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    Quote Originally Posted by Stokes View Post
    Bacteria release enzymes that are acidic as they break down nutrients/die, right? If it were closer to neutral i wouldnt worry
    I really don't know. It's all beyond my understanding. My current grow i had problems with just plain tap water. Adjusting the ph fixed it.

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    From what I’ve heard it was my understanding that you shouldn’t pH down a tea as it will harm the microbes?


    Could you not test the ph of the water, brew the tea, test ph again…

    Say the tea raises the pH by 1.4, drop the pH of the base to 1.4 lower than your desired value & brew another?


    Stopping aerating the tea before feeding (again, from what I’ve heard) will lower the oxygen content of the water, dropping pH, the microbes will start dying off & you’ll run the risk of it turning anaerobic (brewing bad bacteria that you don’t want to dump on your roots).
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    Yeah blunt, I read somewhere that if you down the acid kills bacteria. After letting it sit an hour it did lower to around 7.5, which isn't great, but a lot better than 8.5. I'm just gonna have to keep watching/reading up on it. For the time being I may just add molasses to my water. Or maybe i 'lol only bubble for a few hours versus a couple days. My limited experience with them does have me optimistic, from the teas and just straight feeding molasses the plants seem perky almost immediately, which is weird, because I didn't think the teas have any direct effect on the plant, just on the soil
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    Molasses feeds microbes, not plants. I’d imagine after adding it the plant would perk up as it’s like the turbo just spooled on the rootzone engine?

    What are you brewing your tea with, earthworm castings? A tea should brew microbes, from whatever the source is (vermicompost, IMO or whatever) to replenish the soil.

    Dunno why I am saying this as it’s not something I’ve ever done but if you don’t see the plants perk up from the tea, but you do with molasses, maybe the tea isn’t brewing correctly?

    Do you add molasses to the tea to feed the microbes while it’s brewing?

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    Yeah I only had molasses and castings with the tea. Right now I'm looking up banana teas for flower, possibly langbeinite, but I have to look into what is soluble and what is not.

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    My understanding was that teas feed the soil and the soil feeds the plants. It's not an immediate response just faster than non brewed ammendments. I have done tea grows and did not see immediate response.
    As far as i know, the only way to see an immediate response is through mineral salts which go directly to the roots.
    Personally, i pack my soil full of nutrients and cook it. I topdress right before flower with a full load. When i see any visible issues i respond with mineral salts. Personally I use Botanicare because they are naturally derived.

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    Try a compost extract tea.

    Some quality compost in some sort of bag (sock, panty hose, old t-shirt, paint straining bag) and hold it under water and massage it for a couple minutes. Not possible to brew the bad stuff this way and its on demand to use right away. I stopped brewing compost tea.

    I will bubble some kelp/alfalfa tea for 24 hours and that stuff is amazing if you need a quick boost.


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    https://youtu.be/nF2EML4rWAg

    Interesting discussion to check out

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