Worm tea foam

[Bubblerguy51]

Quick question guys: I brewed up a gallon jug of homemade worm tea and after neglecting it for too long, it began to fill up and overflow with foam at about 30 hours (When i started, I had the water line about and inch and a half below the top of the cap). Seeing that it was overflowing and that foam was piling up and spilling out, my roommate unplugged the air pump and left it for fear of doing something wrong if he tried to handle it. So i returned a few hours later and the foam had hardened and the tea was sitting still. I was wondering how this may have affected the micro activity, whether bad or good? It also made me wonder about how beneficial or detrimental that it may be for the foam to harden like that on top of the surface? Should the foam be added back into the tea itself (whether hard or soft and wet), or removed when the tea is about to be applied? Any suggestions?

[gelu65]

Maybe it would be best to aerate the water for only a short period or try to find an anti foaming agent.

[Bubblerguy51]

Maybe it would be best to aerate the water for only a short period or try to find an anti foaming agent.


Dude, great advice! I was actually just looking up anti-foaming agents for it. Now i won't lie, as i'm very new to organic teas and brewing them correctly, but from what i've read, when it is foaming up then the tea is pretty much ready to be used as the foaming is a sign of it being done. Am i correct, or is there more of an extent to it?

Now aside from that, i'm still very curious as to my original questions about how the hardened foam may affect the brew all of the way to how adding the foam back into the brew would affect it? You pretty much solved my problems with the suggestion of an anti-foaming agent Gelu, but i'm still curious just to have the knowledge. Any input on that folks?

[gelu65]

look for food quality product if you try it.A lot of anti foam agnts are for manufactureing and will ruin your solution.

[Bubblerguy51]

look for food quality product if you try it.A lot of anti foam agnts are for manufactureing and will ruin your solution.

Thanks man! Will do! Any recommendations?

[schmade420]

Stop! Dont worry about the foam. Its just natures way of letting you know when theres good microlife activity down below. I've been brewing teas for last few years and will never go back to chems. If you're interested Bubblerguy51 i can post some diff. tea recipes i've used over the years.

[Bubblerguy51]

Stop! Dont worry about the foam. Its just natures way of letting you know when theres good microlife activity down below. I've been brewing teas for last few years and will never go back to chems. If you're interested Bubblerguy51 i can post some diff. tea recipes i've used over the years.

Awesome bro! Thanks so much! Please do post some of your tea recipes! I'm incredibly interested to know them!

[sativaboy]

i agree with S 420 above. the foam is a good thing,. you can make teas out of almost anything organic and its all good.

[Bubblerguy51]

i agree with S 420 above. the foam is a good thing,. you can make teas out of almost anything organic and its all good.

Good to know. I'm coming around to the second week of flowering on my first 100% organic grow, and i must admit, I am considering throwing chemical fertilizers to the wayside as well. We'll see.

[schmade420]

My bad i forgot about this thread... I'll post some recipes first thing tomorrow morning. :D

[Bubblerguy51]

My bad i forgot about this thread... I'll post some recipes first thing tomorrow morning. :D

No worries my friend. Looking forward to them! :D