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the castings, then you can assume with high confidence that it will be great for your purposes and full<br />
of microlife. Let’s look at a few of my favorite tea recipes.<br />
REV’S TIP<br />
Teas should foam up after several hours. If they foam up immediately, this<br />
is not a sign of massive life present, but actually a sign that there are fish<br />
emulsion, and/or yucca products present. Teas that spawn massive life tend <strong>to</strong> foam up after about<br />
10 hours in a room where the ambient temps are in the low 70s (F). I use teas about twice per<br />
month on my plants, made as in the recipes below.<br />
For all the following tea recipes, always use chlorine/chloramine-free, high-quality water, and for my<br />
personal garden I bubble my teas in a ½- or 1-gallon pitcher, but I always dilute the final teas with<br />
either a ½ or 1 gallon of good water, respectively doubling them before use. With all the following<br />
teas I will give ratios for bubbling/ aerating 1 gallon, which ends up as 2 gallons of tea just before<br />
usage in my gardens.<br />
THE 3-DAY ALL-PURPOSE TEA<br />
Day One<br />
1 tablespoon kelp meal<br />
1 teaspoon high-nitrogen bird/bat guano<br />
1 tablespoon all-purpose dry organic nutrient<br />
1 tablespoon all-natural molasses<br />
BUBBLE FOR 24 HOURS<br />
Day Two<br />
¼ cup liquid Big Bloom by Fox Farm (or something with similar N-P-K ratios)<br />
1 teaspoon liquid fish fertilizer<br />
½ cup fresh, healthy living compost, or earthworm castings; first choice here is living<br />
earthworm castings<br />
10 drops CaMg+ by General <strong>Organics</strong>, or something comparable with no EDTA logos on the<br />
label and no added iron.<br />
BUBBLE FOR 24 ADDITIONAL HOURS<br />
Day Three<br />
Strain with an ordinary kitchen strainer, because we LOVE all the smaller particles of stuff in
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