Tea Recipe

Theoneandonly Z · May 19, 2013

sealed138 said:
no problem ill get it done later this week. the whole unit only cost me around $450 to build. I already had the badass air pumps though, Alita air pumps are kinda spendy. Ive built two of them so far.

caps right, that would be dope if u did! start a thread, how about "My Vortex Can Beat Up Yours" lol

sealed138 · May 19, 2013

where should i post this thread?

sealed138 · May 19, 2013

Capulator said:
It woudl be awesome if you could take a few pics and maybe tell us how it all goes together. I know a lot of people who would really be grateful for that.

Theoneandonly Z said:
caps right, that would be dope if u did! start a thread, how about "My Vortex Can Beat Up Yours" lol

where should i post this thread?

Theoneandonly Z · May 19, 2013

it would fit right in with Advanced Techniques. theres alot of threads of diy builds and what not

sealed138 · May 19, 2013

https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/55-gallon-tea-brewer-other-stolen-ideas.56105/

larebowm · May 26, 2013

if you dont have a worm farm there cheap to get going i grind up all my trash weed and feed it to them along with left overs from caps tea sludge minus the liquid of course. i then use the vermicompost to make more tea and cycle continues. a good way to get rid of scraps.
weed already knows what it wants for nutes and the worms make it more accessable next time around.imho but im the new guy.

click80 · Jun 1, 2013

Has anyone had any troubles brewing with Bat or Seabird guano? I have had very few brews go anaerobic, as far as I know. The few I have had go noticeably sour (smelling) I just put down to bad cleaning or a biofilm I didn't notice.

Anyway, I finally had a clue and did a test. Over the past three days I have brewed 5 teas, using my standard recipe and found out that whenever I add bat guano they end up smelling like sewer water at about 16-18 hours. I eliminated my brewer, as I just finished brewing a good batch (smelled great) after dumping the last one that went bad. I scrubbed the holy hell out of it.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I don't want to mention the maker yet, but I will by PM.

pantherrunner · Jun 3, 2013

Can somone find a way to chime to chime in on tea brewing and the chlorine content of molases? Is it o.k. to add molases without pre-percolating it first to "boil off the chlorine" for several days? Is the chlorine ion found in molases o.k. for plants as is?

click80 · Jun 3, 2013

pantherrunner said:
Can somone find a way to chime to chime in on tea brewing and the chlorine content of molases? Is it o.k. to add molases without pre-percolating it first to "boil off the chlorine" for several days? Is the chlorine ion found in molases o.k. for plants as is?

I don't think that the content would be anywhere near high enough to affect microbes in the way that unchlorinated tap water does in tea making. I am fairly certain on that one. I have made teas that turned out fine and were lab tested without boiling my molasses.

larebowm · Jun 6, 2013

just orderd up another batch roots nutes foliar.im sold on this stuff.

stickyfing3rs · Jun 6, 2013

does anyone use caps Bennies/tea on their vegetable garden?

KUSHPILES · Jun 7, 2013

stickyfing3rs said:
does anyone use caps Bennies/tea on their vegetable garden?

Yes- biggest strawberries and greenest lawn around !

babyhughie586 · Jun 9, 2013

i just started brewing my first tea thanks to you cap... ill be adding it to my diy undercurrent about this time tomorrow, im super stoked to see what itll do in my dwc

larebowm · Jun 9, 2013

uc huh keep us updated

Capulator · Jun 9, 2013

babyhughie586 said:
i just started brewing my first tea thanks to you cap... ill be adding it to my diy undercurrent about this time tomorrow, im super stoked to see what itll do in my dwc

1 cup per 5 gallons ok. don't go overboard. Be consistent. Once a week do a res change and re introduce the tea at 1 cup per 5 gallons of total volume. Example is 100 gallons in the system you will add 20 cups of tea, roughly 1 gallon. I like to pour one cup in to each crown, and then put the rest in the epicenter.

Don't use roots, bleach, H202, etc.

Animal Chin · Jun 9, 2013

Capulator said:
1 cup per 5 gallons ok. don't go overboard. Be consistent. Once a week do a res change and re introduce the tea at 1 cup per 5 gallons of total volume. Example is 100 gallons in the system you will add 20 cups of tea, roughly 1 gallon. I like to pour one cup in to each crown, and then put the rest in the epicenter.

Don't use roots, bleach, H202, etc.

Is this your suggested ratio for soil?

Capulator · Jun 9, 2013

dan kherbs said:
Is this your suggested ratio for soil?

Yes you can dilute the tea down to whatever you like. The best results I get are when I put it in my res and let me res water my plants for a week with 1-2 cups per 5 gallons, and then I will add a cup of concentrated tea in to the crown as well. I have a 100 gallon res that waters 18 plants in 2 or 3 gallon smart pots.

So when I make a 5 gallon tea it pretty much covers my MPB that holds a 150 gallons, my coco wall of dank that is on 2. 40 gallon reservoirs, and my veg on a 100 gallon.

The key is consistency, but that goes for everything really. I don't have a lot of plants compared to a lot of people with the same amount of lights, so that helps.

babyhughie586 · Jun 9, 2013

Capulator said:
1 cup per 5 gallons ok. don't go overboard. Be consistent. Once a week do a res change and re introduce the tea at 1 cup per 5 gallons of total volume. Example is 100 gallons in the system you will add 20 cups of tea, roughly 1 gallon. I like to pour one cup in to each crown, and then put the rest in the epicenter.

Don't use roots, bleach, H202, etc.

excellent cap thanks for all the help.. I will be doing a journal on here showing the grow..

click80 · Jun 9, 2013

I highly recommend the pouring into the crown. When I started doing that once a week (about) plus adding the tea in with one watering a week I discovered how insane root growth can really get. When I show people what smart pots can do they don't believe it's not bennies from one of the "brands". I get big funny white roots coming out of the smart pot all over. Not just the bottom and here and there on the sides but all over. The top of the soil in the post looks like a white cotton blanket. I am terrible about posting pics but I will sometime this week.

I ran out of Caps bennies last grow and decided to just go with EWC. Although I still had a good harvest I had some problems with PM at the end. Luckily I had some foliar pack left and I spot sprayed, which worked fantastically.

Caps stuff is the only supplement (for sale) around that I would say "do not go without" if you have to choose. I can rock an elbow a light with just soil mix (my own, not too hot at all, mostly worm poop), Caps bennies and EWC tea. And a little love of course.

click80 · Jun 9, 2013

Actually, they are furry roots.
:/

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