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We all know compost is great for enriching a garden’s soil bed, but did you know it provides a lovely liquid fertilizer, too?
That’s right. Right at home, not one step beyond your backyard, you can dilute some of your compost into a homebrewed, nutrient-dense tea to nourish, treat and fertilize your most prized plants. Mist the tea over leaves, roots, and flowers to give them a delicious and healthy treat that’ll keep leaves fungus-free and growing strong.
Compost Tea
- Find a five gallon bucket
- Fill it loosely, half-way with some of your compost
- Top off the rest of the bucket with water
- Keep the mix out of direct sunlight, stirring it once a day
- Wait one week and you should end up with a bucket of water that’s absorbed the nutrient-rich compost
- Strain it
- Dilute the mixture with a 1:10 ratio of pure H20
Then enjoy generously spritzing your blossoming blooms with your easy, free and chemical-free homebrewed fertilizer! Your garden will be grateful.
More on Composting:
Build a Compost Box in Your Apartment
Composting Basics: Make a Compost Fast
How Green in Your Garden (Quiz)?
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