Question about applying compost tea

Carmarelo

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I'm new to organics, and growing in general. I just brewed up my first batch of compost tea, composed of 1 cup llama manure, 1tbs molasses, and 5 gal of water. My question is this - Do I add my normal regimen of nutes with the tea beforehand, or should I just add the tea itself with no nutes this time around?
 

1337hacker

Active Member
cut your tea with a few parts water like 1:3 or 1:5, then just water with that (unless thats all the water you need).. Save the nutes for another day you don't wanna throw off the ph of your tea with some nutes after you spent all that time multiplying the populations
 
The main objective of most that use compost tea is to elimate the need for feeding the plant by feeding the soil instead. I use my teas as a foliar spay mostly. It provides low levels of nutes but more than that it fights off pests, mold, Desiese. Do not use without diluting first it should be about the consistency, of well Tea. The best use I have found for it is in propagation and cloning. It takes the place of using peroxide, alcohol, breech or whatever else people use to defend their seeds. It provides very small amounts of N that give the seed a boost but will not burn. I use diluted vermicompost tea every other watering until I see the five leaf sets.
 
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