alright so i always wanted to post how i brew my teas, i kno all this info is common knowledge now in days, but from my experience and learning from other peoples experience, it seems like people are forgetting the POWERS and importance OF MICROBIOLOGY and TRUE ORGANICS!!!
so first off A good organic tea HAVES to be good RO WATER that ranges from 20 to 30 ppm my RO water here in southern cali ranges from 7.5 to 8.0ph
i prepare by adding RO WATER in a 5gallon bucket and airrate it with two six inch stones for about a day and also i put the 5gal over a heating pad that i have to heat up the water(ill explain why laters)
next i get all my ingrediants and a shot glass with accurate measurements
I reuse co2 generater pads for my tea bag, after they dry up in my clone chambers i open the top and BAM u got yourself a teabag that should last 24 hours in your tea.
ok so i start off with a baseline mix,
i personally use
Vital Earth Organics Baseline Granular Concentrate,
according to vital earth it has non-leonardite source of humic, fulvic, and other benefical acids(im geussing humus, earthworm, kelp, etc etc.)
i also use vital earth California Humus (love california!)
and i also add just a tadd bit more of some organic humc acid i have laying around
1oz baseline organic mix
1oz california humus
1tbs of humic acid
these ingrediants in your teas bag will create bio-active micro activity that is the baseline(LIFE AND FOOD) for your tea.
i tie up the tea bag and put it on with one of the airstones to hold it down.
within minutes you will notice the water color change and more bubbles getting bigger!
forogot to mention, the reason i use a heating pad is because the mircoscopic bactaria seems to thrive more in warmer conditons.
after that i add the rest of the the organics to complete the tea,
now heres when you can customize your tea to your plants needs, this tea will be a baseline tea, meaing it is good for both flower or veg.
next i add
2 tbs of humbodlt honey (MOLLASSES, HUMIC ACID)
1tbs of earth juice MICROBLAST
1tbs of earth juice CATALYST
2 tbs of age old seaweed kelp
once these ingredients are added, u will instantley see more and more bubbles! withing a couples hours your tea will be breathing of bubbles and micro activity!!!
alright so now that u have a basleine tea, its time to customize it your plants needs, keep in mind that this is a baselione mix, you add nutrient according to your plants needs, i either use gerneral organics blooom for flower or grow for veg(about 2tbs)
also i forgot to mention, you can add seabird guano to your tead bag, keep in mind, high on nitrogen is for veg and high of phospurus is for flower.
ok so now back to your tea,
you want to dillute your tea with your RO WATER you have been airating,
my RO water is at about 7.5 to 8.0ph i add enouht tea to lower the ph to about 6.7-.6.8 (i grow in soil)
depending on how strong your tea, each will varry. normally i dillute to about 1 1/2 cup per 5 gallons,
this will lower my ph and bump my ppm to about 50-100, now this number will seem small compared to your tea brew(100-800)
keep in mind this feed is just to enhance or to cure anyproblems you might have with your garden, what you really want to concentrate is not your feeding, but your soil itself, your soil is where all the real activity is happening, your feed will be going into the soil at about 50-100 but will be comming out in the 500-1800 ppm!!! this is becuase your soil is where all the real bio active micrology is happening!
ONE LAST THING, ive notice from expeirnece and other peoples expeience, LED grow require diffrent nutrient intake, one that im positive on is led grows require more cal mag. so what ive been doin is adding a tsp of cal mag after i dillute my tea.
next week i will post how i make fungi tea!