How well do you think something like this would work if included in compost tea.
Great thread and thanks for all the input guys great info
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Sugars are critical, not molasses specifically. :) But not for making alfalfa tea.just of note, molasses is critical to any formula, it feeds/activates phosphate bacteria which breaks the bonds of tied up phosphorus. Add this to Calcium as it pulls in all other elements. Check you brix levels. You are chlorophyll mangers, so ensure the big four Calcium, Boron, Phosphorus and Magnesium are maintained at luxury levels in the leaf, the maximum yield and quality can be expected. The soil food web is also essential, especially the mycorrhizal fungus, fungi.com along with the bacteria. Check out Paul Stamets again over at fungi.com, understand that 95% of plant weight comes from photosynthesis and only 5% of plant weight derives from the soil. always use chelators such as humic acid (CEC of 500), but fulvic (CEC 1400) would be the best. This would allow for easier access and if there are any toxins or other in the soil would be chelated and then devoured by bacteria.
In regards to application points in cannabis life cycle of Alfalfa tea. I have found that it's somewhat strain specific, but a good rule of thumb is to not apply later than one week after flip. I have played around with application early/middle/late flower. I usually stop before stretch however I do have two strains that I have I know I can apply again in week 5 safely. I observed benefits in added bulk, root health, and overall vitality. I would not recommend this without testing first, which I did, on just one plant during a grow and closely monitor the results. I have played around with alfalfa tea tests for about 3 years now and you must be very careful or you can get some weird results with some strains depending on timing. Loose buds, hermies, branch weakening (maybe from plant trying to reveg?), and foxtailing for sure.
Well you just lit a candle in my brain. I just realized why I've stopped using alfalfa teas once my girls go into flowering--I've been doing it with Sat-doms, I don't run many Afghani-doms. Thank you!click you're right on point about it being strain specific as far as the results go....
I run alfalfa tea as late as week 5 on my Bubbas,it seems to encourage them to stack better than without it
I do not use it after week 2 on Sativa dominant strains as it seems to encourage fox tailing.....Here is one of baba's Malila
phenos at week 6, this plant got alfalfa tea until week 4....
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Seamaiden alfalfa will definitely cause some fox tailing and excessive stretch in flower on Sativa dominants, most Sativa dominant phenosWell you just lit a candle in my brain. I just realized why I've stopped using alfalfa teas once my girls go into flowering--I've been doing it with Sat-doms, I don't run many Afghani-doms. Thank you!
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