I would like to make aerated
compost tea this year. Last year I would put some worm castings, and some compost into a
bucket, stir it around for a few minutes and apply to the veggie garden. This year I would like to try making compost tea in a 5 gallon bucket and aerate it. I have read lots of stuff on permies, and watched many videos on the internet. It is one of those things that you get to much info. Everyone thinks there way is the best. It's confusing and frustrating!
I have a small to medium size veggie garden, and several flower beds, and a
rose garden. I grow organically. I just started chop and drop this year. I have been adding compost (organic compost I bought at the store) every time I have a new planting season, which is twice a year. I also add other stuff depending what I have at the time. Like Worm castings, azomite, rock dust, bone meal, blood meal, organic fertilizer, Organic
chicken manure. You get the idea. Mostly it's compost with a handful of this and or that. All of my veggie beds are raised. 3 are normal raised beds and 3 are
hugel beets. I'm doing what I can to build healthy soil to grow healthy veggies. In the raised beds I probably don't "need" to use compost tea, but I would like to give it a try. Seems like it might give the veggies a
boost, and help with soil health. Also I'm planting veggies in an area that was just a weed patch last year. It has had
wood chips on it for 6,8 months, I don't know it was late summer early fall, I don't remember lets say less then a year. Those veggies will probably need some extra help. I also put veggies on a
hugelkultur that was finished in August of 2019.
I don't have a lot of money, so cost needs to be reasonably low. I have a 5 gallon bucket, I don't want to bigger at this time. I don't know what kind of air pump I need. On another forum a person was very specific about the pump needed, and I thought yes finally! When I looked it up the description fit both an air pump and a submersible pump made by the same company. Fish air pump,
pond and or hydroponic pump, submersible pump, a pump that makes the
water pour into the bucked creating splashing. there are probably more. Do I need to buy one of those bags, can I use an old shirt, or just dump the stuff into the bucket?
The gist is I don't want to spend more then 35.00$, I don't want to have to buy 500 parts that I can't find anyway, and I don't have degree in engineering to put it together. If anyone would like to help put me out of my misery, I would be very grateful. Thanks