Compost Tea
As the name implies, compost tea is made by steeping compost in water. It’s used as either a foliar spray or a soil drench, depending on where your plant has problems. Why go to the extra trouble of brewing, straining, and spraying a tea rather than just working compost into the soil? There are several reasons. First, compost tea makes the benefits of compost go farther. What’s more, when sprayed on the leaves, compost tea helps suppress foliar diseases, increases the amount of nutrients available to the plant, and speeds the breakdown of toxins. Using compost tea has even been shown to increase the nutritional quality and improve the flavor of vegetables.
How to make Compost Tea:
- First start with good compost, you can use your own home-made compost, buy compost from your local garden supply store or use worm castings.
- In a 5 gallon bucket use 1 quart of compost
- Use an aquarium pump to aerate (not necessary but very helpful)
- Add molasses to increase bacterial activity (good for grasses)
- Add liquid seaweed and/or fish emulsion to increase fungal activity (good for woody plants and shrubs)
- Let steep for 24 hours and then strain.
- This mixture is safe enough to apply to any part of your garden.
We can apply compost tea that we’ve made same / next day from being bubbled. Order now
Happy steeping!
Also, we would be happy to include a compost tea capacity building option with your fall makeover special.
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