Thanks, Azi. I did mine in a 1.36 litre , thich plastic bottle and filled to a litre, original cap. There is condensation above so there was some reaction but no foamy bubbles. Getting potatoe flakes next shopping and will rety. Kept it at room temperature.
Just realized this... since I plan to make aerated worm tea, looks like it contains humic acids. Vermicompost contains humic acids. I'll throw in some fulvic as well in the brew.
Interesting, Kombucha? I make it & drink it daily but never remotely associated with my grow.
I know that scobies when dried out are good for dogs
Yeah I googled it and some growers use it to control powdery mildew (PM). Likely diluted.
Good to head Bode! I wasn't sure. Yes a nice earthy smell. I think I did use leaf mold. I took it from my pile of lawn and fall mulched tree leaves. This spring I reached in down low and pulled out some nice hardly composted material with wrigglers and all. Now a month or more later it's so dry there were no worms but I reached in and took a little anyway. There's life in there, I just hope the drought didn't kill off too many of our micro friends.
Does it even work on buds with caterpillars? Most of the rot I saw started with those little bastards.
That's a good question and not one answered in the Jadam book. And keep in mind we are really using this for an application different from what was suggested.
You don't. Use it at peak bubbles and start a new batch for next time. Master Cho says after peak bubbles, the microbes die off quickly so it's not much good for a microbial product. He says you have about a 12 hour window around peak bubbles. Afterwards, it's good as fertilizer though, he says.
How about foliar spraying?
That's a good question. I would imagine the rot comes in because of the wastes of the caterpillars and those are getting broken down by microbes but in the process leave behind a moist environment conducive to the bad microbes. Soooo, it would seem like if the JMS works for other pathogens it should for this as well.
This is based on what I have been doing in my current grow; 20 gal ceramic container I have gathered a mix of garden weeds. In the bunch we have confrey, nettle, horsetail, plantain, dandelion, clover, different grasses and other weeds. Lets call this organic matter.
Hypothesis; by taking all the green manure from the area where the cannabis phenos are, I am taking a vast sample of pathogenes, fungi, microbes, yeast... ? later on defoliation I started adding organic matter form the cannabis and the tomatos.
I dump all organic matter and added rain water, I have also added worm castings and molasses to this. Left untouched for several weeks, actually it was running long time before I started using it . The organic matter ferments and decomposes forming a floating layer that creates a barrier reducing the amount of oxygen touching the surface of the body of water.
This is why I call my version of teas Anaerobic. there has to be less the 18-22% oxygen in my mix counting that there is no air pump and I added a 2-4 inch layer of organic matter that sit on top blocking even more the Oxygen molecules. I didnt put a lid on this one.
I had this tea running for at least 4 months, constantly feeding organic matter and rain water. I would use a ratio of 250 ml tea to 5 gal rain water when I watered the plants. As they grew I up to 1 lt tea per 5 gal rain water. For foliar spray 100ml to a liter rain water and neem oil each time. When I used foliar feeding with any tea I would use one spoon neem oil.
I have made every tea from green manure tea, to livestock tea, to compost and seaweed tea, all have this same model. I dont consider my teas Aerobic. I try not to disturb the content, it also helps with avoiding propagation of the heavy smell.
This is a different setup, plastic wrap and lid sealed Anaerobic horsetail/nettle/molasses
Instant reaction when the jar is opened.
Used as foliar all thru Veg cycle. And will possibly continue on flowering.
Another good read,
Compost Tea Recipe
Learn how to make organic fertilizer using a compost tea recipe.www.wildernesscollege.com
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