Two Words, “Compost Tea”..<<<
Many reading this thread will not know what you mean, would you share your recipe for compost tea?
I am no longer able to garden, and do miss it.
For years, I made instant compost tea, in a large metal thingy that I found in the dump. Some one said it was part of duct work for air conditioning in a building, but any barrel with no bottom also works.
I put all my weeds in the barrel, and what ever aged manure that I had, goat or of course rabbit is best of all, then simply stuck the water hose in the barrel and let it run through the manure and old weeds...........instant tea.
After a year or so, I would dump it out and have the richest compost one could want.
At one time, I had the rabbit cage sitting on top of it, simply stick the hose in the barrel and it worked with fresh rabbit, since this was in a greenhouse, attached to my mobile, the water kept down the odor and flies, that and the layers of weeds.
Absolutely.
(1) 5-Gallon bucket
(2) 1-Fish Tank Air Pump -w- 3-leads going into the bucket
(3) Fill with water and pump air into it for about 3-4 hours.
Pumping air into the Bucket removes all the chlorine, which can
(Chlorine) kill the good bacteria that plants just love to eat, YUM!
(4) I add about 3 garden spade scoops of natural compost:
Then add 1 scoop of manure compost:
Then add 3-4 tablespoons of molasses to the mixture.
Allow the mixture to do it's thang for 24-48 hours,
depending on the heat index. 3 days max, or it'll spoil.
I add it to my plant water every 2-Weeks to fertilize them.
For Corn?, Well, you just add cheap fish, or canned pollock for only 24-hours.
This year I'm growing over 600 Vegi plants because, well, it's fun.
And who says you can't have two full-time jobs? It's a labor of love,
Just like Children, and danm_good_old_school_Cookin.
/God Bless