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Comment by TCLynx on May 1, 2012 at 2:48pm

If compost tea stinks, it was allowed to go anaerobic and that is not good.  Just a little stir is probably not enough unless you goal is to simply make yourself gag by stirring up the stink.

Make your next batch using an aerator and use immediately, don't let it sit around after brewing.

Comment by Eric Warwick on April 30, 2012 at 5:01pm

@NTS Last I checked compost tea is not a living organism. However its has microrganisms in it that make it more potent than the nutrients it contians. What you've got is some anaerobic microrganisms that make it stink. You could try stiring it, or putting an airstone in it, or you could just dump it in the backyard. Try to keep it oxygenated next time, or use it quickly.

Comment by NTS on April 30, 2012 at 3:09pm

I think I might have found the problem. My compost tea stinks, I just read this means it is dead. Will stirring create enough oxygen to keep the tea alive?

Comment by Jon Parr on April 29, 2012 at 9:36am

Tell us more. Dual root zone method, soil or media, AP, flood and drain? Are you using only compost tea, or compost tea on addition to something? Are you using the tea for watering or foliar spray? How do you make your tea?

Comment by NTS on April 28, 2012 at 10:02am

I am using compost tea, and my plants are yellow and not growing very much.

Comment by David Schwinghamer on April 3, 2012 at 10:47pm

I ran across this product and want to know if anyone here know about it and how it works.

saltwater farms seaweed/fish fertilizer 3-2-2

Comment by Meir Lazar on March 29, 2012 at 10:38pm

Well I just finished a video on my system. It's a little long but hopefully informative. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEFyMQvLOJI

Feel free to comment, thanks!

Comment by TCLynx on March 22, 2012 at 6:08pm

I was gonna say, the aged urine in a bottle might spike a pH up to 9 but once diluted into the system I wouldn't expect to see more than a tiny bump up in pH which will quickly come down due to the nitrification.  My pee ponics system pH came down just fine and continued on down until I buffered it.

Comment by Meir Lazar on March 22, 2012 at 2:53pm

I just tested the PH again and either it dropped down to 7 or I contaminated my first test. Looks like I won't need lashes or leaves after all :D

Comment by Jon Parr on March 22, 2012 at 2:05pm

Replacing lashes? Silly autocorrect. Replacing leaves, I meant. Yes, bummer about the dark water. And it gets so dark you won't even know if there's fish in there. I don't mind that on some tanks, but some I'd like to keep clear too. Wood and sawdust work too, to naturally acidity, but with the same effect. Carbon dioxide also works, bit it's hardly a natural way to go, and fish don't appreciate too much. I used to have no difficulty keeping pH down, now I can't keep it down, and I'm not sure what has changed. The media is the same, and pH in all systems is 8.0-8.2 unless I actively fight it down.

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