The Dirt Doctor - Garrett Juice Formula

The Dirt Doctor - Garrett Juice Formula

Garrett Juice evolved over a period of years as I would tell readers and callers how to make an effective foliar feeding mix. The mix has always had compost, tea, molasses and seaweed, but the other ingredients have varied. Through trial and error, we came to the basic mix we use today. As always, my formulas are for making the mix at home, but there are commercial products on the market for convenience. My recommended basic formula is available commercially under the Garden-Ville and Nature's Guide labels. Garrett Juice Plus from Soil Mender is the newest product and contains liquid fish. It comes in a concentrate and ready to use mix. To make your own, here are the instructions:

Mix the following in a gallon of water.

Garrett Juice (ready to spray):
1 cup compost tea
1 ounce molasses
1 ounce natural apple cider vinegar
1 ounce liquid seaweed

For more fertilizer value add: 2 ounces of liquid fish (fish hydrolysate)

For disease and insect control add:
¼ cup garlic tea or
¼ cup garlic/pepper tea
or 1 - 2 ounce of orange oil

For homemade fire ant killer add: 2 ounces of orange oil per gallon of Garrett Juice

Note 1: To avoid burning plant foliage, the ready-to-use solution should not have more than 2 ounces of orange oil per gallon of spray.

Note 2: We now know why the mix works so well, not only on the foliage, but also in the soil. The ingredients are a well balanced blend of nutrients and food for both beneficial fungi and bacteria.

To find more information on organics, please visit my website at Dirt Doctor.com. If you have any questions regarding this newsletter or any other topic, please join me for my radio show heard in Dallas/Fort Worth on Saturday at 11am-Noon and across the country on Sunday from 8-11am (CST).

Naturally Yours,
Howard Garrett
The Dirt Doctor
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[dumbass86]

will this protect against spider mites?

[TheDirtDoctor]

@dumbass86 Yes it will because it contains seaweed. For even better control, add a tablespoon of Bio Wash. In addition, address the cause of the plant stress. Mites attack only sick plants. Spraying just about anything every three days for nine days will get rid of them. Garlic-pepper tea and seaweed mix is one of the best sprays. Citrus oil sprays are also effective.

[menderfire9]

Hooray for you! I am so thankful to you for this recipe. I couldn't be happier. One question, does it keep away slugs? We live in slug country here in Tacoma, and all the repellents for slugs take too much trouble and aren't all that effective.

Thanks again!

[TheDirtDoctor]

@menderfire9 GJ with EcoSMART added will  also the Sluggo product is good.

[katinkasol]

nice one!! :) seems like a good thing for my tomatoes!

[homesNgardens08]

Thanks very much. I'm going to try this. :)

[calipso213]

can't you just use a spray bottle? to spray the garret juice?

[rlmarin1968]

How often can you use this mixture without fear of over-fertilizing?

[izzyeman]

Is Compost tea and CONCENTRATE Compost tea the same thing. I saw the video on making Compost tea which looked to be ready to spray, no diluting

[TheDirtDoctor]

Garrett Juice (ready to spray): 1 cup compost tea 1 ounce molasses 1 ounce natural apple cider vinegar 1 ounce liquid seaweed For more fertilizer value add: 2 ounces of liquid fish (fish hydrolysate) For disease and insect control add: ¼ cup garlic tea or ¼ cup garlic/pepper tea or 1 - 2 ounce of orange oil For homemade fire ant killer add: 2 ounces of orange oil per gallon of Garrett Juice It's pretty self-explanatory.