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Worm cast tea

Billbo42Billbo42 Posts: 5
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Hello,been trying to make wormcastea I put casts in a nylon stocking and put in a bucket of water for 24 hours.but the water doesn't change colour,am I supposed to use hot water.

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  • GemmaJFGemmaJF Posts: 2,286
    It should go light brown. I wouldn't use hot water, it will kill the microbes that make it beneficial in the first place. Perhaps try a different sort of 'bag' old T-shirt?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I don't drink tea of any kind, but your recipe doesn't sound any worse😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Billbo42Billbo42 Posts: 5
    Even if I just put the worm casts in on there own the water doesn't change colour.
  • Billbo42Billbo42 Posts: 5
    Did what it said put a cup full in a bucket of water.got the worm casts from willy worms.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Willy worms as used in fishing?  Wrong sort of worms.  Worm cast tea is made from the casts you see on lawns, which are made by Anecic earthworms.  Those eat dead leaves etc. which is why their casts contain valuable plant nutrients.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Billbo42Billbo42 Posts: 5
    What do they feed there worms on.
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Possibly manure?
  • Billbo42Billbo42 Posts: 5
    So are these worm casts no good for plants.
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