A more rudimentary question if you will… I’m getting ready to flip my 15g BAS containers to flower on my second grow. I felt like last grow, I waited too long before using teas (or some other amendments) as I started to see some deficiencies in early flower. How do I determine the best way to get ahead of the nutrient demand heading into flower? Is it a veg tea or flower tea? Before reading your post I didn’t know there were different types of teas based on grow stage. Thanks in advance!
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Top dressing for stage a couple weeks ahead. I top before transition and again wk1, with extra Ca to account for trans depletion and the demand wk 2.5. Using Langbenite in top will account for Mg wk 3 demand. If demand are higher then add pinch Epson. I Top agin wk6 assuming 10 wk strain.
It would be a veg microbial brew through trans into wk1-2 depending. Flowering they prefer to be fungal dom. Fungal takes time, so hang the fungal compost 12-24 hrs before 45 hr aeration. Add fungal based foods (fish, kelp, soy, oatmeal or wheat bran, rock dust or pinch sea salt). Without a scope you won’t see the hypha but assume 45 and use by 48.
Edit: I found this to be helpful to know demand increases so I know when to add additional to my premix in advance.
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Just started flower and curious what might be beneficial for teas as I get closer to harvest. I’m brewing a tea now with oatmeal, BAS Build-a-Bloom, charred wood, BAS craft blend, fresh chopped aloe and worm compost from worm bin.
Obviously since I’m in flower I wanna focus on the P and K right now so curious what all I could add as I get further along into flower??? I’m coming up on week 2 after flip and growing in Living Soil (Build a Soil 3).
First time growing living soil and loving it so far!!!
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Is chelated nutrition for immediate availability
CB - Very low solubility, better for top dress
I’d get some potassium sulfate to bump the BaB. Top with CB. Teas are less about nutrition and more about natural humics, microbes & fungi. Soil food web
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Awesome thank you for the info. I had been using CB as top dress but figured I could throw a spoonful in with the tea. Good to know it won’t brew. I’ll continue adding as top dress periodically.
I was thinking about maybe banana tea for added potassium. Good idea or not much benefit???
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Certainly won’t hurt but minuscule help.
Depends what you make honestly. I’ve seen some janky stuff floating around. If it smells bad dump it in toilet. I make a ferment with LABs.
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I am unfamiliar. Is there a link or post somewhere around that explains more???
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Nevermind I found a post of yours going into more detail. Will be taking notes!!! Thank you my friend!!!
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I use diatomaceous earth quite a bit myself and its pretty awesome stuff considering everything it does
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Wanna share a link for us?
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Thanks BB. You are like Jeremy’s first science officer!
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Here’s a link @Alien_Shore
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@Budbrother beat me to the punch!!!
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@LunaticYowie here you go brother. Scroll to the top.
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Thank you so much brother! 
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@ModestMoose67 @Budbrother
Thanks both. So much to learn and hopefully put to good use!!
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Your bet, I hope you will master it someday.
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A bugs life
My living soil tonight
Several types of spider mites.
They came from my worm bin and they are the good ones.
One is a predatory mite the other eats dead stuff.
Also some springtails
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@Kckouple we all use different amendments but here you’ll find a lot of help when needed.
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Check this thread out if you wanna rock some organic growing!!!
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