Hello everyone, just wanted to ask you guys whats a good cheap tea recipe for flowering. My plants are fully organic in a super soil. I wanted to give them something a little extra. It cant be to strong just something to give my baby's a little boost for the next month of flower!
You can find BSM in the baking section of just about any grocery store in your area. Also available at organic grocery stores. Just make sure it says "unsulfured". I don't have the time to figure out the math to mix up a gallon of tea. You need to read more. Ratios are given in this post... http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/1110985-act-aerated-compost-tea.html Also, you should make some time to read this as well. Cool pictures and a real description as to what ACT's are all about. Both from the same guy, by the way. IMO, there aren't teas "for flowering". http://www.microbeorganics.com/ It sounds as if you're looking for a "nutrient boost". If you have mixed up a good soil with a strong compost/EWC component, and your plants look healthy, I would suggest doing nothing. ACT's are for introducing microbes into the soil/root zone. If you want nutrients, maybe a botanical tea is more appropriate. Read this... http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/951823-botanicals.html Adios for now...
A very simple worm castings tea or slurry is all that you need. If you wanted to you could add some kelp meal to the mix. This isn't hydro - use the same teas that you use for vegging plants for your flowering plants. J
Ordered a 30 pound bag of EWC last night. Building a bubbler bucket tonight. I figure ill mix up some kelp meal inside the mix. Got some Dr. Earth 0.6-0.5-2.5 in my shed. How much do you guys think I should add to a 10 gallon bucket? Would my ratio for the help meal be based of how much EWC I use or how much water its brewing into? I just don't want to end up making a tea and burning my plants. Red Wriggler Casting come out to about 3.2-1.1-1.5 Doesn't seem like mixing the two would put me at risk because the NPK seems low enough, But I could be wrong.
Stop thinking NPK - it simply doesn't work in an organic garden like it would (maybe) in a chemical fertilizer setting. Don't over think your tea! in a (lets say) 5 gallon pail just throw in a hand/fistful of each and call it good. It's all good - it's organics. If you stick with the "less is fine & just don't overdo it" mentality you'll be perfectly fine. J
Borage/dandylion/comfrey FPE created by using effective microbes. any one of these plants will do the job. I have found that using a high PK FPE really induces blooming for hungry PK plants then the blooms can be sustained with nettle FPE. accompany with liberal topdressing of Borage/dandylion/comfrey/nettle, I used borage, DL & nettle. mix the EWC with the topdress mix (jerry & LDz 2013) perhaps some fish blood and bone meal too. its a lot but this is sort of my own PK booster whilst inoculating billions of bacteria/fungi at the same time. different blades different techniques, but as jerry says its all good its organic! I implemented the above into my garden not all at once but over 1.5wk Edit: my post assumes that the supersoil has produced healthy, productive crops.