Compost Tea Lawn Application
Further reading will introduce you to compost tea applications and other tips.
Compost tea lawn application. How to apply compost tea compost teas are best if used immediately at the end of a brewing cycle. In a compost heap broadcast across the lawn or away from precious. How to make compost tea for lawns 1. Fill a large burlap sack with finished compost and suspend it in a barrel of clean water.
Be sure your water is not filled with chlorine or fluoride this means be careful of your city water in this application. Once you get the compost add it to your container tie a good double handful of compost into the leg of a pair of hosiery and cover with water. Compost tea should not be kept for more than 72 hours after removing from active. Using compost tea as a foliar spray drench or simply added to houseplant water provides quick easy to uptake nutrients in a gentle organic manner.
It is one of the easier fertilizing methods and can even be made from household items like kitchen scraps. Much of the time the compost tea is diluted in the ratio of one part compost tea to three parts water. Leave water that might be chlorinated sitting for at least 24 hours in an open container so the chlorine has the. However it can be applied undiluted to the turf in biologically deficient soils.
Or read our article on secrets to making great compost tea.