Proper way to use compost as fertilizer
Compost is the greatest stuff known to gardeners, but if you apply it to your lawn or garden as a top-dressing over the existing soil, the benefits of the compost can take a long time to work their way to the roots of the plants where they do the most good. To get the nutrients and microorganisms from the compost into the soil or onto the plants more quickly, it’s beneficial to apply liquid compost, otherwise known as compost tea.
Making the tea is much like brewing a cup of tea in the kitchen. Simply put some compost in a cloth or nylon bag, soak it in water and circulate some air in the water and within 24-48 hours, you will have finished compost tea that you can use as a soil drench or as a foliar spray on the leaves of plants.
Regular applications of compost tea of about a half gallon per 1,000 square feet of lawn or garden will reduce the need for additional fertilizer and generally make the lawn and garden more disease and insect resistant.
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