A good standard recipe for worm tea is:
5 gallons of de-cholrinated water. If using tap water let stand for 24 hours or highly aerate with an aquarium pump and air stone to reduce the time to eliminate the cholorine.
1/3 cup of Molasses. This is a food source for growing and multiplying the essential micro organisms.
1/3 cup of Vegetable Oil. This aids when used as a foliage spray to help stick to the leaves and to smother insect eggs and larva.
1 cup of Worm Castings.
Optional additives:
1 tablespoons of kelp meal
1 tablespoon of humic acid
Instructions for Brewing:
1. Dissolve all the ingredients into the water except the worm castings.
2. If you have a cheese cloth bag place the castings in it and lower into your water and attach to the bucket or whatever you're using (it will be dipped or steeped much like a tea bag into the water). If you don't have a bag the castings can be mixed into the water freely but will need to filtered out or care taken not to pour into your sprayer as the castings could clog the sprayer.
3. Add heavy aeration air stones or whatever source used to aerate the water. Depending on the temperature you'll need to aerate the water for about 24 hours. Times may be shorter if temps are above 80 but longer if below 80.
Make sure you use the finished tea within 24 hours or the microbes will start dieing and be reduced. The sooner you use the tea the better!
Apply the tea as often and as much as you'd like for better results. You can't overuse it.
Enjoy!
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