Little Moon et al.
First, Compost tea is never described as
killing. It provides good guy/gal micro-organisms that can compete for food
resources and limited space and out number the bad guys/gals. It PREVENTS
pathogens from getting in or taking over or surviving.Yes there are organisms
that eat bad guys in some composts, but CT is not considered, nor should it be,
an "icide."
As for a recipe, five gallons of good tea can be diluted at least 5 times and will surely
take care of 25 rose plants.
One (of many) recipes for a 5 gallon brewer and
which I have specificallytested in the KIS:
1. One cup compost
2. One ounce Soluable Kelp (Maxicrop?
or?)
3. One teaspoon of powder Humic Acid
(Humisolve which makes about a pint of suggested root soak) or liquid
equivilant
This should make a killer tea with fantastic fungal
numbers. Want bacterial tea, then substitute 2 ounce Black strap molasses for
the humic acid
I don't use a bag when I use the KIS and I
use Alaska Humus, obviously. However, your compost will do for sure! If you
want, you can re-use the KIS bag (after carefully cleaning it) using duct
tape to close it up or make your own. Add a few wood chips(better
agitation) and perhaps a ping-pong ball (for a bit of floation to keep
it off the bottom.
It is important to test the first tea or two you
make after you have the system down. If you have a KIS machine, I tested this
recipe and it is a killer fungal and the results have been posted. If you are
trying it out on your own machine, you really should have SFI test it.(www.soilfoodweb.com)
Cheers,
Jeff L
p.s.
As for the slugs, use coffee as a spray or
coffee grinds. The USDA announced last summer that this will kill slugs in two
days...
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