Can you top dress with leftover compost tea sludge?

jonnynobody

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Hi, I just brewed my first batch of compost tea with fungus inoculated earth worm castings, liquid fish, and molasses. I foliar sprayed and top dressed with the leftover sludge. I then used the remaining liquid to water in my fertilizer. Plants seemed to like the spray quite a bit. I figured the top dressing was okay. Is that what you all do with the leftover sludge? Seems a shame to waste it.
 

ShLUbY

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Hi, I just brewed my first batch of compost tea with fungus inoculated earth worm castings, liquid fish, and molasses. I foliar sprayed and top dressed with the leftover sludge. I then used the remaining liquid to water in my fertilizer. Plants seemed to like the spray quite a bit. I figured the top dressing was okay. Is that what you all do with the leftover sludge? Seems a shame to waste it.
mine goes back through the worm bin :)
 

jonnynobody

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<<<<jealous of your worm bin. I'm hoping next year I might be able to get one going. For now I gotta source the black gold from others. I am buying humic acid, sea kelp, and alfalfa pellets on wednesday to add some complexity to the next brew.

Have you ever heard of NPK Industrie's "Raw" brand? I've heard their products are highly concentrated and highly water soluble. Before I plunk down $60 for their stuff I'm hoping to get a little info from others that have used their products.
 

ShLUbY

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<<<<jealous of your worm bin. I'm hoping next year I might be able to get one going. For now I gotta source the black gold from others. I am buying humic acid, sea kelp, and alfalfa pellets on wednesday to add some complexity to the next brew.

Have you ever heard of NPK Industrie's "Raw" brand? I've heard their products are highly concentrated and highly water soluble. Before I plunk down $60 for their stuff I'm hoping to get a little info from others that have used their products.
i dont use anything like that. i use slow release nutrients in my soil to let microbes feed my plant over time. so i couldn't tell you. but i'm sure people use them with success
 
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