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Topeka, Kansas

hello everyone. I've enjoyed reading and learning about growning giant pumpkins. After 14 years of gardening, I'm making my first attempt!! I have 4 healthy plants growning, have made the wind teepees out of 2 old storm windows for each plant and are now ready to brew some tea. Got a jar of natural molasses, qt of fish emulsion, bag of worm castings and an air pump. Gonna fire it up later today. How much of this tea can I apply to each plant without hurting it and how often should it be applied? I am interested in going totally organic with my garden, can I use this tea on all the plants ( I have 140 tomato plants...big garden) and at what regularity can I apply it? Thanks in advance, Maurice Skoch, Topeka, KS

5/30/2009 8:07:51 AM

Denver, CO

Here is a link to a homepage of one of the top growers in the nation. Look towards the bottom of the page for some Tea recipies. Also talks about application.

http://www.starrfarms.net/composttea.htm

5/30/2009 3:24:20 PM

Seattle, WA

check out the compost tea thread, there's some good information in there that should answer your questions. There's also a yahoo group called on compost tea you could join for information. Or, shoot me an email at tadhussey@yahoo.com and I'll send you a couple of articles.

6/1/2009 12:48:33 PM