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Adding Worm Tea to a Chop 3 System
I have a chop 3 system with 6 grow beds for 10 months,, I have been making worm tea for my dirt Garden and was wondering if I am able to pour Worm tea in my Aquaponic System. Has anyone Tried to just pour worm tea in their system. and What was the results.
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Permalink Reply by Alex Veidel on
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Yes, you absolutely can pour worm tea into an aquaponic system. It's a great way to inoculate beneficial microbes into your system.
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Permalink Reply by boats4906 on
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Will the Ammonia Levels go up
Alex Veidel said:Yes, you absolutely can pour worm tea into an aquaponic system. It's a great way to inoculate beneficial microbes into your system.
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Probably depends on the amount. I haven't tried it, but I do have worms in some of my media systems and they don't affect the ammonia levels. I also use a cap full of seaweed fertilizer from time to time and it has no effect. My advice would be, try a small amount first.
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Well, the worms in your growbed are processing waste that is already in your system, so it makes sense that they wouldn't cause an increase in ammonia. Compost tea made from other-systemly materials could cause that to happen. But you're right, it probably depends on the amount.
Personally, I don't think it will have too much of an negative effect. Besides being a widely accepted aquaponic practice, compost tea is made by taking microbes in compost, soaking them in water, and heavily aerating it to "knock them off" into the tea. Since you're not adding the solids, it shouldn't be a problem.
Sam Burton said:Probably depends on the amount. I haven't tried it, but I do have worms in some of my media systems and they don't affect the ammonia levels. I also use a cap full of seaweed fertilizer from time to time and it has no effect. My advice would be, try a small amount first.
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how much should i add to each grow bed,, would 1 gallon per grow bed be good?
Alex Veidel said:Well, the worms in your growbed are processing waste that is already in your system, so it makes sense that they wouldn't cause an increase in ammonia. Compost tea made from other-systemly materials could cause that to happen. But you're right, it probably depends on the amount.
Personally, I don't think it will have too much of an negative effect. Besides being a widely accepted aquaponic practice, compost tea is made by taking microbes in compost, soaking them in water, and heavily aerating it to "knock them off" into the tea. Since you're not adding the solids, it shouldn't be a problem.
Sam Burton said:Probably depends on the amount. I haven't tried it, but I do have worms in some of my media systems and they don't affect the ammonia levels. I also use a cap full of seaweed fertilizer from time to time and it has no effect. My advice would be, try a small amount first.
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