WHERE DOES COMPOST TEA FIT INTO PLANT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS?
First of all, actively aerated compost tea is NOT a pesticide. However, many of the beneficial organisms that are present in many teas do compete with, feed on, or are antagonistic toward plant diseases, pest insects and plant feeding nematodes, when they are in their natural soil environment. So, teas can put back needed beneficial microbes to a disturbed environment such as a golf course, landscape or farm. The microbes in the tea provide a wide variety of plant benefits, including: Building soil structure; retaining and cycling of plant nutrients; improved water holding capacity; breaking down toxins in the soil.
