Organic Tea For Outdoor Trees

[TJ Watch]

Please check my thinking here....
This plan is "general" to help me check my understanding of the compost tea process.
I know I'll have to make daily adjustments based on weather, plants, etc.

Assume I'm growing 18 outdoor trees in 100-gallon soil bags, with lots of pumice etc.

I want a 3-day cycle for each set of (6) plants: feed, skip water; feed, skip, water; etc
For the season, I feed with 3 kinds of compost tea: Veggy, Combo, and Bloom

Day 1: Feed set A, Water set B, Skip set C.
Day 2: Skip set A, Feed set B, Water set C.
Day 3: Water set A, Skip set B, Feed set C.
Day 4: repeat "day 1" ... etc etc etc ... feed/skip/water/feed/skip/water....

I need to have (4) gallons of 48-hour bubbled tea every day, starting 15-JUL.
I need (3) 5-gallon buckets. always running, with pumps and airstones.
I dilute each tea by adding 1.25 water per gallon of tea.
My schedule below lists amount of tea needed, before diluting.

SCHEDULE for Northern Cali:

Start (2) gallons VEGGY brewing every day from 12-MAY >> 14-JUL
Start (4) gallons VEGGY brewing every day from 15-JUL >> 15-SEP
Start (4) gallons COMBO brewing every day from 16-SEP >> 15-OCT
Start (4) gallons BLOOM brewing every day from 16-OCT >> 15-NOV
Harvest in late November after 10+ days of just water.

Is this anywhere near to reality?? THANKS!!

 

[TJ Watch]

So, every 3 days, each plant gets 2/3 of a gallon of tea plus a gallon of water. I could have just said that, sorry. Then they skip a day, and then another gallon of water on the 3rd day.

 

[NuttyProfessor]

sounds like a lot of work , when i do teas i do a fermented batch of tea bad bacteria done like making beer , i then use this to feed my good tea to revitalize my soil , then i just feed with compost teas of seaweed molasses an compost to feed the micros

 

[Jedthedog]

Compost teas are the way to go. Once you fall into a routine it is pretty easy to do. The benefits are well worth it in my opinion. Do you mind posting your tea recipes?

 

[Conradino23]

Harvest in November? What are you growing there?

 

[TJ Watch]

I don't have recipes yet, researching now. I think I need one for veg and one for bloom. I'm in Southern Oregon and my valley stays warm past halloween. I'm not sure if it will be a lot of work. Every morning I plan on feeding 6, watering 6, and looking at all 18. Then I start another 5-gallon batch, It should take me less than an hour per day. Each girl gets 2/3 gallon every third day.

My veg recipe will include these, not sure how much yet:

earth worm casting
black strap molasses
fish hydrolysate (high quality)
alfalfa meal
sphagnum peat moss
soft rock phosphate
Very little kelp

Please comment -- thanks!

 

[TJ Watch]

Can I really feed 16 tree sized plants for an entire season using just 100 gallons of tea made for about 100$ ??

50 gallon ITEM SEASON UNIT COST DESC
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19 cups worm castings 38 cups $15.00 1 ft3
4 cups Back Strap Molasses 8 cup $12.00 2 gallons
4 ounces Fish Hydrolysate (HQ) 8 ounces $18.00 1 quart
0.5 cup Kelp meal 1 cup $17.00 5 lbs
0.5 cup soft rock phosphate 1 cup $10.00 3 lbs
2 cups alfalfa meal 4 cup $10.00 5 lbs
2 cups Canadien Sphagnum Peat 4 cup $5.00 8 quarts
2 cups guano compost 4 cup $6.00 2 lbs
1 cup oat flour 2 cup $5.00 22 oz bag

$98.00 TOTAL

 

[Conradino23]

Are you growing for yield exclusively?

 

[TJ Watch]

Yield is primary, but I wouldn't deliberately hurt the quality for an extra 3%.... I don't need the biggest-evah yield and I don't need the best-evah taste nor the most-evah amount of THC. Something like the 80-20 rule for all three, but yield, then taste, then THC. If that even makes sense.

 

[Conradino23]

Then I guess your approach makes sense, good luck.