Compost Tea

Making Compost Tea with Bu's Blend Biodynamic Compost can replace all fertilizers, liquid or powder, if you want to grow truly organic. Compost tea in the months between composting for all your plants. Give your new transplants a compost tea drench to mitigate transplant shock. Give your roses, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, grape vines and more a compost tea foliar spray to prevent and stop powdery mildew. See the transformation in just one week and remember that it is non-toxic and 100% organic, because it is made using Bu's Blend Biodynamic Compost.

How to Make Compost Tea Using
Bu's Blend Biodynamic Compost

compost tea items needed to make compost tea

Items Needed for Making Compost Tea

Bu's Blend Compost, tote or 5 gallon bucket, gloves, mesh bag, scoop, watering can and stirrer

Start Filling Compost Tea Bag

Use at least 1 quart (4 cups) for large totes like this and 2 cups for 5 gallon buckets

Filling Compost Tea Bag

You can use as much compost as you'd like, which would make a stronger compost tea

Filling Compost Tea Bag

Filled Compost Tea Bag

Done filling!

Closing Compost Tea Bag

Some mesh bags won't have this closer, so you can tie it up some other way

submerging compost in compost tea bucket to make compost tea

Submerging Compost Under Water

Submerge the compost so that it gets completely wet

Submerging Compost

Wet and squeeze lightly around entire bag to soak contents

Stirring Compost Tea Bag in Water

Stir at least one minute one way

Stirring Compost Tea in Water

Then stir the other direction for another minute

Stirring Compost Tea Bag

This will awaken any dormant microbes and bring out microbes into your water through the mesh bag

Tying Compost Tea Bag

Tie up your bag so that it hangs into your soon to be compost tea, making sure the compost is completely submerged

Tying up Compost Tea Bag

compost tea extract with Bu's Blend Compost

Waiting for Compost Tea

You can start using your compost tea extract between 8 - 12 hours

Finished Compost Tea

Now you can set out your compost tea extract as a drench or a foliar spray

Stirring Compost Tea

Stir tea bag contents again for one minute in both directions

Removing Compost Tea Bag

Remove the bag and gently squeeze it out into the compost tea

Removing Compost Tea Bag

Emptying Compost Tea Bag

Empty the contents of your compost tea bag under any plant, tree or shrub you'd like

Stirring Compost Tea

Stir one last time both directions for one minute each

Filling Watering Can with Compost Tea

You can also pour it into your can or drench directly using the tote or a 5 gallon bucket

Drenching with Compost Tea

Compost Tea drench your fruit tree wells, raised beds, roses and everything else in your garden

Drenching with Compost Tea

Potted plants too!

Washing Compost Tea Items

Remember to wash everything immediately after using and set it aside for next time

That is how to make compost tea using Bu's Blend Biodynamic Compost! You won't believe the results you will see in such a short time. Remember that you can make it as often as you'd like for any and all of your plants and that it's real organic and Non-GMO.