Compost Tea Hydroponics
Put the compost in an old pillowcase or a bag made from an old t shirt.
Compost tea hydroponics. Fill it up add a healthy handful of the compost hummus. Minus the mykos and fish hydrosylate. Place compost into a burlap bag and close the mouth of the bag. The better your compost the better the tea will be.
Red frog premium blend compost tea. It s mykos earthworm castings and kelp. Vermicompost is the product of the breakdown of organic matter by earthworms. This video shows a good way to make an inexpensive quality hydroponics container and set up for those of you that would like to give it a try.
Compost tea is a nutrient rich liquid made from soaking a solution of compost in water until the nutrients leech out of the hummus. Pour 4 gallons of water into a 5 gallon bucket and place the manure into the bucket. Place 1 gallon of manure or compost material into a sock or cheese cloth. Approximately 1 tablespoon of rock dust 1 heaping teaspoon of mycogrow fungi dust.
Not as many inputs as others but the price point for a 5 gallon brew is good. Compost tea is a chemically free method that use vermicompost to provide your plants with their essential nutrients. The appearance when diluted should look like a weak cup of tea. 1 2 tablespoons of molasses.
I was wondering if anyone has tried using aerated compost tea as the nutrient solution for his or her hydroponic projects with any degree of success. Compost tea can and should be used in every garden. The fertilizer solution constantly aerates the roots from the bottom as they grow into the solution. Dilute the tea before applying it to your hydroponic system.
It is enriched with crucial nutrients and compatible with most of the hydroponic systems due to its water soluble nutrients. Good all around tea. Tie the pillowcase or bag shut and place it in a bucket of water. Water culture hydroponics is a technique most vulnerable to root disease because the roots are constantly submerged in the reservoir solution.
This forum did have a couple of links related to compost tea but there has not been too much discussion on the subject. The illustration to the left shows this. This is essentially vital earths compost tea blend.