How Do You Make Oak Leaf Tea Cheaply To Feed Your Acid Loving Plants?
Oak leaf tea makes an excellent fertilizer for acid loving plants and is cheap and easy to make. All you need is a five gallon bucket, water and oak leaves. Oak leaf tea is cheaper than buying commercially available fertilizers which have been specially formulated for acid loving plants, and best of all, re-uses garden waste. How do you make oak leaf tea to cheaply feed your acid loving plants? Place oak leaves in the bucket until it is one third full. Then, it is a simple matter to fill the bucket with water. Place the bucket of oak leaves in water in the sun for a week, or until the water is the color of tea, a pale brown color. That’s all there is to it. The process can be sped up if you are too impatient to wait for the oak leaf tea to steep by pouring boiling water on the oak leaves instead of cold water. Once it has cooled, all you need do is strain the oak leaves out and use it on your acid loving plants instead of your usual watering regime. Whether you take the express route,
