Compost tea for potting up seedlings?

attilla1000 · March 21, 2010

Just wondering if anyone has tried compost tea when potting up their seedlings.

heirloomdaddy · March 21, 2010

I imagine it wouldn't be harmful, but it's certainly not necessary. The seedlings have enough juice to make it into the ground before any real feeding. just pot up with some good organics.

amideutch · March 22, 2010

It depends what type of aggregate your using to pot up with. Some come with beneficials and ferts already added. Ami

attilla1000 · March 22, 2010

This is Tomatoville not couchpotatoville! Ya can't expect me to just sit there and watch them grow now can you? My plan was to pot up with mg mix and add extra perlite. Maybe I'll try Foxfarms light warrior. Thanks for the replys.

kerry.heafner · April 25, 2010

We have watered in some potted-up seedlings with compost tea, and they look great. Chocolate stripes and Black Zebra are the varieities we've done so far.

Garf · October 6, 2010

How about composted manure tea?

dice · October 9, 2010

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How about composted manure tea?

Earthworm castings. I mixed in about 1/4 into a mixture of
bagged seed starting mix (mostly peat) and "wild" compost
(from a huge compost pile somewhere, came in a truck).

Worked fine.

March 21, 2010	#1
attilla1000 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: PA. Posts: 32	Compost tea for potting up seedlings? Just wondering if anyone has tried compost tea when potting up their seedlings.

March 21, 2010	#2
heirloomdaddy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles Z10 Posts: 291	I imagine it wouldn't be harmful, but it's certainly not necessary. The seedlings have enough juice to make it into the ground before any real feeding. just pot up with some good organics. Last edited by heirloomdaddy; March 21, 2010 at 11:40 PM.

March 22, 2010	#3
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	It depends what type of aggregate your using to pot up with. Some come with beneficials and ferts already added. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

March 22, 2010	#4
attilla1000 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: PA. Posts: 32	Just watch them grow? This is Tomatoville not couchpotatoville! Ya can't expect me to just sit there and watch them grow now can you? My plan was to pot up with mg mix and add extra perlite. Maybe I'll try Foxfarms light warrior. Thanks for the replys.

April 25, 2010	#5
kerry.heafner Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: West Monroe, LA Posts: 40	We have watered in some potted-up seedlings with compost tea, and they look great. Chocolate stripes and Black Zebra are the varieities we've done so far. __________________ Kerry

October 6, 2010	#6
Garf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Miami, FL. Posts: 442	How about composted manure tea?