I use actively aerated compost tea (AACT) all the time .... I have great results .... so do many others
the guys who grow giant pumkins (the ones that weigh over 1500 lbs) use AACT .... check the pumpkin forum and you will see that they do not manage to grow them that large with conventional fertilizers
it's not just a matter of adding poo to a bucket of water .... there are many other ingredients added such as seaweed, humic acid, rock dust, fish hydrolosate etc etc , and the main ingredient is worm compost (vermicompost) ...
you need a decent air pump (at least 45 litres per minute), and you need an aquarium heater set at 20 degrees C
the guys who grow medical cannabis in the lofts of their roofs use (and test different recipies of AACT ....
as for Linda Chalker-Scott ... she makes a real fool of herself on this subject (as well as many others ....) ... I have read some of her twitter comments .... she is in big pharma's pockets and only endorses what they manufacture ....
John Evans holds the world record for several giant vegetables .... watch this youtube video:
if you want to learn how things grow, learn about high brix gardening .... here are 2 good threads on the 420 forum (read all the pages ... you will learn):
Doc Bud: All Organic High Brix
Vapedogg223’s Got a Brand New Bag! All Organic - High Brix -Nirvana Ice- 49 Plant SOG
and once you have the food grade bucket, aquarium airpump and heater, it costs under £8 to make 25 litres (5 gallons) of really good actively aerated compost tea
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