I give my seedlings tea...I just dilute it a bit...maybe by half...I guess it depends also what you put in your tea.
The guy who says that tea is useless is: "My name is Robert Pavlis. I live in southern Ontario; in Canadian and US zone 5. I have been gardening for more than 30 years – I stopped counting at 30! I am a Master Gardener and speak about gardening at many local gardening events and horticulture meetings." The guy is a master gardener not a microbiologist anyone can become a master gardener in a couple of months the classes are taught by other master gardeners so his opinion is just that an opinion not science. I had a master gardener tell me that diatomaceous earth wouldn't kill hard body insects like ants he still believes that. There are more than just bacteria going on in tea like fungus, enzymes, mycorrhiza etc and the recipe, brewing time and temperature is what determines what is in the final product.
Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't give you the right to talk shit about them. Nobody in this thread ever claimed to be a microbiologist but sources were given to answer my question. If you don't agree that is all fine and well but leave the attitude behind. We aren't trying to convince anyone here to believe anything we all have our own experiences and come to our own conclusions about what works and what doesn't. If you want to use AACT fine nobody cares but I would bet you aren't a microbiologist either so how can you be so certain your way is the right way? If your going to post try to be a little more helpful. Sent from my A460G using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I I didn't say use it I explained what the brewing process does and then someone started putting words in my mouth and that pissed me off so read my first post before you start talking shit. You can believe what you want that doesn't mean anything if you don't know what the hell you are talking about. Knowledge is knowing facts and if you are going to argue a point then know what you are talking about don't make shit up.
What ever is in the compost is in the tea so if it was made correctly and has all the good stuff in it so does the tea. Brewing tea is a complicated precise operation it needs the right temperature and recipe to get the organisms that you want.
Is this your logic? We are talking about helping and speeding up the process. You say it don't rain tea? Well a thin layer of compost or shit across your garden isn't realistic in nature either. . And why do you even water it at all? When is the last time you seen a tree get watered? If you follow your logic you wouldn't feed water or nothing. There is plenty of hard science that proves teas work. Now adding it all the time isn't necessary and only one time should be good. How would you recommend treating anaerobic soil? And fast? Or do you just plant in shity soil and call it natural? Also teas are great for bugs, it's a natural guard against pests. But of course you could also go natural and let the mites and thrips and such flourish, since that's what you see in nature....give me a break man! No till is a joke.....mostly no im not drunk!
I want a link from a reputable source stating myco's are in compost tea. All my reading states otherwise.
Mycorrhizal fungi will not increase in number when added to compost tea. More than likely, they won't even survive the brewing of your compost tea. Why? Because they work in a symbiotic relationship with plant roots...no root contact = unhappy fungi. So if you're going to add them to your compost tea, do it immediately after brewing and right before applying your tea to the plant roots (ideal), or as a soil drench (not ideal).
There is no link to that info. Lmao I thought that maaaybe you'd try to find one. Realize you don't completely understand and maybe research a little more.
From the University of alaska . By David Ianson Mycorrhizast and Jeff Smeenk Extention Horticulture Specialist. Page five talks about mycos in teas and compost...or lack there of