ET-Compost Tea

Compost Tea Information

The two key reasons to use compost tea are:

1. Impart microbial life into the soil or onto the foliage of plants
2. Add soluble nutrients to the foliage or to the soil to feed the organisms and the plants present.

Compost tea is recommended to improve the organisms in the soil or on the plants to optimum levels. Enviroturf can analyse your soil and leaf samples to help plan your program. Note:  Chemical-based pesticides, fumigants, herbicides and some synthetic fertilisers kill a range of the beneficial micro-organisms that encourage plant growth. Compost teas improve the life in the soil and on plant surfaces.  High quality compost tea will treat the leaf surface and soil with beneficial micro-organisms instead of destroying them.

What is compost tea?

Compost tea is a liquid produced by extracting bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes from compost.If you want to introduce a highly beneficial group of bacteria and fungi, protozoa and possibly nematodes, buy good compost that has these organisms, and make Actively Aerated Compost Tea by using a top class Compost Tea Brewer --eg- Enviroturf's--SS1000

Compost Tea

• is a brewed water extract of compost,
• contains all the soluble nutrients that were in the compost, 
• A true compost tea should contain ALL of the organisms that are present in the compost.

• The benefits of using a compost tea that contains ALL the food web organisms are:

  • Improved plant growth as a result of using beneficial organisms to protect the plant surfaces.  The organisms occupy infection sites and can also prevent disease-causing organisms from finding the plant. 
  • The tea improves the nutrient retention of the soil thus stimulating plant growth.  If your soil can retain its nutrients it helps minimise the need to use fertiliser.  A healthy soil is less likely to leach its nutrients into ground and surface waters. 
  • Increasing the nutrients available to the root system leads to a stronger healthier plant.  The predator-prey interactions increase the available nutrients required by the plant and enables it to absorb them in the correct dosage at the time the nutrients are required.
  • Compost tea assists in reducing the negative impact that chemical-based pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers have on beneficial micro-organisms in the ecosystem.
  • Improves the intake of nutrients by increasing foliar uptake.  The beneficial micro-organisms increase the time the stomata stay open, while at the same time reducing evaporative loss from the leaf surface. 
  • Reduces water loss and improves the water retention of the soil thereby reducing the need for frequent watering. 
  Improves tillage by building a better soil structure.  Only the biological components in your soil can build its structure, and ALL the organism groups in the food web are required in order to have this occur.  

Contact Us now for more information on purchasing Compost Tea ---

or-- The SS1000 Compost Tea Brewer.