E-Z Compost Tea (Simplest method on earth)

The original compost tea recipe. This is one heck of a cool alternative to buying all that stuff for brewed compost tea. Use this and you'll be amazed at the results. A three year old child could make this. The benefits of compost tea are it gives the plant a quick boost of nitrogen and other nutrients. The plant can use it immediately whether it's poured around it in the soil or sprayed on the leaves. It feeds the soil and makes the soil healthier. It's impossible to overfeed with compost tea. The used up compost can even be tossed in the garden to feed the worms and plants. Those are the benefits. The bad aspects of compost tea are....ummm....well.........crap I can't think of a single one. :)

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[haynerbass]

The only root that does well are carrots. Why, do you think, is this. As far as making tea goes... I live near some farms that have cows, a LOT of horse businesses near me and one guy even has a herd of deer on his property.  Which of these manures do you think would be best to use and sould it be aged or would fresh be best?

[Praxxus55712]

@haynerbass Cow manure is better than horse by far. Compost it first. If composting isn't possible, dig it in after harvest and let it set overwinter for the following spring.

[haynerbass]

Looked like you were having a nearly serene day there. I have some statements and some questions. I get top soil from a nearby cow farm.  Found half a hoof in it once. most things seem to grow pretty well in it. Except radishes, turnips most root vegetables will grow huge leaves but the roots are tough and almost like bark.

[Praxxus55712]

@haynerbass Nitrogen rich soil will do that to your toot crops. The manure is giving you some whacky rich soil....and that's a good thing. To tone it down for root crops, plant corn or tomatos in a spot one year. They are nitrogen hogs. They will take up much of the nitrogen. The following year plant root crops. They will do fine.

[Praxxus55712]

@TheRebelbuck Try watching when you're not so miserable and constipated. It's more enjoyable that way. :)

[Brunkvic]

You worry about dogs and birds pooping on those strawberries, then you go out of your way to pour a worms poop on your strawberries :) funny

[alienboyguitar]

I like this guy... nice tutorial :D

[Twisted86]

@haynerbass

I wouldn't use ANY of them as a tea. Hot manure has bad kinds of e-coli for us, for cow crap let it sit and dry for 2 months then till it into the garden before winter. Composting it would also be good but make sure to mix it up really good.

Rabbit is one of the few manures that are cold that can be used directly on plants. I am currently doing a rabbit tea but results wont be known till next month or two.

[haynerbass]

Last year I grew them under cover in plain old backyard dirt and the same thing happened. What I assume to be blight. I grew them under cover to keep moisture off them. I'll give it one last try this year. Close to the house in a patch dug in the grass. Thanks again.

[haynerbass]

@Praxxus55712 Wow! That was a really quick response! Thank you. I'll plant my roots in my latest corn patch this year. We've had problems with tomatos the last couple of years. The first year I planted three tomatos in plain backyard dirt. We got 264 tomatos off three plants that never got taller than four feet each. The next two years I planted them in the top soil I told you about and I think it was blight that got them. Lots of tomatos but then the stems had patches show up on them.

[Praxxus55712]

@Twisted86 Never heard of that. Cutting don't need compost tea at all. They need time and shade to develop roots fast. Shade keeps the cutting from trying to grow while it sets roots.

[Twisted86]

@Praxxus55712

Thanks for the reply, truly appreciate the feedback. I went a head and made a bucket to test it out I am sure I made it strong but I can dilute it :) I wager about a half gallon of rabbit pellets.

I also heard if you transplant (lets say tomato seedling) that you should dip it in a compost tea BEFORE you transplant it....ever heard of this and have you tried it? I have 10 tomato seedlings spare this year so I plan to try it when they develop their true leaves.