Grow Mediums Feeding coco with only guano tea

[dankle]

Hi, I just sprouted some beans and want to get a better understanding or some peace of mind with the nutrients I'll be using. I have about a 30% perlite 70% coco mix and plan to feed with compost teas I brew with organic nutrients. I've read that compost teas aren't meant for feeding but stimulating microbial life, but I've aready got all the supplies that I think I would need.

Brew about a 1-1 1/2 gallon at a time with very roughly the following amounts:
- half cup alaskan humus compost
- hand full of worm castings
- 3-4 tsp of vegetative bat guano
- half cup of kelp
- half cup of alfalfa
- tablespoon of molasses
- knife tip of humic acid powder
- tablespoon or two of azomite
- knife tip of citric acid

last feeding PH was about 6.7-6.6

I was thinking I could use this successfully as every watering every 36-48 hours. Is there anything I am missing? I want to avoid buying premixed solutions, I'd rather work with raw ingredients so I have a better understanding of everything going into the crop.

I also have amended one tea with gypsum and gardening lime (due to PH issue @ 3.0). Would it be beneficial to keep amending teas with gypsum and/or lime? Maybe every other watering or so?

Was considering using epsom salts as source of magnesium but need to learn more.

Any feedback or organic coco recipies would be really appreciated.

 

[carl brutananadilewski]

Ill be watching this thread for sure

 

[dankle]

I guess I may be experimenting into the void with this one. Would feel good to hear of someone successfully feeding only guano teas in coco.

Part of me wants to remix the coco with alaskan humus, bat guano, worm castings maybe and more perlite and aim for a light fluffly coco based soil, but part of me wants to continue and learn how it will respond with only guano tea and no soil nutes.

 

[jingo]

I actually kinda like that list you have their. It looks like it should deliver all the nutrients you need. I think however, you might want to pH to about 5.8-6. Then you would want to make sure your tea wasn't too strong so you want a EC / TDS meter. At least I would anyway.

But I find this really interesting I'd like to see how it turns out.

 

[dankle]

thank you for the reassurance! today's tea I correted to a ph of 6.1 or so. Might push it a little futher to get it in the 5s next brew.

Ive been reading about nutrient teas and thinking I can alternate between ingredients such as humic acid and stuff so some teas have more microbes while others have more nutrients.

didnt realize EC meters were so affordable, would be good to add to the collection

thanks for the input everyone, looking forward to this grow. 140W COB action

 

[carl brutananadilewski]

Wouldent the guano teas burn new seedlings? How soon are you applying it to your ladies?

 

[dankle]

I think it may have, red poison is off to a slow start after a fast hatch and blue amnesia is standing up with her shell still. I made the tea for few week old red poison/blue amnesia in 1 gal pots and used it with the freshlings in 5 gal pots. I should probably dilute it for the seedlings or should I make them their own tea?

Anyone know of a good recipie to help the little ones get going? WIll probably need to start brewing them their own tea since the 1 gals are starting to receive phosphorous bat guano.

 

[jingo]

Weeker would be better for seedlings.if that guano is high P and N. You would want about .5 P, for each 1 of N.

 

[carl brutananadilewski]

Wait till there seven days old and just brew really weak like a couple table spoons to three gals with mykos and sugars to feed them add some humus for good measure and worm castings

 

[dankle]

Jingo would that ratio be for a vegetative tea?

I figure next tea I brew I will exclude the high P bat guano until after I feed the seedlings, then add some to the bucket for the older girls.

They are recovering good, red poison dropped her shell and blue amnesia is doing rising nicely.

Any clue how much azomite is normally used per gallon?