Homemade compost tea.

[willy]

Does anyone actually brew their own.? If so how do you do it and what do you use?

I have a livery and want to utilise the Horse manure

 

[ShooTa]

that would work...
i cant currently comment as my johnson-su compost is in making... and thus not ready for tea-ing.

some cracking videos on youtube of how to do it - and all the specific formulas as well as application rates.

 

[spin cycle]

err.....think i'll stick to nescafe

 

[No wot]

Martin Lishman where pushing this stuff about 8 - 10 yrs ago , gone very quiet about it lately, they may have some kit going cheap in back of their shed

 

[Goggles]

I think one of our Australian contributors makes his own liquor, but I recall this was more nettle/foliar based.

 

[Barleycorn]

The trouble with compost tea is that it only replicates what is in the compost. If your compost isn't top notch your tea won't be, and you could risk the chance of multiplying harmful fungi and bacteria. A middle way would be to buy fungal / bacterial compounds for a specific use, ie N fixing, and brew them in your compost tea brewer.

 

[Bogweevil]

Commercially-available brewing systems are available from XL ProBio (www.xlprobio.co.uk) or Symbio (www.symbio.co.uk/horticulture-compost-tea-packs-and-additives).