using this water (using brita filters lol) for making food(boiling should remove it), but i feel pissed that i havent looked into this sooner. If ANYONE here has a decnt set-up that they know works to safely remove flouride please let me know.
 

SpliffAndMyLady

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Dig a well into your own water source, lol. Brita filters add extra flouride, so don't try those. If you can't find anything, and your grow doesn't require much water, they have those "fill it yourself" r/o machines around town, around a dollar for 5 gallons. can get pretty pricey though. . .good luck.
 

SpliffAndMyLady

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so depressing to see the options online for removal of flouride from water 300 bucks and up for decent removal one includes hitting the water with uv light which seems awesome but honestly i cant afford a 2000 dollar system like that atm. I cant believe i have been using this water (using brita filters lol) for making food(boiling should remove it), but i feel pissed that i havent looked into this sooner. If ANYONE here has a decnt set-up that they know works to safely remove flouride please let me know.
Uhh yeah dude, they don't tell you cause they want you to get sick off that shit. "Brush your teeth everyday!!!" Lol, all they see is dollar bill signs walking around, not people. My bad, feeling ranty this morn'. Peace bro!
 

BeaverHuntr

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Dig a well into your own water source, lol. Brita filters add extra flouride, so don't try those. If you can't find anything, and your grow doesn't require much water, they have those "fill it yourself" r/o machines around town, around a dollar for 5 gallons. can get pretty pricey though. . .good luck.
Yeah dude look for a "water and ice" store or just hit up those R/O vending machines!
 

VTMi'kmaq

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Brita filters add extra flouride? for fucks sake there carbon filters how in the hell are they throwing flouride too? man oh man im double screwing myself ignorant bastard i am!:blsmoke:
 

Cann

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lmao yeah I remember when I was looking for a small water filter I picked up a Brita and started reading...in tiny text at the bottom it nonchalantly mentions that the filter adds flouride to the water....:wall: wtf why????? we are trying to REMOVE nasty shit from our water...not add it....needless to say I immediately set down the pitcher and went with a different brand. And now I have a RO system so it's a non issue...

God damn. walking $$$$ is right spliff...lets not even get started ranting about the "health" care system in this country....bogus to say the least. planned obsolescence human style...I feel the worst for the doctors who are legitimately trying to help people but are brainwashed and blinded by the pharmaceutical companies in to thinking the poison they are prescribing helps people....its a f*ing disaster...

Luckily for us, the things that are good for our plants are good for us and vice versa. That is one of the best parts about living a recycled organic lifestyle...if you eat healthy your plants will eat healthy. I know that I have started to eat better now that I pay lots of attention to what I give my ladies. Things like Aloe, Coconut water, Sprouted seeds (and the leftover water), Nettle, Kelp, EM (lactobacillus culture), Comfrey, Kale, etc. are all great for me, and in turn great for my bokashi, worms, soil... Bio-accumulators are the name of the game when it comes to this type of stuff - both humans and plants need a large and diverse amount of minerals to be healthy! This is why things like kelp and comfrey are so awesome...


And welcome Mi'kmaq, glad to have you around. This thread is a great read if you have the time, well worth it IMO
 

VTMi'kmaq

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lmao yeah I remember when I was looking for a small water filter I picked up a Brita and started reading...in tiny text at the bottom it nonchalantly mentions that the filter adds flouride to the water....:wall: wtf why????? we are trying to REMOVE nasty shit from our water...not add it....needless to say I immediately set down the pitcher and went with a different brand. And now I have a RO system so it's a non issue...

God damn. walking $$$$ is right spliff...lets not even get started ranting about the "health" care system in this country....bogus to say the least. planned obsolescence human style...I feel the worst for the doctors who are legitimately trying to help people but are brainwashed and blinded by the pharmaceutical companies in to thinking the poison they are prescribing helps people....its a f*ing disaster...

Luckily for us, the things that are good for our plants are good for us and vice versa. That is one of the best parts about living a recycled organic lifestyle...if you eat healthy your plants will eat healthy. I know that I have started to eat better now that I pay lots of attention to what I give my ladies. Things like Aloe, Coconut water, Sprouted seeds (and the leftover water), Nettle, Kelp, EM (lactobacillus culture), Comfrey, Kale, etc. are all great for me, and in turn great for my bokashi, worms, soil... Bio-accumulators are the name of the game when it comes to this type of stuff - both humans and plants need a large and diverse amount of minerals to be healthy! This is why things like kelp and comfrey are so awesome...


And welcome Mi'kmaq, glad to have you around. This thread is a great read if you have the time, well worth it IMO
well then there goes my water lol, thanks cann its a nice knowledgebase here im quite attracted to. I found this guys good reading http://www.greenfacts.org/en/fluorid...ironment.htm#2
 

Cann

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lol sorry to discredit your water source but at least you figured it out before you f***ed up your plants, right?
 

VTMi'kmaq

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to be honest i havent seen that many bad effects and with compost tea's i find im fine.I was more concerned with the brita filters and there adding flouride. They were replaced rather quickly, sears carries the flouride filtration i needed and it'll be installed tomarrow afternoon!bongsmilie
 

headtreep

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What's up everyone! Got my herbal tea and bean enzymes bubbling as we speak hehe!! Will start posting results in the future. No till!!!!
 

Rrog

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Thanks so much for posting these real-life updates.

So these beans- What type? Are these in raw seed form?

Have you tried barley sprout tea yet? Make sure you toss the water from the first 12 hour soak. Contains microbicide. Use the next soak after 24 hours. Dilute 1:15 and use as soil drench or foliar. The plant embryo offers up fantastic enzymes and hormones.
 

headtreep

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Mung beans are what I have in the organic bulk section at my nearest store. My buddy from OR is going to send me some purple barley next month. I've been bubbling the beans until I half inch sprout (replacing water every 12 hours) and then using about 1:15 give or take drench to my seedlings. I do mostly drenches of everything since most of my foliars are basic act or neem/slica/aloe. I get my leaves wet every other day with something and this seems to keep the pests away hehe.

Hindu Blue an example of some vigor from these small additives:




Looks pretty healthy to me and I no tilled this after culling a male :)
 

Rising Moon

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Anyone try the technique from "teaming with microbes" where you take a hand full of compost and some fiber based food (oatmeal)
and cultivate the fungi?

Well, it's new to me, and in a couple days I'll post my results.
 

Rrog

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Not sure what you'd accomplish. Are you talking about collecting BIMs to start a soil?
 
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