Compost Extract versus Compost Tea - What's the Difference?

[@johnnmartens3067]

I do somthing similar I make my own Johnson su compost I will use two year aged Johnson su compost in furrow I add insect frass and gypsum to the compost for anything that I plant noticed good germination and healthy growth and very good root development when they are established plants I’ll spray a compost tea foliar which is Johnson su compost homade fish hydrolysate insect frass and sea 90 and I add silica in a for of mono silicic acid every two weeks and have noticed that the plants seem to get a huge immune response resistant to powdery mildew,insect pressure, heat stress drought stress

[@kevenweber6796]

Powdery mildew can be dealt with, with soluble Sulphur spray.

[@flatsville9343]

If you're in WI, how are you keeping the JS bioreactors from freezing over winter & going hydrophobic? Or are you? Are yoy adding red wigglers per spec after the pile cools down? (Worm death begins about 40F.) How are you keeping the worms alive?

[@Reutzel507]

Great content

[@michelbisson6645]

very good

[@jimd1617]

thanks!

[@MontanaRegenerativeFarmer]

Do you use any aeration system when brewing your compost tea?

[@Reutzel507]

Yes. That’s what he means by bubbling. You need oxygen with teas