Recycled Worm Bins

Does a plant have a disease because of a lack of pesticides or herbicides? HEALTHY PLANTS grow in soils that are vibrant and full of microbial life.

COMPOST TEA1
Compost Tea is a liquid solution or suspension made by steeping compost in water.
It is used as both a plant nutrient and attempts to prevent plant diseases.
Compost Tea is a highly concentrated microbial solution produced by extracting beneficial microbes from WORMCASTINGS and or COMPOST.
Microbial rich compost is the key ingredient to making a quality compost tea. Other essentials are WATER, AIR, and FOOD.
There are two main methods of producing a compost tea.
The first dates back hundreds of years and is prepared by immersing sacks of compost into a barrel of water stirring occasionally over a period of 7 to 10 days.
The second method is to brew the compost in water with the aid of air bubbles and a food source over a
much shorter period of time usually 24 to 36 hours.
WORMSRUS have produced a simple and cost effective worm tea brewer using the air bubble method to
produce a nutrient rich compost tea.

 

WORMSRUS COMPOST TEA BREWER

D50ltr drum with tap

Air pump, 2 air stones, air line, valves
compost basket, mesh.


10 ltrs ORGANAGRO pure worm castings.


Microbial food/catalysts.


Full set of instructions and ongoing support.

Price of compete Kit $95.00

SCIENCE
It's not coffee—it's tea. Well-brewed compost tea is rich in micro-organisms that are highly beneficial to your plants' growth and health.
The soil is full of micro-organisms that aid plant growth and plant health—bacteria and fungi, which are decomposers, and protozoa and beneficial nematodes, which are predators. But there are bad guys too— disease-causing bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and root-feeding nematodes. Our goal as gardeners is to enhance the beneficial micro-organisms in this soil food web, because they help our plants.
The bad bacterial decomposers and the plant-toxic products they make are enhanced by anaerobic, or
reduced-oxygen, conditions. By making sure the tea and the compost itself are well oxygenated and highly aerobic, you eliminate 75% of the potential plant-disease-causing bacteria and plant-toxic products. To take care of the other 25% of potential diseases and pests, you want to get good guys into the soil and on at least 60 to 70% of your plants' leaves. Good bacteria work against the detrimental ones in four ways: They consume the bad guys, they may produce antibiotics that inhibit them, they compete for nutrients, and they compete for space.

Plants themselves don't use all of the energy they make through photosynthesis. For example, 60 percent of a vegetable plant's energy goes to its root system, and half of that energy is exuded into the soil. Of those exudates, 90% are sugars; the rest are carbohydrates and proteins. When you think about these ingredients as food, they're the makings for cake. This is high-energy stuff. Why is nearly one-third of a vegetable plant's output going into the soil as energy-rich food? To feed the good bacteria and fungi.
When we human beings kill off bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, and other organisms, whether by
polluting the air or by spraying pesticides or even by using chemical fertilizers, we're reducing the population of critters that plants feed. That's why one of the simplest and best things you can do for your garden is to spray your plants with compost tea, to bring back organisms killed by chemicals.

MICROBIAL FUNCTIONS
Compete with disease causing microbes.
Degrade toxic pesticides and other chemicals.
Produce plant growth hormones.
Mineralise plant available nutrients.
Fix nitrogen.
OTHER
A source of foliar and soil organic nutrients.
Chelated micronutrients for easy plant absorption
Nutrients in a biologically available form for both plant and microbial uptake.

BENEFITS OF WORMCASTINGS BREWED AS A COMPOST TEA


* Organic and all natural
* Environmentally friendly
* Re-establish soil and plant health de-toxify soils
* Increase soil fertility
* Increase resistance to pest attacks
* Increase resistance to disease attacks
* Chemical free
* Stronger plant growth
* Increased flowering
* Increased water holding capacity of soil by up to 30%
* Use on any plant as all natural and organic
* Improves fruit and flowers
* Helps to de-compact compacted soil.
* Adds beneficial biology back into soil and on to plant leaf surfaces
* Minerals and nutrient in plant available form
* Cost efficient


Trials confirm that the sooner a tea is used after brewing the more effective it is in influencing plant growth and suppressing diseases.

 

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