Using 'old' compost tea?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:23 pm
I started a batch last Tuesday morning with the intent of using it on Wednesday evening, but ran out of time before I had to go out of town for several days. I just left the bucket in the garage aerating with a small pump / aeration stone set up. So....upon my return, I checked the bucket, and it is definitely - ripe, we'll say Should I just dump it in the yard and start over, or can I add a little more compost and black strap molasses to the mix and let it do it's thing for another day or so? I hate to let good nutrients for the garden to go to waste - I'm probably waaaaay over thinking it, I just wasn't sure how bad the 'bad' critters are that likely have established themselves in place of the 'good' critters if that is indeed what happens.
For clarification, I started with a 5 gallon bucket of collected rain water, a smallish shovelful of compost, maybe a 1/4 cup of black strap molasses, and a little alfalfa meal I had handy. It was nice and foamy and smelled nice when I left - not so much when I got back!
Thanks all...
For clarification, I started with a 5 gallon bucket of collected rain water, a smallish shovelful of compost, maybe a 1/4 cup of black strap molasses, and a little alfalfa meal I had handy. It was nice and foamy and smelled nice when I left - not so much when I got back!
Thanks all...