That’s really awaome I guess as far as the water , it will evaporate down to a slurry regardless at some point I think. But I am happy to hear 3 years later and it’s still good to use .
So can I ask , do you add this to you true living organics grow when you water from time to time ?
Also could I use a medium such as promix as a experiment and just use the dandelion extracts start to finish just wondering if it’s already in its most available form after fermenting . I would love to try a grow with no added supliments except what I’m making here .
I’m just a little concerned to add it to my Pre amended supersoil , I don't want to burn anything , I know how powerful this stuff is from your tutorial ,also say I had this stuff when my northern lights was starting to show a serious p deficiency as well as a few other , if I had this and added it, do you think the plant would have recovered from that point instead of keep declining like it did . But again with the question , is it already in the most available form for the plant to take up. It’s been a year since I read the whole tutorial and I could probably just go find the answer. But I just don’t want to do the research like I did on compost teas and not understand the fundamentals of compost teas , and it caused a lot of struggles in my grow, but you were very blunt and straight up told me I don’t understand compost teas and you were 100% right . So I just want to start using this stuff with the right knowledge to do so .
You have hit me with a question that I really don't have the answer to, so you are going to get a little bit of speculation as a response. I have never tried running a grow on just the dandelion extract. We know what the proper NPK should be, or at least we think we do, to feed these plants, although the needs do vary a bit between stages of the grow. We are distilling the essence of another weed down in these dandelions though, and logic tells us that what the need, what they are made of, is in there and that it should also be just what our plants need. It is an interesting question and one that I am going to investigate in a future grow, but I see no reason to believe that it wouldn't work. You never know till you try.
Regarding the fears of adding it to an already highly energized soil...
First, tip burning. There is a big difference... a huge difference as a matter of fact, between a little bit of tip burning and a toxicity situation. The only time we ever really see toxicity directly is in when Nitrogen is over applied. The classic claw is a result, and the deep forest greens that happen as you approach this point, but most of the other overages show up as lockouts of other elements before we get a big reaction from the leaves. That little bit of tip burn, that little triangle of complaint at the ends of the leaves... that is
much more desirable to have than a deficiency. The old adage is that if you aren't at least burning the tips, you are not trying hard enough. This has always been my growing philosophy, that if I was going to use nutes and supplements, then I am trying to push my plants right up to the edge... that that tip burn is an almost immediate signal from the plant that I am right where I want to be... not too much to cause problems, but enough to definitely be noticed. I can actually study the various layers of a plant vertically, noting where tip burning happened and where it didn't, knowing that last watering will affect the very newest top growth, and I can gauge the effectiveness of my nute program and indeed my soil, by what the plant is telling me. Tip burning, contrary to bro science, is your friend.
Next, consider an organic grow. All the nutrients a plant could ever want or need, right there in the soil. Can you over fertilize an organic grow? Typically all of my organic grows have consistent tip burning from top to bottom. I believe that the same process that burns the tips is also the process that sends signals down through the roots to the microbes telling them to hold on... we have enough for now. It is a natural thing that happens in a natural grow where everything the plant could want or need, is in there, available to the plant.
So what happens when you add a superaccumulator like dandelion extract to the mix? There are two things to consider... the micronutrients, amino acids and additional specialized microbes it brings with it, and the jolt of all of the major nutrients in an immediately available form. The roots do what they do and when they suck up the water, in come the nutrients via their various paths. The plants may see in this jolt, some things they were having trouble getting in the soil and they will get a big jolt of everything they need with this powerful supplement. No signals will be sent to the roots on that cycle that more nutrition is needed, so fewer exudates will be sent to reward the microbes, and that part of the feeding cycle will slow down just as much as it needs to, always following the plant's orders, as to what it needs.
In any organic grow, if you want to stop the organic feeding cycle, start feeding an immediately available nutrient program, megacrop for instance. The organics go on hold, the immediately available nutrient takes precedence. In nature, all things follow the path of least resistance. So while the experiment to try growing on just extract is a valid one, keep in mind why you would want to use it in an organic grow...
you are supplementing. You are attempting to occasionally, shore up or even supercharge whatever might be lacking in the microbe/soil balance. There is nothing wrong with using it now and again for these reasons, but always be aware of the larger impact of all things you add to the grow. All good things in moderation.
so excited to have a separate flower space now . Thanks for popping by brotherman 
