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Compost tea and compost extract are living and active liquid biological amendments that can be used to boost and alter the life in soil, compost, in other growing media, and on leaf surfaces. A diverse and abundinat soil or leaf microbiome allows for natural nutrient cycling, pest/pathogen control, and decreases the need for chemical inputs.

Brewing compost tea/making a compost extract can quickly reintroduce beneficial microbes to your soil/plant. But compost tea, in particular, can quickly go wrong. Without adequate oxygen, too much microbial food, too long a brew time, or simply the wrong compost, and you could be growing pathogenic fungi and bacteria such as salmonella and fusarium. Imagine spreading that on your crop!

There are so many variables that come in to play when making and applying (and re-applying) compost tea/extract, that one can consider it a bit of an art AND a science. The only way to…