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I put alfalfa meal into my tea bag (progress earth or ancient forest... depends on the week) and use it in my NFT reservoirs. Haven't had anything but bright ass white roots and stellar growth.
I foliar spray with alfalfa tea and they love it
My concern is that I'm running an RDWC style water media system, a type notorious for root rot problems if not kept well under control. If it works and doesn't create a breeding ground for bad bugs, I'd be all for it!
Cool. There's loads of people using bennie teas in their recirculating systems. Mine a recirculating system and I even have sprayers and I filter out the tea first, no clogs or anything.
I know evryone is doing their best to drop AV . But has anyone tried nervanna ? A teaspoon of alfalfa meal in my teas would be cheaper and some A1 would be my first choice over the AV . Just wondering if anyone has tried it .
If you're doing FPE--then anything that isn't "good" won't be digested--so you don't need to worry about it. This process really breaks most of whats present down into its constituent monomers and subunits thereof. The main benefit derived from this is that many cool vitamins, cofactors, and complicated molecules (sesquiterpenes, other defensive molecules) are not digested because they are unrecognized by the bacteria. What you end up with is part nutrient mix, part vitamin cocktail.
Okay so I have the basic gist of it right, then. I'm looking to FPE with nettles and alfalfa as feedstocks, to gain the benefits of nettles, and the triacontanol in alfalfa. I plan to foliar feed these to the plants, as I think it would end up too diluted in my RDWC to make much difference.
Many have assured me that ACT in my RDWC water should not lead to pathogenics taking over, unless something is seriously wrong with my root environment to begin with. The flip side is that without some substrate somewhere for the little critters to hang out in, they won't live long floating around in the water. No big deal, just re-inoculate every few days.
Ask Capulator- he's been using it and should have the scoop. Invite him to post his application rates here!what application rate are you guys using for the Calcium 25? and how often do you foliar with it? weekly in veg/bloom?
The information is VERY easy to find.You even directed another member to read a thread that has the information you want.So I'm just trying to figure out how I can get some of the alfalfa growing volunteer all over around here into a tea. Is it true that I do NOT have to 'brew' or ferment it? Do I heat or boil it? Do I just chop the alfalfa up really small, like putting it in a blender, and then let it sit for a bit before straining the solids out? I'm a first timer at this, so feel free to laugh at the silly questions, but I gotta start somewhere.
Read up on this thread: Fermented Plant Extracts and making your own nutrient line. This link goes directly to page 4, discussing alfalfa teas and fermented extracts and triacontanol. The whole thread is full of good stuff, though.
Someone asked a question about the solubility of triacontanol in solution with an alfalfa tea. The only way this stuff is IN-soluble is when it's isolated by itself. In the teas, it's already bound to something or the alfafla couldn't use it either.
To be clear, I am not an Advanced Nutrients hater. I just couldn't afford their line, so I educated myself and discovered that anything you can find in their line you can find elsewhere... for LOTS cheaper.
The information is VERY easy to find.You even directed another member to read a thread that has the information you want.
Why don't you do what you suggested... then you will find the info.
You already read the recipes and told someone else to read the recipes. Nothing very advanced unless you find getting up off your chair, throwing some stuff in a bucket, then checking ph... "advanced". If your growing in hydro your already doing "advanced" work of mixing things with water and checking the ph.The reason I asked was more because I want the simplest recipe first, didn't want to dive into the advanced end of the pool just yet if I didn't have to.
Why didn't you ask or invite cap????Ask Capulator- he's been using it and should have the scoop. Invite him to post his application rates here!
You already read the recipes and told someone else to read the recipes. Nothing very advanced unless you find getting up off your chair, throwing some stuff in a bucket, then checking ph... "advanced". If your growing in hydro your already doing "advanced" work of mixing things with water and checking the ph.
Why didn't you ask or invite cap????
You want to be a lazy member who want's information spoonfed or do you want to be someone who contributes good information?? Who what where why when, think about it gather the information and then share it. Actions speak louder than words.
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