Life cycle only with teas

[mmoloch]

Want to feed some plants from start to finish only with teas but it is not easy to find the necessary products in my country or in neighboring countries, I have 1-10-1 guano (Guanokalong) and earthworm humus.

I found some seabird guano but do not know if I can use them with cannabis plants:

NPK 9+7+4 (+3Mg) 100% organic

NPK 11+5+11 (+3Mg) 100% organic

NPK 4 + 6 + 10 (+2Mg) 100% organic with bone meal, potassium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, vegetable food industry, seabird guano and molasses.

Can I use these products to make teas?... I will also buy seaweed powder NPK 0.5+2+0 (Guanokalong)...

 

[Dazed]

Want to feed some plants from start to finish only with teas but it is not easy to find the necessary products in my country or in neighboring countries, I have 1-10-1 guano (Guanokalong) and earthworm humus.

I found some seabird guano but do not know if I can use them with cannabis plants:

NPK 9+7+4 (+3Mg) 100% organic

NPK 11+5+11 (+3Mg) 100% organic

NPK 4 + 6 + 10 (+2Mg) 100% organic with bone meal, potassium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, vegetable food industry, seabird guano and molasses.

Can I use these products to make teas?... I will also buy seaweed powder NPK 0.5+2+0 (Guanokalong)...

You certainly can, be aware that tea's are meant to help the microbes in the soil, not feed the plants in the way a normal nutrient solution does. I use Seaweed Meal, and the same bat guano you have there. EWC are great and also some molasses does the trick to get everything going.

 

[mmoloch]

I've tried one 30g guano + 30g humus/4L tea with good results, the plant (auto blue mazar) was 62 days and had several problems and after the tea the plant was super healthy, is the best description I can find, super healthy... so I want to test a feed from start to finish only with teas.

uhm ... I know one of the best benefits of teas is to help/feed the microbes in the soi but what do you mean with "not feed the plants in the way a normal nutrient solution does" ?

I spent the last few days reading about teas but still have a lot to read and learn, my new plants do today 3 days (8 autoflowers) and in the coming days will make a tea only with humus to act as roots stimulator, one of the doubts I have is, can I give teas in every watering? I have an air pump so I can keep the tea alive for a few days...

I also have a doubt with molasses, found some health food stores that have molasses bottles but without information whether they are or not unsulfured... the molasses must be unsulfured?... or can I use sugar from sugar cane (brown sugar)?

 

[Iamthewitness]

What is the soil you are using?

 

[White Punk on Dope]

Go to the grocery store. Buy the cheapest unsulfered molasses they have on the shelf. I use a T/gal each and every time I water.

 

[mmoloch]

What is the soil you are using?

Light Mix (Biobizz)... received yesterday my TDS meter (HM AP-1) and after calibrating it did some tests, my tap water is 260 ppm (pH 7.6), in my last grow had some problems, magnesium pH lockout from week 2 using light mix soil, I think the magnesium pH lockout was caused by my hard water, from what I have read is a common problem when using biobizz soil and hard water.

For teas ordered today:

. Guano - NPK 1-10-1 - Guanokalong
. Fish Powder - NPK 4-5-1 - Guanokalong
. Palm Tree Ash - NPK 0-3-14 - Guanokalong
. Seaweed Powder - NPK 0.5-2-0 - Guanokalong

Already have earthworm humus, found molasses available but without information whether or not unsulfered and the store manager did not know... besides these products, do u recommend anything else to join the tea?... fish mix?

 

[Dazed]

I've tried one 30g guano + 30g humus/4L tea with good results, the plant (auto blue mazar) was 62 days and had several problems and after the tea the plant was super healthy, is the best description I can find, super healthy... so I want to test a feed from start to finish only with teas.

uhm ... I know one of the best benefits of teas is to help/feed the microbes in the soi but what do you mean with "not feed the plants in the way a normal nutrient solution does" ?

I spent the last few days reading about teas but still have a lot to read and learn, my new plants do today 3 days (8 autoflowers) and in the coming days will make a tea only with humus to act as roots stimulator, one of the doubts I have is, can I give teas in every watering? I have an air pump so I can keep the tea alive for a few days...

I also have a doubt with molasses, found some health food stores that have molasses bottles but without information whether they are or not unsulfured... the molasses must be unsulfured?... or can I use sugar from sugar cane (brown sugar)?

Light Mix (Biobizz)... received yesterday my TDS meter (HM AP-1) and after calibrating it did some tests, my tap water is 260 ppm (pH 7.6), in my last grow had some problems, magnesium pH lockout from week 2 using light mix soil, I think the magnesium pH lockout was caused by my hard water, from what I have read is a common problem when using biobizz soil and hard water.

For teas ordered today:

. Guano - NPK 1-10-1 - Guanokalong
. Fish Powder - NPK 4-5-1 - Guanokalong
. Palm Tree Ash - NPK 0-3-14 - Guanokalong
. Seaweed Powder - NPK 0.5-2-0 - Guanokalong

Already have earthworm humus, found molasses available but without information whether or not unsulfered and the store manager did not know... besides these products, do u recommend anything else to join the tea?... fish mix?

Unsulphured Molasses is the one to get. Do you know if your tap water has chlorine/chloramine in it? This will render your teas pretty much useless as it kills the bacteria you are trying to activate. I wouldn't give a tea every watering, I think once a week is good enough. Also, I'm not sure how long teas can last even if they are being aerated.
What I mean by not feeding like regular fertz is that when you brew a tea, you are trying to get the microbes active, in turn they process the nutrients in the soil and allow the plants roots to absorb them, rather than a 'fertiliser' which is meant to directly feed the plants. To feed the plants you can top dress or mix your amendments into the soil before you germinate.

Do you have a way to collect rainwater? I switched to rainwater and saw a massive improvement.

 

[mmoloch]

My tap water has chlorine but before using it I let it get air for more than 30 hours, for now I've been mixing tap water with distilled water and got down the values of 260ppm to 100ppm. I have a few buckets since yesterday collecting rainwater but long term I think is not a good solution because it does not rain so much in the place where I live and it would be difficult to accumulate water for the complete life cycle.

City hall last water analysis

Tested the mineral water I buy for drinking and seems to be perfect:


. pH 6.6
. ppm 75
. Sio2 62 mg/l
. ca2 1,5 mg/l
. Na 26 mg/l
. Cl 22 mg/l
. HCO 49,6 mg/l

 

[Mr Piggy]

I honestly think you're in for a struggle with bio-bizz light and teas. I would recommend you check out the True Living Organic Soils threads in the organics section (TLO for short) before going all teas. I have done the tea route and even with a more complete soil than BB Light it was a hassle. When you pre-mix your soil and let it cook down with the TLO method you get a much more hassle and worry free process that is well complimented by teas. IHMO your cal/mag issues are going to continue when using the light mix, the additives to TLO soil greatly help in reducing this problem.

 

[mmoloch]

I've been reading a few topics on TLO but the plants do today 6 days, will be transplanted to the final pots within a week, not enough time to cook the soil... I have some nuts at home, can do a mixed feeding... nuts, water, tea, water, nuts, water, tea and so on

I have the biobizz try pack (grow, bloom and top max), autoflower super mix (bionova) roots explosion, top bloom exp and bloom exp (kaya solutions), last grow used these last (kaya solutions) and had several problems but I think the problems were caused by my tap water, too much calcium causing pH lockout.

I will join dolomite to the soil to try to solve the cal/mag problem and will also buy epsom salts.