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COMPOST TEA
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COMPOST
TEA
Compost tea is more or less a liquid version of compost. You take your solid
compost, and soak it in water and let the mixture sit around for a few hours
or a few days. Then you pour the liquid through a screen, or through
cheesecloth or something similar to strain out the solid material into a bucket.
What you have then is compost tea.
Compost tea is great, because it is a very mild, organic liquid fertilizer that
provides beneficial live organisms that improve the soil where you use it. It
doesn’t burn plants like store bought fertilizers can.
Compost tea can restore beneficial organisms to your soil that were killed by
pesticides or extreme weather. Active organisms found in compost tea, such as
bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes can increase nutrient cycling and help
your plants get the most nutrients from the soil.
Compost Tea
http://compostguide.com/compost-tea/
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COMPOST TEA
Compost tea is an effective, low-strength, natural fertilizer for
seedlings and garden plants. It can suppress fungal plant diseases.
The tea-brewing process extracts (and in some cases grows and
multiplies) nutrients and beneficial bacteria and fungi and suspends
in water in a form that makes them quickly available to plants.
Making compost tea doesn't require special equipment. Just follow these
easy instructions:
1. Place equal parts compost and water (10 pounds mature compost for each
10 gallons of water) in a 40-gallon barrel. Protect the barrel from cold
and heat.
2. Stir with a stick daily for a minimum of 5 days.
3. Strain the liquid from the compost using a cheesecloth or burlap. There
should be no bubbling or off odors. Use it immediately, without further
dilution.
When you brew compost tea, be sure to use mature, sweet, earthy-smelling
compost. If your compost smells unpleasant, it could be anaerobic, and few
beneficial microbes survive in this environment. One way to achieve
tea-worthy compost is to sustain pile temperatures between 135 and 155
degrees for a week or more by turning the pile often. A well-built pile that
has composted for at least a year will also produce tea-ready compost even
if it did not heat up to the ideal temperature range.
Keep in mind that E. coli can be present in the raw ingredients of a compost
pile. Minimize the risk by maintaining a hot compost pile or allowing it to
fully mature. And most importantly: Don't apply compost tea to any vegetable
within three weeks of harvest.
How To Make Compost Tea
https://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/what-compost-tea
Making Compost Tea
http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-Compost-Tea/
How to Make a Compost Tea
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Compost-Tea
Compost tea made easy !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV_tgDtQyWg
E-Z Compost Tea (Simplest method on earth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCbeALuAYsg
How To Make Compost Tea The Easy Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP5Aqsd_g3s
How to Make Compost Tea - Super Easy Method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyWit_6SNpo
Compost Tea for Growing BIG Vegetables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4FL0u1wvg
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COMPOST
TEA
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Compost Tea
http://www.composttea.com/
Compost Tea
https://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2013/04/02/how-to-make-and-use-compost-tea-the-ultimate-organic-fertilizer/
Compost Tea Basic Recipe
http://www.soilfoodweb.com/Compost_Tea_Recipe.html
A Compost Tea Recipe To Boost Plant Growth
http://www.compostjunkie.com/compost-tea-recipe.html
How to Brew Compost Tea
https://www.hgtv.com/design/outdoor-design/landscaping-and-hardscaping/how-to-brew-compost-tea
How to Make COMPOST TEA
http://homecompostingmadeeasy.com/composttea.html
How to Make Compost Tea for Cannabis Plants
https://www.leafly.com/news/growing/compost-tea-recipe-and-benefits-for-cannabis
How to Make Compost Tea & Why You Should
https://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/how-to-make-compost-tea-why-you-should.html
How To Make Homemade Compost Tea
https://thisismygarden.com/2018/01/make-homemade-compost-tea/
The Secrets to Making Great Compost Tea
https://www.diynatural.com/compost-tea/
What is compost tea?
https://www.backyardgardener.com/garden-tip-articles/compost/keep-it-simple-compost-tea-brewers-and-composts/
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