Probiotic Garden – Comparison of tomato plant experiment using compost tea
Join Will today as he discusses how he teams with nature by enlisting the help of bacteria and fungi in actively aerated compost tea in the care of his garden. Will explains an experiment he has run this summer using two tomato plants. In this experiment Will has watered one plant with water only and the other with water and actively aerated compost tea twice per month. One result of the experiment has shown that the compost teas Will makes was able to sufficiently cover the root and leaf surfaces to out compete and stop an infection of early blight on the tomato plant.
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@marshallhenderson81 Thanks for the kind words. I did shoot some raw footage of my tea brewing methods, but haven’t put them into a video yet. If you subscribe to the channel you will get an update when I do post it!
To health!
Will
Nice video man. Do you have a vid of how you brew your tea?
@YourGardenShow Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, the wrap on the tomato plant to create a mini greenhouse is a good idea. Just make sure you still get air circulation or you’ll increase your risk of fungal issues like I had.
To health!
Will
Great experiment. Nice to see the benefits of compost tea side by side with a control plant. Also love the idea to wrap the plant base to help retain moisture and heat while you were on vacation.
I believe that compost tea has antifungal properties because it contains bacteria and other microorganisms that feed on fungi. If the compost tea is brewed then the oxygen and sugars will rapidly increase the amount of microbes in the solution.
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While I’m no expert in brewing compost teas, I’m not sure where you are coming from with this. If you are saying that a compost tea that has been prepared to be rich with fungal diversity has the ability to out compete pathogenic fungi in a root zone of an area you apply the tea, then I agree with you. However, I don’t view compost tea as ‘anti fungal’ per se. Copper sulfate is anti fungal in that it kills fungi. I view compost tea more as a probiotic application rather than anti…
Compost tea, when prepared properly, has antifungal properties.
Thanks for sharing your experiment.
that was an excellent comparison and a very well done presentation
Thanks
compost tea is awsome!
Very nice. Its good to see experiments like this with a side by side comparison. As always though it opens up more questions.Keep up the good work!
That’s awesom! You’re a stinking genius dude!