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anyone put "compost tea" on the palms ???


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Posted (edited)

the world record veggie guys and the legal state licensed marijuana growers swear by the compost tea.

what about for palms?

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Edited by trioderob
Posted

Never tried it. Wouldn't using heaps of compost do the same thing?

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

Posted (edited)

I'll betcha that stuff smells great!

~Ray.

Edited by Palmə häl′ik

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

Posted

We use compost tea on our entire nursery and grounds. We brew it in 2-30 gal trash barrels 3 times a week. If the compost is kept in a 400 mesh sleeve it doesnt get in the water as particulates and you can apply it thru drip and injection systems. The advantage is that you use very little compost but you are applying oxygen to extract the beneficial bacteria and fungi from the compost and it multiplies into the 1000s in the tea. It must be fed during the process with molasses and kelp or fish hydrolase so the microbes stay alive as they multiply. The theory and my experience is that it acts to repel destructive fungi and insects and builds the soils with the beneficial fungi and bacteria. It doesnt smell bad- it smells sweet like the forest floor if done properly. It must be applied within 8 hrs of removing the oxygen to remain aerobic.

David Glover

Growing cold hardy palms and tropicals in Coldspring, Tx

http://www.tejastropicals.com

Posted

I have used llama tea with great results; un-fortunately the llama that was providing me the manure was sold.

Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society Member (IPS Affiliate)

North Palm Beach

Posted

We get free 5 gal buckets full of tea here and I havent really noticed a difference yet. you cant really over apply this stuff which is great. It helps your soil food web as well.

Grateful to have what I have, Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis!

Posted

I was using the leachate, which is the drippings from my worm bin, which I thought was compost tea but have since learned that it's not and could possibly contain some undesireable compounds. I've reworked my worm bin and I'm going to brew real tea, as David has described above, once this bin matures. I've heard it does wonders.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Posted (edited)

I understand that it also works on rabbits.....

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Edited by Tomw

Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society Member (IPS Affiliate)

North Palm Beach

Posted (edited)

I was using the leachate, which is the drippings from my worm bin, which I thought was compost tea but have since learned that it's not and could possibly contain some undesireable compounds. I've reworked my worm bin and I'm going to brew real tea, as David has described above, once this bin matures. I've heard it does wonders.

Matt-

heres the deal:

"Worm tea is derived by brewing worm castings which are full of aerobic microorganisms. This process is done by aerating the worm castings,water and unsulphured molasses for approximately 48 hours in order to explode the aerobic microbe population.

Leachate is usually the opposite,full of anaerobic organisms."

Leachate = bad

worm tea = good

Edited by trioderob
Posted

I use this on greenhouse plants.

http://www.naturesbigbud.com/

They love it.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

Posted

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

Posted

I brew 25 gallons a week, and have had some outstanding results on vegetables. I have used it on palms, but hard to measure results with this drought.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

Posted

I used to uses compost tea, but have since found that worm casting is much easier to use and is cheaper. No mixing just buy your worm casting and spread around plants and every time you water or it rains your plants and palms get feed. Sure does green plants up and make them look really healthy.

Posted

How often can you apply this stuff a year?

Grateful to have what I have, Les amis de mes amis sont mes amis!

Posted

On the last article, I agree that compost tea as a disease suppressor is likely a myth, particular when used in a foliar application. I use it as a drench to maximize soil life, which makes for a healthier plant overall, and thus a more disease resistant plant.

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

  • 6 months later...
Posted

Coffee grounds used here. :greenthumb:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

Posted

I understand that it also works on rabbits.....

:lol:

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

Posted

Coffee grounds used here. :greenthumb:

Me too !!!!! post-1261-1208739184.gif

Posted

Coffee and coffee grounds here. It is too hard to follow a worm around all day with a pooper scooper.

Ed Mijares

Whittier, Ca

Psyco Palm Collector Wheeler Dealer

Zone 10a?

Posted

Oh I forgot one other technique. Uric acid, I make a lot of it on Saturday nights consuming barley products.

Ed Mijares

Whittier, Ca

Psyco Palm Collector Wheeler Dealer

Zone 10a?

Posted

Oh I forgot one other technique. Uric acid, I make a lot of it on Saturday nights consuming barley products.

:floor:

You're on fire this morning. Thanks for the laughs!

Orlando, Florida

zone 9b

The Pollen Poacher!!

GO DOLPHINS!!

GO GATORS!!!

 

Palms, Sex, Money and horsepower,,,, you may have more than you can handle,,

but too much is never enough!!

Posted

Oh I forgot one other technique. Uric acid, I make a lot of it on Saturday nights consuming barley products.

:floor:

You're on fire this morning. Thanks for the laughs!

Mule palms are gonna grow a foot this week :D

Posted

My soil is very poor, mostly sandy dirt with small round rocks. Very little if any organic material.

So in Fall/Winter I do "In Ground Composting" and then do my planting in the Spring/Summer.

But I still use some palm fertilizer just for minors.

  • 3 years later...
Posted
On 1/13/2012, 4:57:40, The Germinator said:

Oh I forgot one other technique. Uric acid, I make a lot of it on Saturday nights consuming barley products.

Burp !

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

Posted

In my post I sometimes express "my" opinion. Warning, it may differ from "your" opinion. If so, please do not feel insulted, just state your own if you wish. Any data in this post is provided 'as is' and in no event shall I be liable for any damages, including, without limitation, damages resulting from accuracy or lack thereof, insult, or any other damages

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