hi all,i have got myself a esence kit with the air pump and stuff,now i aint got a heat mat.so is there a way to brew my esence without buying a heat mat? as my babies need sum asap due to sum lsf

same as brewing yeast as far as i know, keep it warm, room temp or warm place/airing cupboard, probably needs some form of sugars to reproduce too.

Actually you w ant to control the tempature prettywell. A submersible aquarium pump with a thermostat is your best bet.

For best results, like Rand says

At a push, when I've been stuck I've bubbled at room temps and it eventually froths, just loads slower, like hours slower As I understand it we want the water to froth as it signifies the bacteria're multiplying and they multiply much quicker at the right temps

i use an aquarium heater , thing is due to the size of it i have to do it in a bucket making 6L at a time just get 2 lots from one essence kit.

first time didnt froth much but did one yesterday and the bubbles overflowed the 20L bucket

Fill a sink with warm water, put a pan in that, brew away. It's worked a treat for me.

thank you all herbalists,i shall now be brewing sum up,i have the kit so ,got the molases and esence and air pump to.thanks again all

can the esence be added to a spray with sum spider mite controll in aswell? as i have sum of the fecin mites aswell as sum lsf just starting

sounds like u got a couple of probs brewing there mate hope you get it all sorted

I wouldn't I'd spray the spidermite control together spray them at least one day apart.

I would get some SBPI instead of spidermite control (That's the little black bottle isn't it) they both work in similar ways and sbpi is a plant wash as well I had poor results with control and haven't seen a mite in years since I started using sbpi.