To make compost tea, you need a 20-liter bucket, an air pump, compost, fish fertilizer, seaweed, and molasses. The first step is to ensure that the water you use is free of chlorine. This could be done either by exposing the water to air for some time or bubbling air through the water using a pump.
Making compost tea
Pick a handful of compost and add it to the water, add fish fertilizer and seaweed which will not only add nutrients to the compost tea but also feed the beneficial bacteria in both the compost tea and soil.
Add about a teaspoonful of each, and add molasses which acts as a source of food for the bacteria.
Mix the components thoroughly and let the mixture stand for between 24 to 72 hours, and here the compost tea is ready for use.
The tea can be directly applied to the soil or used as a foliar fertilizer.
The compost ta also increases the number quantity of microorganisms in the soil which enables the plants to efficiently absorb nutrients from the soil.
