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Applying compost tea

davidb6
12 years ago

I made 5 gals of compost tea last week. After it finished brewing I filled another 5 gal bucket with room temp (70 +/-) and mixed them together. This mixture was added to my back-pack sprayer. Just 10 min into applying the tea on my lawn the sprayer pump jammed. I pulled out my Ortho hose end sprayer and applied the rest of the tea using the sprayer�s largest setting (8oz per gal)

Question � Was this a smart thing to do?

Concern � I worked pretty hard to make sure the tea and the water I diluted it with were room temp�the garden hose is hooked to my well which is very cold water.

Concern � The backpack sprayer provided a nice gentle spray pattern�the garden hose has a very high pressure spray possibly killing everything in my tea.

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