Diy Compost Tea Brewer
The making and use of compost tea has not been scientifically tested and verified for use by oregon state university.
Diy compost tea brewer. This brewer makes high quality compost tea well tested and documented with a reliable air pump. Suspend the bag from the pvc tubing across the top of the brewer. Compost tea made with an aerated compost tea brewer is an inexpensive regenerative tool you can use to help your garden flourish. Building a homemade compost tea brewer.
Add 1 2 cup unsulfured molasses which will feed the bacteria in the compost. To create your own compost tea brewer you ll need. Turn on the air pump to begin the agitation oxygenation process mix the nutrients together and pour the nutrient mixture into the water. We want the bag to hand directly over the air stone.
Make compost tea with this diy home brewer. This particular compost tea brewer was designed by the oregon state university extension service in eugene oregon. You can use the airstone listed above and connect it directly to the airpump with the clear 1 2 inch inside diameter tubing like shown above. It takes time to separate these organisms from compost which is why compost tea is made by steeping compost in water for a day or more.
Compost tea is a liquid produced by extracting beneficial microorganisms microbes bacteria fungi protozoa nematodes and micro arthropods from compost using a brewing process. This is an emerging area of interest in both commercial and home. I d like to replace my 44 gallon sealed plastic barrel setup which i realize is going anaerobic after reading your free e book. This step by step tutorial will show you how to build a diy compost tea brewer of your very own using easy to find affordable supplies.
It was designed by tim wilson and it s called the mini microbulator. Fill your diy compost tea brewer with water place the compost in the tea bag and hang the compost tea bag from the crossbar of the frame. A true compost tea contains all of the organisms that were present in the compost before brewing. Even colleges and universities are recognizing the benefits of using compost teas for organic gardening and are devoting their resources to studying the benefits of using compost tea on crops to provide larger root systems bigger harvests less plant disease and less damage from insects.
The kis compost tea brewer they ve recently changed the design of their brewer to something that s more affordable. By casey new zealand i am going to build my own 20l 5 gallon version of a compost tea brewer. There are two ways of building a compost tea brewer. Insert the short pvc pipe into the bag to aerate the compost during the brew cycle.
Fill the bucket with dechlorinated water almost to the top. Method 1 airstone method.