veggiegardener
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Everything in moderation. My worms take care of them in short order.
Bone meal and blood meal tea
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harryhood
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I strained mine, most of the nutrients should be absorbed in the water by now, I had a bunch of other stuff in the tea that I didn't want in the soil. Kitchen strainer works fine for pasta and whatnot, any piece of fabric/cloth would work too to let the water through but collect the meal. If you don't have a strainer of spare piece of cloth then don't fret about it. The bone meal should be at the bottom anyway, just transfer containers leaving what you can of the bone meal behind and if any gets in the soil it's not a big deal. Good luck!
Jerseyguy1
New Member
I’ve been using blood meal and bone meal tea on my garden for years.
It‘s simple.
I leave a 1/4 cup measure outside all summer. I scoop 1/4 cup of compost and 1/4 cup of either bone meal or blood meal into a 2 gallon watering can.
Then, I fill to the top with water.
It does not clump or float on the top.
The microbes in the compost quickly proliferate in the tea, hopefully helping to release the nutrients in the adjuncts. When i’m ready to feed, I simply stir vigorously. I give a little shot to everything - tomatoes, eggplant, marigolds - whatever.
So, does it stay in perfect suspension in the water? Of course not. A bunch of it falls to the bottom before I’m finished feeding. Who cares? It’s so mild that my plants never get burned.
Instead, they turn deep green and thrive.
How do I know?
I did an experiment last year. I have four containers of marigolds each summer. I fed three with the tea. The fourth I did not. The one that did not drink the tea did ok. But, the plants were much smaller and less deep green and had fewer blooms. The three that drank the tea had leaves that looked like a deep and dark green.
It‘s simple.
I leave a 1/4 cup measure outside all summer. I scoop 1/4 cup of compost and 1/4 cup of either bone meal or blood meal into a 2 gallon watering can.
Then, I fill to the top with water.
It does not clump or float on the top.
The microbes in the compost quickly proliferate in the tea, hopefully helping to release the nutrients in the adjuncts. When i’m ready to feed, I simply stir vigorously. I give a little shot to everything - tomatoes, eggplant, marigolds - whatever.
So, does it stay in perfect suspension in the water? Of course not. A bunch of it falls to the bottom before I’m finished feeding. Who cares? It’s so mild that my plants never get burned.
Instead, they turn deep green and thrive.
How do I know?
I did an experiment last year. I have four containers of marigolds each summer. I fed three with the tea. The fourth I did not. The one that did not drink the tea did ok. But, the plants were much smaller and less deep green and had fewer blooms. The three that drank the tea had leaves that looked like a deep and dark green.
shrubz
Well-Known Member
I make different teas. First make a tea bag out of the ingredients with cheese cloth. That way they dont clog up your nozzles 
Guano is excellent, with worm castings, blackstrap molasses, its sugars for microbial life to multiply. I bubble it over night the oxygen and sugars are important elements. Plants go berserk for the stuff.
Before anything gas off the tap water. Chlorine can't be good when you want microscopic life to flourish.
Guano is excellent, with worm castings, blackstrap molasses, its sugars for microbial life to multiply. I bubble it over night the oxygen and sugars are important elements. Plants go berserk for the stuff.
Before anything gas off the tap water. Chlorine can't be good when you want microscopic life to flourish.