Don't Forget This Critical Ingredient When Brewing Worm Compost Tea

[@tommillar8382]

Worms tea good garden❤😮

[@Midiman54]

First time finding your channel..going to check more of your videos.Keep educating us..👍

[@anthonylux1838]

Andrew - First time viewer to your channel. You are one well-spoken individual. Thank you for the wisdom. Have a blessed day!

[@Weirdomanification]

The study some cite, to support the claim that molasses leads to pathogenic regrowth, says that no regrowth was detected when the volume concentration of molasses was at 0.2% or below. A five gallon batch at 0.2% would be 2.5 tablespoons. Most of the 5 gallon recipes for compost tea I have seen, say to use 1-2 tablespoons of molasses. This puts them comfortably below the danger level.

[@phyllisjohnson3256]

Thanks

[@leewilson5539]

I used to make tea that grew fungi hair over the top of my soil. It looked like crystals growing and it stayed wet all the time like the layer of dirt had its own atmosphere 😂. I want to grow a big tub of dirt like shroom growers do with all that mycelium in it mixed with mycrohzea and all that in there too

[@bluejay3945]

Try a little satchel of oat bran. Supposedly it’s a better fungal source

[@MzzAnnThrope]

I use water drained from cooking starches like pasta or potatoes too. It's a good way to use everything.

[@bluejay3945]

@@MzzAnnThrope 🤩

[@drewberrynews3875]

Thanks for the info!

[@carolyncoppola974]

Sorry for a stupid question: but will this work on indoor houseplants? Or do I NOT want to use it because of the microbes????? I want a good organic feed/fertilizer for my indoor houseplants. I have used this outside and it is truly amazing. I do also add fish/seaweed fertilizer as well.

[@hyperiondig]

Works great for houseplants - the microbes in worm tea if brewed properly is aerobic and very beneficial for plants, both indoor and outdoor, add at night preferably as sunlight kills off microbes.

[@Juancholoco710]

You can drench it and you can spray it. You can add fish meal. And kelp. You have to brew it for 16-18 hours. You can tell when is don’t because the smell changes and it starts to foam. And microbs don’t like uV rays. So spray when cloudy or early or late in the day.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Molasses feeds bacteria that most gardens already have plenty - teas should be targetting fungal life. To your compost, add leaf mould, finely-ground organic oatmeal/soy/wheat flour, slightly moisten, cover with damp cardboard, place in cool dark area for 3-7 days - should see a mat of fungi spread across the top. Then you're ready to brew a fungal-dominated tea.

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

how you source your leaf mold?

[@Justbetru]

Nice tip! I’ll have to try that

[@sheribayne501]

​@@NuMwhan-bg4fq it's broken down leafs

[@aaronkozak7144]

Can you use honey instead of molasses?

[@why67152]

Its the sugar! I use organic maple syrup... Black Strap molasses is the best, but until I get some at Walley World for this batch I used maple syrup... It is the sugar that the microbes eat and multiply...

[@garylafreniere]

@@why67152 I've been using Agave Nectar the past few years and have had great results with it.

[@richmick1362]

The unsulpherated molasses feeds the good fungi

[@metasamsara]

what is the advantage of brewing worm tea over just adding worm castings in the soil mix? Is it only to save money or are there extra benefits to do both? I'm interested either way, but would be great if i can save money on worm castings!

[@GrowingState48]

Mostly quick bioavailability. Compost tea should be able to be taken up by the plants immediately but isnt going to feed as long term. Castings break down over time feeding slower and longer. Just depends what the specific need is at the time. For example, my richly mulched beds with worms and feeding baskets throughout will never need compost tea. All the benefits the tea could offer are there already. My corn in the ground is in soil amended with worm compost, castings, fish emusion, etc. but it's a heavy feeder. I could try feeding it with continuous dry inputs like castings, manures, compost, mulch, but the easiest way to fertilize mid growth in a crowded patch is some fish emulsion and casting tea diluted, mixed, and pumped through existing irrigation. I also use compost tea to inoculate my new compost piles with microbes, especially soaking wood chips and carbons to make them break down quicker. Neither is necessarily superior. One is quick. One is long term. I use both.

[@Juancholoco710]

When you spray them the water penetrates the soil better. When you brew them you are providing perfect environment for them. You are reproducing microbs. Microbs exchange nutrients and minerals to plants. And you’re brewing lots of nematodes. They castings in the tea feed the microbs too.

[@peace4peaceful]

Wouldnt raw sugar be as good.

[@reidshafer6207]

Are there any substitutes for molasses?

[@dennisseeker36]

many videos say you can use brown sugar, i wish people that do these videos would understand some people in different location- hard to find molasses here, i have to use sugar

[@wiltc420]

@@dennisseeker36 sucanat, molasses is at every grocer store, but sucanat is better

[@dennisseeker36]

@@wiltc420 in the philippines ??? ok i will look closer

[@user-kn5ux7oh6g]

@@dennisseeker36 look in the sections by cooking stuff or near spices and or baking stuff

[@dennisseeker36]

@@user-kn5ux7oh6g thanks. i have but i am not in the states. perhaps they have it here from time to time but not recently. i will stock up when and if they have it

[@timsmyth7942]

while fungi will eat sugary sources, if you want a fungal tea use a different food source or bacteria will dominate completely

[@byensubliminal194]

You look just like Q from impractical jokers

[@MzzAnnThrope]

Liquid fungal cultures are created from sugar water. Why would it be different for compost tea?

[@armoredpriapism]

If bacteria get into fungal cultures they turn into bacterial cultures instead lol. I have often wondered about this myself; if you add sugar, bacteria are going to outcompete saprophytic fungi. It's not about whether fungi use sugar, but which organisms are advantaged more by free sugar. As the CC said, the fungi have access to more enzymes than bacteria, but the drawback to that is that their genes are larger and more numerous and hence they reproduce much more slowly. But then again, the advice I usually hear is to not let the tea brew for more than 24 hours, so maybe within that time constaint competition doesnt become an issue? idk Id like a satisfying answer to the question at the heart of this whole controversy, too.

[@laNsy1012]

love your anti-red neck hat!

[@TonyFernandezjkdjedi]

Some jerk was telling me to drop the molasses into the bucket at the end of the cycle...lmfao..

[@lisacardwell2508]

OMG I just want simplicity!!

[@霜月いずみ]

smelly

[@Holistic-Nick]

Dont warm your water in the microwave smh

[@GoGreenCompost]

Why not

[@Holistic-Nick]

@@GoGreenCompost radiation

[@drawingangel2]

​@Holistic-Nick Microwaves use a safe type of non-ionizing radiation. This means microwaves are safe to use and to heat up food without you worrying about radiation. The only non-ionising radiation which causes cancer is ultraviolet (UV) light. UV radiation has more energy than radiation from microwaves.