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Tenielle Jordison

How to make compost tea – this simple concoction is the best organic fertilizer for plants, says a composting expert

How to make compost tea.

With a keen interest in making more eco-choices in the yard, I'm always excited to learn of new organic fertilizers I can feed my plants to boost their growth. That combined with a love for composting has landed me exploring compost tea; a liquid fertilizer that uses fresh compost.

If you already make your own compost, you can make compost tea easily. You can also just use compost you've purchased from the garden center. 'Compost tea is a liquid made by steeping fully finished compost in water to extract beneficial microbes and nutrients,' describes Lauren Click, founder of Let's Go Compost.

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