Compost Tea Recipe: What Is Compost Tea and How To Make It?

When we talk about Organic Gardening, one of the main topic we discuss is how to nourish the soil without adding any chemicals. It
is probably the most important factor of organic gardening. One of the options of doing this is to use Compost Tea.

This article is all about making compost tea. But before going into compost tea recipe we should first know, what is a compost tea?

What is compost tea?

Compost tea refers to the mixture of compost with water.

Compost tea types:

There are two types of compost tea.

1. Aerated Compost tea

2. Non-aerated Compost tea

 

How to make compost tea?

Non-Aerated type are the easiest to prepare. You simply need to put the compost in a perforated bag and then put the bag in a container and then fill the container with water. After some times, the water would become dark brown in color.

For aerated version most preferred way is to use Brewers.

Compost tea brewer:

brewer kit (click for details)

It is basically a plastic bucket connected with some pipes to an air pump and a water source. Here, the compost is mixed with water and the mixture is aerated with the help of pump. The extract from this solution is used to fertilize the garden.

The Brewer adds fresh oxygen into the water, which helps the bacteria to thrive.

Though people talk about Tea Brewer every time they discuss Compost Tea, it is not the only way to prepare the tea. There are other and more simper ways to this. Here is a video that describe the simplest method to prepare compost tea.

Check out this video and realize it is not compulsory to have a complex compost tea brewer.

Why compost tea?

The beneficial effects of compost tea is much more extended than tradition compost. Best part of using compost tea over traditional compost is that you can use it on both soil and leaves.

You can spray compost tea on the leaves; it will reduce the foliar diseases. As it is in the liquid form it will improve the soil quality by increasing the nutrients available to the plant.

Compost tea is not that a complicated matter as it may sound. I hope after reading this article you have a much more clearer view about the subject. I will also encourage you to share with your friends so that they can also try this in their garden.