This year we incorporated “Compost Tea” into our PHC Plus™ program. Compost tea is an all natural concoction of water, dried kelp powder, naturally produced humic acid, a variety of powdered minerals, and compost with a touch of molasses brewed locally. The brew, after agitating for 18 to 20 hours, becomes a roiling stew of air, water, minerals, bacteria and fungi. During that time aerobic bacteria reproduce.

When sprayed on plants, these microorganisms and their exudates provide nutrition to the plants and is absorbed by the leaves. Aerobic bacteria and beneficial fungi living on the leaves and fruit also claim the sites where harmful bacteria or fungi might attach themselves. Different brews are applied to soils to add essential microbes which interact to form nitrogen phosphorous and potassium naturally. Compost tea may be a miraculous organic alternative to chemical fungicides and fertilizers. The plant health benefits are countless. We look forward to use it in our program.

Compost tea is used to add bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes to the soil or onto foliage, and to add soluble nutrients at the same time to feed the organisms and the plants. Use compost tea any time organisms in the soil or on the plants are lower than optimum levels. Chemical-based pesticides, fumigants, herbicides and some synthetic fertilizers kill the beneficial microorganisms that encourage plant growth, either in the soil or on foliage. Compost teas improve the life in the soil and on plant surfaces and help plants take-up the nutrients they require, and suppress diseases at the same time as building soil structure, and reduce erosion and loss of nutrients into drinking water. High quality compost tea of will inoculate the leaf surface and soil with beneficial microorganisms, instead of destroying them.

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