Kyle Bagley asked 5 years ago
How often do you apply vermicompost tea and how much do you use at a time and if you have an acre field of crops to spray how many gallons would you need?
wormadmin Staff answered 5 years ago
Hi Kyle
Those details are all on the aerated tea page:
https://thewormman.com.au/aerated-castings-tea/
As a FOLIAR FEED (applying on a plant’s leaves)
A 10% tea is considered to be able to be applied at: 20 Litres per Acre.
As a Ground Drench (applying on the ground, before plants show leaves – at stages of pre seeding, seeding, germination or for plant regrowth)
A 10% tea is considered to be able to be applied at: 80 Litres per Acre.
For Small Applications (Such as small gardens, trees etc)
It should be enough to dampen leaves, if using as a foliar application.
Remember, 20 litres of 10% tea treats 1 acre as a foliar feed.
If using as a ground drench, remember 80 litres of 10 % tea treats 1 acre.
If applying to the soil around trees, you can just splash it around the bases of the trees, or apply it on the drip line.
How OFTEN Can You Use Tea?
As often as you like, really. Within reason, short of drowning plants, you can use tea as much as you like, depending on your supply of VC etc.
For applying on the ground, before plants show leaves – it seems beneficial at the stages of pre seeding, seeding, germination or for plant regrowth.
For foliar feeding, you can look at using it each week for four weeks, in the main growth phase of the plant.
REMEMBER – if your soil is dry and sterile, you will really need to work at this. Use plenty of tea and then water that tea in. Repeat.
Thanks for asking your question
Regards
Brian