Thats what I read on the compost tea article is the intent for marketing. Im using it based on results Ive gotten from my local hydro store owner who I trust well. The main Cutting Edge 3 part system works fine tho if not better than the tea. It really was an experiment to put the Hum Tea up to the test of a urban legend I was hearing at my local dispensary and what Ive heard from other people. The 3 part system I use from them is very simple their chart from seedlings to flower hasnt let me down yet, if you wander away from their recomended dosage it doesnt work properly. Fish tank water was working but I could tell that it didnt have enough trace elements such as magnesium, maganese, zinc etc my plants were looking diffecient from magnesium they wernt taking nutes in properly. Like you said Ive also heard great things from foliar feeding but personally I dont like using that method I find it uneccesary when your nutes are dialed in properly. I cant afford buying a gallon of tea a week so it was just a experiment I did. I have five strains going in rows of four, each week I tried using just tea in one row, regular nutes in another, molasses and PH water in another and the last row my nutes with a tad bit extra mag + calcium. Results very but in the end Im not seeing much of a difference, they all work to some extent but really its just preference. If I could afford a fish tank at my new place then I would use it again. What strain is that you have going Rusty? Very curious they are a nice lush green lookin good with no deficiences which foxfarm can always provide. Cutting edge is cheap just like foxfarm I payed $60 for two gallons and got the third part for free. So 3 gallons of nutes for $60 is a steal IMO. Are you using their three part additives or just Big Bloom/Tiger Bloom? What is your feeding cycle like? If all goes well in the next two weeks Im going to begin flowering, my node spacing on the main stalks is less than one inch! They are looking healthy right now all are over 15" but I want to let them veg a little longer to fill out better