Easy & Effective Compost Tea How To - Boost Plant Growth
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Compost tea is a means of extracting nutrients from a compost source, here we used rabbit manure compost, and turning those nutrients into a liquid form for watering/feeding plants. Rabbit Compost is well liked in the gardening community due to its inability to burn plants and its NPK of 3-4.8% : 1.5-2.8% : 1-1.3% respectively. In its compost form its considered a medium release nutrient provider, but in its liquid form its an immediate release. Compost tea can be applied at the base of plants directly to the roots, sprayed on the leaves themselves, and poured into the bottom of wicking tub and water reservoir grow containers.
Compost tea is a great way to switch up your fertilizing techniques to achieve great results.
Entailed in the video is the easiest and most cost effective way to make effective compost tea without over complicating the process.
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I'll never look at tea or rootbeer the same lol. This is very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Lol. Regular tea or root beer taste much better than this. I promise.
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😮So... I got myself a medium rabbit for their awesome cold manure. I just spread them on my vegetable beds and let tons of worms show up to get fat and do another process to the dirt to form a rich soil. The worms 🪱 show up and come up to feast. I spread them year round and spread chicken oyester grits to get rid of the nematodes. I no longer have to buy dirt. 😄👍🏻
I too use the manure, nothing more balanced or better. This fall I let my in ground land rest. And covered it in rabbit manure and leaves to compost. I turned it every so often to aerate. And then just yesterday, I burned all the leaves off and tilled the dirt. The burn helps add nutrients to the soil, rid the pests, and rid the weeds. The soil looks amazing. Pending good weather. This springs in ground garden should be phenomenal. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy Growing.
Thanks Sir!.
"We're dealing with an educated man."
Very well-spoken and thought-out video.
Cheers my dude
Very much appreciated. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Good video, your garden is pretty. It made me miss Mr. Charles on Old Alabama Gardener . He used rabbit manure in his garden . He was an awesome gardenter. Thank you for this.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Very kind of you. To me rabbit manure is the best manure available. Happy Growing
Great videos. To make it easier to fill those stockings use a can that has both sides open put one end into the stocking and then you can scoop from your bucket of manure.
Thanks for the advice. I’ll definitely try that or a funnel this spring.
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Great how to Video Buddy! Your garden looks Great!♥️
Thanks Mel
I like the throwback Air Log shirt more than turd tea lol but great info guy
Appreciate it.
New subbie. Great info. I use alpaca manure
Thank you for watching. Commenting and sub. I’ve never used alpaca manure before. But sounds intriguing. Do you find it works well? Does it need to compost before use? Very interesting.
How many days do you wait or soak the Poop before straining out to use?
As little as 12 hours. And as long as 48. Just depends on the temperature outside where it’s sitting. The hotter it is. The less time it needs. The colder temps, require a bit longer. If you check the bag and the poop is still Pelletized and the tea is a good color. You’re good to go. You just don’t want the poop to become sludge and mix in the tea. Messes up my watering can and sits on top the dirt instead of penetrating and reaching roots. For wicking tubs you take the risk of clogging the drain holes and wicking areas with poop sludge. I know that’s a lot to unpack. Hope it helps and makes sense. Thanks for watching and asking. Happy Growing.
How often do you use on your veggie garden?
I try to use it every other week. I always ensure my soil is optimal at the beginning of each season. And then supplement as needed. Happy Growing.
Hi so it's ok for the rabbit manure tea to touch the leaves ?
Sure is. As long as you use it early morning or late evening without direct sun on the leaves it will be fine. I wouldn’t advise using it mid day on the leaves. Just like regular watering. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy Growing
thank you @@richardhowell6167
Muy bien bro
Thank you.
no dilution is necessary? Eva
No need to dilute at these volumes of water and the stocking full of manure/compost. I wouldn’t exceed the amount of compost manure or reduce the water. Over time you start to recognize the color of the tea and figure out what works best. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Have you tested the npk of the tea
I sure haven’t. That would be a cool experiment. I’m sure the nitrogen is high. But wouldn’t know how to gauge the p and k. I’m guessing based on their diet and how long the manure composted. Have you done anything like that?
@@A.L.B.O.E.SouthernHomestead there is a npk testing kit.. let me know if you test it in future..
@@A.L.B.O.E.SouthernHomestead yes I do test it with my cattle poop.. i don't have rabbits.. but if you could test it and share the information it's fun to know
@@A.L.B.O.E.SouthernHomestead to ferment the tea faster add some honey or molases.. that's the enriched way to increase microbes
@@metalhead7752 yes I have a kit that i use when I test my soil. It also includes ph. Next time I make some rabbit compost tea. I’ll test it and report back.
I’m just here for the accent and maybe a little bit of urban farming.
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I’m thinking that area of your yard has to smell bad. I had a few rabbits once and couldn’t handle the smell!
It’s really not bad. Guess I’m used to it. Used to have chickens too. Only smelly when it stays wet. Lol.
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There's no evidence that supports compost tea. You're wasting time and effort
Thanks for the insight. I have all items on hand. So essentially completely it’s a free application. And I’ve always had great results. Can I attribute them to compost tea alone. No. But I believe it’s a synergistic effect of everything I do each season. As I’m able to replicate great results year after year.
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How do you figure there's no evidence? I know gardeners who use only compost tea to fertilize market gardens. Plants feed on NPK. nPK needs to be bioavailable. Manure puts bioavailable NPK in the soil, along with beneficial bacilli from the animals gut.
All of this is well studied and known for a long time. Why would compost tea be any different than any other fully-proven method of utilizing manure?