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Reishi tea questions
#18852693 - 09/17/13 08:38 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey guys ,its been a while since i popped in. I have talked to some of the most influential and helpfull people in my life in this here forum. Anyway,i dont know if anyone can help but i am wondering what the PH is for reishi tea.I am surprised that google doesn't have an answer for that.I'm sure it varies but there has to be an average for dark/light teas. maybe someone here has reishi and a way to test ph ? if this isnt the right forum for this question can a mod please move it.
also if anyone has an input on reishi tea for a nutrient source for plants lets here what you have to say.
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: bw86]
#18852831 - 09/17/13 09:25 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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you mean the pH of the tea itself? or the pH best for making tea?
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: snoot]
#18852867 - 09/17/13 09:44 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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i mean the ph of the tea itself, but i guess the best ph for making tea is useful information too.
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: bw86]
#18861938 - 09/19/13 08:19 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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pppssshh. I guess i went over your heads with that one Does anyone here drink reishi/grow it?
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: bw86]
#18861985 - 09/19/13 08:38 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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bw86 said: pppssshh. I guess i went over your heads with that one Does anyone here drink reishi/grow it?
Not so much over our heads, just curious why would anyone care what the ph of their tea was? I grow and use reishi all the time but have never bothered to test what the ph was.
If I had a meter, I'd test for ya but I don't, sorry
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: Forrester]
#18862052 - 09/19/13 09:05 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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For numerous reasons.The first being the only reason to drink reishi is medical benefits- one of the most important things to you body is your ph the things you ingest are reflected in your body that's why people drink apple cider vinegar and what not. I appreciate you responding I found what i needed here but that is the only place i can find an answer and i can barley credit that single source. The main reason i asked is because i started using reishi tea to water my cannabis and i wanted to make sure the earwax flavored cough syrup i was about to give them wasn't extremely acidic or alkaline. I also wanted to hear some intelligent peoples thoughts on the possible pros/cons of reishi tea for plants.
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: bw86]
#18862241 - 09/19/13 09:51 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Reishi tea has little to nothing to offer plants. People drink reishi reishi tea for bioactive ingredients such as beta-glucans and triterpenes, but beta-glucans are really only effective in animal systems. Different triterpenes are created by plants but I haven't seen research to suggest introducing a triterpene would be beneficially to a plant. I don't see any reason why it would be harmful to feed your plants reishi tea, but it is just a waste of reishi IMO.
If you want a healthy plant I would get a good mycorrhizael solution and some type of endophytic application like Actinovate. That will boost your plants immunity to diseases, they have obviously majorly different biological systems than humans. About the only thing that I would feed my plants and myself is molasses.
Good luck with your cultivation.
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I drink reishi concentrates I make myself, there is no pH adjustment made its just water and the fresh conks.
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: snoot]
#18866440 - 09/20/13 07:36 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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thank you for a response pseudotsuga you just got yourself the first 5 shroom rating i have been compelled to give in 4 years. I will look more into triteterpene. as far as waste goes you are correct but I have a bunch of ganodermas that i picked off the street and dont want to ingest because of car and dog shit.I also have a bunch bought from china(fuck china) i would rather just use the one i pick in the woods and i dont want to waste the previous mentioned. www.drugs.com/npp/reishi-mushroom.html- "A peptidoglycan from reishi contained approximately 7% protein and 76% carbohydrate. 13 Certain enzymes from reishi have been reported, 14 as well as minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Lanostan, coumarins, ergosterol, and cerevisterol are also components of reishi"
i just googled coumarins and they are produced by plants as a defense chemical in order to discourage predation. so this might be one reason why it can help
there is a bunch of things like carbohydrates such as molasses/corn syrup/honey that we can feed both ourselves and our plants, Fish being one of the most important. "Teas" of almost any plant is beneficial. alot of things like "super thrive" are just multivitamins with extra metals in them. Dynamic Accumulators of Nutrients for Composting
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Re: Reishi tea questions [Re: bw86]
#18866520 - 09/20/13 08:04 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey cool! It was an exaggeration to say only molasses as I do use fish and seaweed quite a bit. That is nice you've got reishi to experiment with and willingness to try. It is true that plants do use triterpenes as a defense against predation but I am not sure about the efficacy being applied externally to a plant. Though according to this source the triterpoids aren't water soluble, so your tea has all the minerals and carbs from the reishi but none of the triterpenes. If you have any plants you aren't applying the tea to, it would be cool to have a control for comparison.
Thanks for experimenting.
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