Is my compost tea looking good?

Sirdankz · Sep 26, 2018

I put 1 hand full of worm casting
3 tbsp of kelp meal 0.5-0.5-2.5
1 tbsp of bone meal 3-15-0
1/2 tbsp of bat guano 7-3-1
Around 2 gallons water

Dryxi · Sep 26, 2018

Looks good to me. Much like mine but without the bubbles, but i only just started it.

Sirdankz · Sep 26, 2018

Dryxi said:
Looks good to me. Much like mine but without the bubbles, but i only just started it.

I started mine around 20 hrs ago. When'd you start yours?

Richard Drysift · Sep 26, 2018

Mmm foamy!!! Not sure bone meal is solvable but whatever doesn't dissolve and drops to the bottom just throw that leftover sludge on spent soil.

Delztronics · Sep 26, 2018

Sirdankz said:
I put 1 hand full of worm casting
3 tbsp of kelp meal 0.5-0.5-2.5
1 tbsp of bone meal 3-15-0
1/2 tbsp of bat guano 7-3-1
Around 2 gallons water

Did you try tasting it yet?

Dryxi · Sep 26, 2018

Sirdankz said:
I started mine around 20 hrs ago. When'd you start yours?

I started about 9 hours ago now. it has some foam but not much over the whole thing. I used 4 gallons of water; 1.5 cups worm castings, some molasses and some kelp meal.

Sirdankz · Sep 26, 2018

Richard Drysift said:
Mmm foamy!!! Not sure bone meal is solvable but whatever doesn't dissolve and drops to the bottom just throw that leftover sludge on spent soil.

Does the foam indicate anything good?

Dryxi · Sep 26, 2018

I have heard that it means the microbes are actively increasing in numbers. Could just mean they are active, or something else completely (like how aloe has saponins and it bubbles up in an aerator.

Sirdankz · Sep 27, 2018

I've had the tea bubbling for 36 hrs. Is it normal to smell bad? It smell like the all the stuff I put into the tea but it smells stronger now. Smells kinda of fishy from the kelp meal

Dryxi · Sep 27, 2018

Mine always smell like dirt

Lordhooha · Sep 27, 2018

Sirdankz said:
I've had the tea bubbling for 36 hrs. Is it normal to smell bad? It smell like the all the stuff I put into the tea but it smells stronger now. Smells kinda of fishy from the kelp meal

As long as it doesn’t smell like old dirty socks your good.

Sirdankz · Sep 27, 2018

Lordhooha said:
As long as it doesn’t smell like old dirty socks your good.

Just smells like fish from the kelp meal and smells of worm castings

Lordhooha · Sep 27, 2018

Sirdankz said:
Just smells like fish from the kelp meal and smells of worm castings

Now use it or store it somewhere sealed up an dark. It should stay good for a week or too. You’ll know when it’s gone bad. Trust me.

Is my compost tea looking good?

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