Compost tea. Free, easy and effective fertilizer.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2021
- Turn weeds and organic waste into a potent fertilizer.
Easy to make as much as you need.
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I can't believe I've never heard of this method before. This really brings home the message to me how our intellectual heritage has been severed and lost between generations. TY for keeping this wisdom alive! (BTW, compost tea I started two weeks ago looks great. Just going to add a bit of forest humus based on your comments in the video and it makes total sense).
Do you have a video on the methods you use to charge your biochar with compost tea. Basically wondering do you soak it completely or just spray, and for how long does the charging process take, and anything else key to ensure maximum charge. For me I think adding forest humus to the tea would increase microbial diversity (logically anyhow; I need to read up more on teas) and I have access to an endless source on my property. Thanks again!
@@forestdweller775 yes, adding fungal dominated compost is very beneficial to the diversity of microbes and organic compounds. I simply dilute the tea with rainwater in a watering jug and water the charcoal once or twice a day for a week or so. Urine charges the fastest with nutrients and composts/teas charge the fastest for microbiology. Depending on application these are your quick charge solutions. If you have time then letting it sit and adding compostable greens, manures, kitchen scraps, etc is good too.
The widest variety of teas and simplest methods I find interesting is from the Korean 'Jadam' organic gardening if you're doing research.
Thank-you for the great comments my friend, appreciate your time. Hope you are having a great weekend!
@@halfmoongardens3345 Thanks so much HM! Invaluable advice. Checked out Jadam gardening. Looks very interesting!
The price of fertilizers is going through the roof! Great video!
Thank-you my friend, and yes the price and availability of many things are becoming a concern. Have a great day!
Excellent description of the process for creating high quality compost tea. Combined with your biochar I'm sure it makes a fantastic environment for your vegetables. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge with others.
Thank-you my friend for taking the time to comment, makes my day! Yes, with the biochar I have happy soil and happy veggies. It is very easy so I hope others can benefit from my experience. Have a great day! Peace
Informative for sure (and I thank you for that) but you didn't need 22 minutes say it.
Step 1: 1/2 fill a 5 gallon bucket with plant material (any kind except diseased)
Step 2: cover with rain water and move it away from the house 'cause it will stink.
Step 3: Stir every so often.
Step 4: Strain it through a paint strainer after about 1-4 weeks.
Step 5: mix with 10-20 parts water to use it and wash your hands.
If I was a large channel I would offer you a job! You nailed it. I really should take note of making such outlines for future videos.
Thank-you my friend! Hope you have a great day!
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THANKS, YO7 ANSWERED MY QUESTION IN THE VIDEO! I have a bucket that has been breaking down about 2 years. I wonder if it would still be beneficial to my plants??😊
I use the mature tea on flowering and fruiting plants. After your bucket has been sitting for more than a few weeks the nitrogen levels drop to nothing. This is perfect for plants you don't want growing more leaves but start them fruiting/flowering. Just make sure you are diluting 10 or even 20 to 1. Yes it is still beneficial in the right application. Great question my friend, sorry i was slow to answer. Hope you are having a great week!
Do you leave it outside covered or uncovered? Thanks!
I leave mine uncovered but out of the rain so it doesn't overflow. If you leave it uncovered you need to stir it up good fairly regular like once a day so flies and mosquitos don't breed. If insects are a problem just cover with a cloth rag. This will let it breathe but keep bugs out. Thanks for watching my friend, have a great week!
What else do you use those 5 gallon bags for?
Use to strain/mix old paint. Wash beeswax, use to extract honey from cappings. Fill with charcoal and submerge in compost tea to charge into Biochar. I also use them to hold fruit for wine/mead making, a 'brew bag'. Useful for my beekeeping and wine making, the used ones go to the garden, the paint ones go to garbage. Good question. Thank-you my friend, I'm sure there are other uses, this is what I do. Have a great day!
But that plant you are pulling up there isnt it cilantro, the same one you buy in d grocery store. Coz it grows wild in d grass but is use for cooking.
Thank-you for watching my friend! Not cilantro, maybe your seeing parsnip leaves I trimmed off? Have a great day!
Why do some people say this tea does nothing - why are there two polar opposite view points?
I don't know my friend, it is simply composted material in water. They would need to claim compost does nothing, lol. May be they speak in the context of microbial life and if that is the case my tea is far less active than something fed sugar and aerated? I use this tea to charge my biochar, very effective.
Hope you have a great day!