Why can i not get a head on my tea??!!

[HotPeppas]

3 times now. Now luck. I just got done dumping my 3rd batch. No head. i let it go for 48 hours adding in more molasses after a while. This is puzzeling me

On the flip i picked my first red pepper today tomorrow will be a 2nd one also

 

[Cayennemist]

What all is going in to it?

 

[HotPeppas]

2 cups worm poo
4 tblspoon unsulf molasses
1/2 biotone
Tblspoon of kelp

Touch of bat guano. Thats it. Using well water. Maybe theres something wrong with my water

 

[millworkman]

What is biotone? Most likely not your well water.

 

[bigbodybussey]

Next batch try molasses, green grass clippings, your myco supplement, and worm castings....make sure the bubbles agitate the bag. If this doesn't form a proper head then something else may be at work. You don't have an inline chlorine or salt filtration system do you? I know you said you're on well water, but so are my folks and they didn't realize there was an in line chlorine/fluoride filter until after a year in the house.

We will get this figured out.

By the way, drop the initial molasses to 1 1/2 tbsp for 5 gallons...molasses can be bacteriostatic in certain amounts...( don't really think this is a problem, but humor me)...do this batch and let me see the progress.

 

[lilcholo]

Throw in the contents of a 24oz Budweiser and I'm sure you get a nice head on that tea. : ) Just messin'!

 

[Proud Marine Dad]

I would suspect the Biotone.
It has several things in it and possibly one may be countering the foam produced by the carbohydrates.
http://www.espoma.com/p_consumer/pdf/products/biotoneplus.pdf
Foam is not absolutely necessary I don't believe.

 

[HotPeppas]

3rd batch was the first use of the biotone. I will try that out bussey tomorrow or sat most likely.

 

[bigbodybussey]

Hmmm...it has sulfur...could be inhibiting you're fungal microbes as sulfur is an age old fungicide....can you get your hands on any other myco samples...

Have you ever gotten a head using this stuff?

 

[Pinoy83]

Put one pound fish
3cups worm
3tbsp molasses
1tsp of your guano
3tbsp liquid kelp

 

[gasificada]

I thought for a second you said Biotene.

 

[armac]

More aeration. Mine overfoamed within 24 hours. Using a large air pump I had used on my 300 gallon cichlid tank. 4 air stones.

 

[brownb4]

WHAT DID YOU DO PUT A RING ON ITS FINGER??? I KNOW FOR A FACT THATS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. SHE TOLD ME .

sry couldn't resist...

 

[HotPeppas]

What do you mean by a 1 pound fish? Like just to throw a blue gill in the brew?

I think when i attemp batch 4 ima try it without fish fert.

 

[millworkman]

Yeah, toss fish scraps in after you clean them. I would skip the biotone but use everything else and you should be good.

 

[HotPeppas]

I made tea without biotone the first two times without a head though

 

[Pinoy83]

Yeap like fish scraps or guts,i just buy tilapia and chop

 

[Cayennemist]

WHAT DID YOU DO PUT A RING ON ITS FINGER??? I KNOW FOR A FACT THATS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. SHE TOLD ME .

sry couldn't resist...

EDIT
Fine PG-13....

 

[millworkman]

I made tea without biotone the first two times without a head though

Right, but you do not need to get the bubbles to make it beneficial. They help but basically you are making a fert water, do not dump it out.

 

[Proud Marine Dad]

Right, but you do not need to get the bubbles to make it beneficial. They help but basically you are making a fert water, do not dump it out.

I was under the impression that the foam was nothing more than a result of the carbohydrates and the aeration process so I don't see where it is an indicator of bacterial activity.
I wish someone could address this question. Where are the resident chemists and microbiologists?

And to those who are stating silly things of a sexual nature that will get this thread locked I say come on zip it guys.
This is no place for that talk as young people frequent this site as well.