You are supposed to use manure and amendments BEFORE planting. Once the plants are in I used liquid fertilizer. Either get fish based liquid at the nursery or I made fertilizer tea out of rabbit poop. Put rabbit poop in pantyhose and soak in a bucket of water. Use that water to water your plants.
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Problem with that is you have no idea what's in compost tea if you make it yourself, it could be 100% nitrogen which would fuck up any flowers, fruits, or vegetables you try to grow except for lettuce and cabbage family plants. That's why I will never do it personally. Also, it ends up being the exact same chemicals that are in fertilizers like miracle gro unfortunately, so if it was down to tea or miracle gro I'd honestly go with the one that has known ratios. I know a lot of people have great success but I can't bring myself to put fertilizer with completely unknown ratios of nutrients on my plants.
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You are supposed to use manure and amendments BEFORE planting. Once the plants are in I used liquid fertilizer. Either get fish based liquid at the nursery or I made fertilizer tea out of rabbit poop. Put rabbit poop in pantyhose and soak in a bucket of water. Use that water to water your plants.
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Problem with that is you have no idea what's in compost tea if you make it yourself, it could be 100% nitrogen which would fuck up any flowers, fruits, or vegetables you try to grow except for lettuce and cabbage family plants. That's why I will never do it personally. Also, it ends up being the exact same chemicals that are in fertilizers like miracle gro unfortunately, so if it was down to tea or miracle gro I'd honestly go with the one that has known ratios. I know a lot of people have great success but I can't bring myself to put fertilizer with completely unknown ratios of nutrients on my plants.
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We are using a soil test kit on our compost tea. Should work out about the same.
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Unless something is straight fresh shit, compost tea won't burn. Fish emulsion is pretty good and guaranteed not to burn your plants.