This non-drinkable compost tea recipe shows you how to make a liquid "tea" to fertilize your garden using your own compost.
Fill the bucket with water to a few inches from the top. If the water is chlorinated, allow the water to set for a few hourse to remove the chlorine, allowing it to evaporate out.
Place the compost into the pantohose and push it all the way to the bottom toe area. This will be your "tea bag." Place this tea bag into the water
Add in molasses to the water and stir until molasses is dissolved. Place the aerating part of the pump into the buck, and weigh it down if needed to keep it down. Turn on the pump and let it brew with pump on for 24 hours. If you do not have a pump to use, then make sure you stir every 20 minutes to 3 hours for proper aeration. You should start seeing some froth at the top of the tea after 24 hours.
Pour the tea into a watering can and dilute 1:1 with plain (dechlorinated) water and use to water garden plants.
This recipe can be scaled up easily for larger buckets.
Notes: Garden recipe adapted from No-Waste Composting. Recipe is NOT intended to be actually used for drinking - it is used to fertilize the garden.
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