I hope I didn't come off dick-ish or cocky. Because I don't know it all.
Nor do I wish to come off that way.
But so far my setup has been refined to
my interpretations on nature and science.
I need a microscope just like you so I can't say my way is worst or best.
But it seems to be producing quality.
And it seems the system is very simplified.
I wouldn't call it a compost tea.
I would call it a nutrient tea.
I use my
earth juice feeding charts.
I add all the listed nutes to my water amount usually 1 gallon at a time.
Once all main ingredients are added I then follow their additives chart. Once that's done I add 1 tbsp Blackstrap molasses and about .25-.5tsp biozeus microbes. And about .25-.5tsp mychorizae a couple times over the life. All products are
earth juice except the fish hydrosylate and seaweed which is neptunes harvest
Then I bubble for anywhere between 1-4 days on average. But during transplants to larger sizes it has hit over a week before.
I like to reuse 14oz each refill to allow the life to carry over.
I also catch all soil runoff during watering and add to my jug.
I never clean the jug to allow the life to take hold to the jug.
So every feeding the life inside has has a chance to digest and consume the contents. Along with life and death cycles of the microorganisms adding proteins and acids to the nutrients.
I can visually see the plants respond to each feeding withing 15 minutes of adding to the soil. This is because
The food is very bio available to the plant and it sucks it up fast!
The other reason is because plants eat microbes. So my high microbial content gives the plant a secondary food source :) see here.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0011915