Compost Tea Bags – Best Organic Fertilizer for Hydroponic Nutrients and Container Gardening

Compost tea is a nutritionally rich “extract” of microbes, enzymes, and bioactive plant compounds made from compost. It is a true organic fertilizer.

You cannot use the same fertilizer to grow in soil to grow hydroponic gardens. The reason is that the soil will interact with the fertilizer in a very different way than water without soil. Therefore, a different fertilizer must be used for hydroponic nutrients.

Then there are the arguments that chicken manure is the best fertilizer. I’ve even heard people tell you to mix it with cow manure and add it directly to your gardens. That’s a definite mistake because fresh manure of any kind will be too “hot” and will burn your plants. Chicken and cow droppings must be aged and composted to produce the beneficial microbes in safe amounts. This is now as simple as using a compost tea bag.

I have discovered the best compost tea bags created by a certain family farm in Stony Point, North Carolina.

At first glance, I didn’t see anything special about their compost tea until I tried it in my own garden. The results were nothing short of amazing. I grow everything in 10′ pots. The plants are greener. Pumpkin, tomatoes and cucumbers are beautiful.

I personally went to Smith Farm to inquire about the formula for creating compost tea bags. You see, they have a “secret recipe” in creating the entire process for making compost tea bags.

Shhh! They use dairy cow manure.

“It has virtually no smell because it’s made with dairy cow manure, which is the crème de la crème of gourmet cow pies!”

At Smith Farm they noted that plant roots have tiny hairs and if these ever dry out, the plants will die. Compost tea bags will add enough hydroponic nutrients to the watering solution to satisfy your plants. It is truly a beneficial organic fertilizer, whether you grow in hydroponic systems or in pots. In the dairy they have a saying,

“If it works for us, it will work for you.”