ORGANICS TODAY - TEA TIME
Where well-cultured cultivators brew compost tea for their organic ganja.
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 8:38 pm
Since the earliest days of agriculture, compost—an aerobic mix of decaying vegetation and decomposing animal wastes—has been collected, managed and later spread to crops by farmers as a free organic fertilizer. Using locally occurring substances to augment the process by which nature already feeds plants, successful composters increase the vigor and yield of their produce without negatively affecting the surrounding ecosystem.
Today, more than 60 years after the so-called “green revolution” transformed most of the world’s agriculture from a natural, community-based process to a chemical, corporate-based industry, an increasing number of small gardeners—whether growing gardenias or ganja—have been opting to take a healthy step back to organics. Mixing and applying effective compost is one of the first steps in this latest transformation, as well as one of the most important and rewarding.
And now, in addition to heading back into the bold old world of organics, you can also embrace the future by brewing your own compost tea. Scientists first began experimenting with compost teas in the 1970s—essentially using water to extract the beneficial elements of traditional compost for easier and more efficient distribution. Organic gardeners have been making amazing claims about the power of compost teas ever since, as the process slowly moves from theory to practice.
UNFOLD THE MYSTERY
This past harvest season, HIGH TIMES witnessed the power of compost teas firsthand on a return visit to the subject of Weeditoptia (HT Feb. ’08), our in-depth look at life on an eco-minded medical-marijuana farm in Northern California. Carefully following the advice of compost-tea guru Elaine Ingham (soilfoodweb.com), the green-thumbed gardeners of Weeditopia brewed and applied compost teas scientifically designed to maximize the amount of nutrients available to their plants, speed the soil’s breakdown of toxins, and help the leaves, stems and roots fight disease.
“We worked the same land in the same way last season, with regular compost instead of the tea,” one initially skeptical local ganja farmer told HIGH TIMES. “I can tell you for sure that the difference is real.”










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tree
Jul 26 2009, 3:22 pm
It's the American diet, along with cells n stress.
Didn't someone already make a song about that...Alanyss?
tree
Jul 26 2009, 3:18 pm
Rootman
May 4 2009, 4:22 pm
They are leaders in their field and will take the time to help you better understand what you are missing. Compost tea is awesome!!!!
Check them out.....
Rooty.
urban forester
Jan 16 2009, 6:59 pm
420luver
Oct 20 2008, 1:28 pm
C420
Oct 12 2008, 3:44 pm
whiplash 72
Oct 11 2008, 11:56 pm
uprising is coming to clouds near you.
dynoson
Sep 30 2008, 7:07 pm
At what stage of the budding process do you introduce these products to your plants and how much icing sugar or molasses is added per litre of water?
captain crunch420
Aug 22 2008, 12:54 am
captain crunch420
Aug 21 2008, 10:58 pm
maxChron
Jul 14 2008, 3:35 pm
floyd
May 13 2008, 11:32 pm
i live in my sisters basement
May 8 2008, 12:43 pm
can any one here tell me,
that what tokin said about spraying plants with cig juice works to keep bugs off???
if so pllease post i need a secound opinion
btypeo
May 3 2008, 11:11 pm
Tokin Juggalo
Apr 30 2008, 8:36 pm
1(and the best I can see)) Take either 3 ciggerrettes or a pinch of snuff(in a tea bag) and soak in water overnight. Mix this brown liquid in your the water you use on your plants. Spray after each rain (all over the plant) and the nicotine/harsh smell will keep all insects, rodents, deer, etc away w/o harming the plant.
2) use any spicy food seasoning on the ground near you plant, will keep all rabbits and rats away.
james
Apr 28 2008, 10:48 pm
Captain Chronic
Apr 27 2008, 3:26 pm
Tha Captain Keepin it cloudy
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