i would assume that simply water with the substrate from the tank would also be beneficial to the plants but is it possible to run a passive hydro system with it?
sorry just had a B and now forgot to ad the recipe for the pepper tea ..lol
boil up fresh basil (good handful) , to make a basil tea concentrate, then let cool and dilute with with fresh water, 500ml concentrate to 5l water so a ratio of 1 to 10 , the ad 1tsp cayenne pepper and shake well...
just spoke to my grandfather on the farm and his advice to me was instead of using the teas, wich do work but like any organic pesticide needs to be applied fairly often wich i dont think will bother most of us growers as we like the work and enjoy checking in on our babies but for the the...
i am very interested in this system of growing and have been for years but all the research ive done leads me to big systems and i grow indoors only now and think ill be experimenting with a small 200litre tank hold fresh water eels as they are carnivores ive read that the waste water will have...
my family has always been fruit farmers and when the organic trend started we experimented with different organic pest control sprays , mostly homemade teas but the one that worked the best for aphids and mites was a weak solution of cayenne pepper fresh basil and water , so you make a tea and...
just done some research in to alfalfa and as an additive to compost or mulch it looks like the perfect fertilizer with a bit of worm tea for good measure..lol
nutty , awesome thread and most def going to follow along, where i am in the world its still fairly difficult to get good seeds so for sustainability and variety breeding is the answer....