I do this same method with my worm castings. I've actually saved several plants I thought were going to die using this method. It was just the boost they needed.
Thanks for the great video I have always wanted to try this but never have maybe I will now. Will you be watering all of those tomato plants with the compost tea if so very impressive that would take me all day.
I had a bucket of compost that I used to add compost to some flowerpots on my deck. There was still some in the bucket and I accidentally left it out and it rained. I used that water to water other plants. They looked better than ever!
I call it weed tea. One reason, the first video I found about it called it that. The other reason, most of my tea is made from all the weeds that I pull from my gardens, flower and vegetable. POA: Give it a light filter to pull out any seeds that may have gotten in there.
This video shows a compost extract process, NOT an actively aerated compost tea. It is misinformation like this that gives compost tea a bad name and sells bagged fertilizers. Leaving a bucket of water with organic matter in it for 24 hours without active aeration causes it to go anaerobic -septic – a condition that can harm plants and even potentially spread human diseases.
Was previously turned off to making Compost Tea because it looked so complicated… and smelly! This way is so fast and easy. Will definitely be adding this Compost Tea to my watering routine. Would never think of adding sugar to it, that would just attract ants.
Not sure if it has been asked… Rabbit dropping tea?? I know too fresh of chicken will burn, how about bunny poo? Thanks, Love your channel, a fellow Michigander here.
I would love to know your thoughts on yeast in the garden as a fertilizer. I'm first year gardener and just start my compost bin. I've read in some forums about using yeast, sugar, and water to make a yeast fertilizer. Supposedly, it provides nutrients and helps add microbes to the soil but I also hear you have to be careful not to overuse it because it can cause microbial growth that might compete with the plants.
I started out aerating my compost teas with a bubbler everyime, but after a while I got lazy and now I mostly only do quick extracts, with an occasional high effort brew every now and again. The way I see it, I've already inoculated my gardens with the more complex microbes from a full brewed tea, so there's no need to do that everytime.
I have been making and using Compost tea from Chicken and Steer manure for the past decade. My garden thanks me for it and I see the results within a few days. I use it on everything. The spinach and lettuce seem to double in size overnight! It's great for growing new growth green leaves, but I also rely on Trifecta Plus fertilizer for my fruit producing crops. Love the videos and please keep them coming…
I’ve got a FoodCycler I love for keeping our condo kitchen waste manageable, but it just dehydrates and powders the food waste and aquarium plant trimmings. Would an overnight soak in the aquarium water be a better inoculant than just letting it soak overnight in regular water? It isn’t at all rotted so I imagine it DOES need to sit and get funky
aerating compost tea is about stretching the compost/castings. its not that its better or worse. You can cover more acres and use less inputs by aerating compost tea. its about inoculating the medium or foliage with microbes. If there is already a robust microbial population you wont notice much
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Great video,how often do you apply this
I do this same method with my worm castings. I've actually saved several plants I thought were going to die using this method. It was just the boost they needed.
Thanks for the great video I have always wanted to try this but never have maybe I will now. Will you be watering all of those tomato plants with the compost tea if so very impressive that would take me all day.
So can you re-use (add more water) to the soot and mud in the bottom of the bucket, or what do you do with it?
I had a bucket of compost that I used to add compost to some flowerpots on my deck. There was still some in the bucket and I accidentally left it out and it rained. I used that water to water other plants. They looked better than ever!
I call it weed tea. One reason, the first video I found about it called it that. The other reason, most of my tea is made from all the weeds that I pull from my gardens, flower and vegetable. POA: Give it a light filter to pull out any seeds that may have gotten in there.
Would that help with red spider mites?
This video shows a compost extract process, NOT an actively aerated compost tea. It is misinformation like this that gives compost tea a bad name and sells bagged fertilizers. Leaving a bucket of water with organic matter in it for 24 hours without active aeration causes it to go anaerobic -septic – a condition that can harm plants and even potentially spread human diseases.
Was previously turned off to making Compost Tea because it looked so complicated… and smelly!
This way is so fast and easy. Will definitely be adding this Compost Tea to my watering routine.
Would never think of adding sugar to it, that would just attract ants.
Great idea
I use Alaskan fish fertilizer right before the rain. Thi plants love it!
What about comfrey tea?
multiple times you said fully composted, can you use not fully composted?
Not sure if it has been asked… Rabbit dropping tea?? I know too fresh of chicken will burn, how about bunny poo? Thanks, Love your channel, a fellow Michigander here.
Grew up with a Dad that was a Jerry Baker fan so Ive made this tea fot decades. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane with this vidro. ❤
Great idea! Can you use compost that hasn’t quite fully composted? Have you used Kelp tea? Or tea made from weeds?
It’s the SAFE method for compost tea. Simple And F-ing Effective. 😊
I would love to know your thoughts on yeast in the garden as a fertilizer. I'm first year gardener and just start my compost bin. I've read in some forums about using yeast, sugar, and water to make a yeast fertilizer. Supposedly, it provides nutrients and helps add microbes to the soil but I also hear you have to be careful not to overuse it because it can cause microbial growth that might compete with the plants.
I started out aerating my compost teas with a bubbler everyime, but after a while I got lazy and now I mostly only do quick extracts, with an occasional high effort brew every now and again.
The way I see it, I've already inoculated my gardens with the more complex microbes from a full brewed tea, so there's no need to do that everytime.
I'll definitely be doing this. Thanks Luke!
How about grabbing some buckets of local lake water? I am very interested in this easy way of making compost tea!
I have been making and using Compost tea from Chicken and Steer manure for the past decade. My garden thanks me for it and I see the results within a few days. I use it on everything. The spinach and lettuce seem to double in size overnight! It's great for growing new growth green leaves, but I also rely on Trifecta Plus fertilizer for my fruit producing crops. Love the videos and please keep them coming…
Can it really be this simple, AND this beneficial?! Great to know!! Thanks, Luke!
My medical garden uses alot of compost tea!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’ve got a FoodCycler I love for keeping our condo kitchen waste manageable, but it just dehydrates and powders the food waste and aquarium plant trimmings. Would an overnight soak in the aquarium water be a better inoculant than just letting it soak overnight in regular water? It isn’t at all rotted so I imagine it DOES need to sit and get funky
aerating compost tea is about stretching the compost/castings. its not that its better or worse. You can cover more acres and use less inputs by aerating compost tea. its about inoculating the medium or foliage with microbes. If there is already a robust microbial population you wont notice much
Thank you for explaining how to make compost tea easily and how to use it. I’ll be trying this. 😊
I think it's time I tried this 🙌 Thanks!