Create Your Own Booster Teas for Vigorous Growth!

Have you used booster teas for improved cannabis growth?

Before you jump to the wrong conclusions, here we are not talking about making cups of builders’ tea with a splash of milk and four sugars.

Nor are we talking about a delicate cup of Earl Grey tea with the mils added to the cup before the tea.

No, we’re talking about the type of ‘cuppa’ that cannabis plants love – lots of lovely microorganisms to help mineralise nutrients and make them easier for your plants to absorb.

We should tell you now that you’ll be needing an air pump, and air line, a bubble stone and a specific ‘tea bag’ that will retain the bulk of the sediment and simply allow the nutrients and microbes to filter through.

Making ‘tea’ involves using aerobic stimulation to activate microbes and catalyse the fermentation process, basically making the tea.

All you really have to do is pile all the ingredients for your tea into the special bag and immerse it in a bucket or tank in which you have set up your air pump.

The water temperature needs to be around the 21 to 24 degrees Celsius mark otherwise the tea won’t ‘brew’.

Ideally you want to leave your teabag in the water for 24-48 hours and you’ll know if everything is working as you will begin to see a scummy froth appearing on the surface.

The good news is this is the enzymes, amino acids, carbohydrates and signs of biological processes taking place.

You also need to be aware that there are usually two types of tea, one specifically for the vegetative state, and one when it’s time for the flowers to bloom, so you will also have to get your timings right.

You can use your veg tea every 2-3 weeks, while your bloom tea after week six if you are growing a plant that will be ready for cropping after 8 or 9 weeks.

Finally, it only remains to talk about the recipes for these two teas.

For a simple veg tea, in your strainer bag/sock add 100g earthworm castings and 100g of Bat Guano. (that’s bat shit to you and me).

Suspend it in 20 litres of dechlorinated water with 50ml of liquid seaweed and 3 tablespoons of molasses.

For a bloom tea, you can add 100g earthworm castings, 100g of Bat Guano, 50g Sulphate of Potash and then suspend it in 20 litres of dechlorinated water with 50ml of liquid seaweed and 5 tablespoons of molasses.

Once you’ve got the hang of making tea, you can create your own recipes – the research into what options are available should keep you busy for a month or two as there are over 1600 different types of protozoa and microbes that you can add to your booster tea, so do let us know how you go about making yours in the comment section below.

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