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Testing proves that there are microorganism properties in the worm tea that act as an
INSTANTEOUS insect repellant for many insects such as aphids, white fly, spider mites,
and other small bugs that eat plant juices. This is due to enzyme released in the worm tea
called chitinase which will dissolve chitin which is the exoskeleton of an insect.
Ants do not like to walk over worm castings or walk over areas sprayed by worm tea. It
may not kill ants, but it does repel them.
The 'standard' method of making worm casting tea actually works well. It takes several
days to brew, takes more steps and makes great worm casting tea in most cases. If you have
twenty-four to forty-eight hours to waste getting your tea ready, use the old standard meth-
od, remember, it works well.
The Worm Casting Tea Method makes two assumptions:
You have a Fish Tank or water that has been in an open container for overnight. (Here is a
quick and complete way to remove chlorine from water - Vitamin C (just plain water-sol-
uble ascorbic acid with no fancy additives such as Citrus Bioflavonoids or Rose Hips, etc.)
at the rate of 1mg per gallon of water. We picked up this trick on curing water from our
work on our own aquaponics systems.)
You want to brew the worm tea up and use it the same day.
The standard method works and you can certainly use it to your plant's advantage. We tend
to be in a hurry all the time and developed this new method to match our ground speed.
Ingredients and equipment:
1 cup of Organic Worm Castings because they are nearly 100% or-
ganic
10 cups of water from your aquarium, fish tank water or kitchen tap
or water from a garden hose that has been treated with Vitamin C
A bucket to hold 14 cups of water (make sure the bucket has not had
chemicals in it prior to use)
Let the blender to do the work
Wire mesh strainer (mesh strainer works better than a spaghetti
colander)
Process:
Place four to five cups of water into the blender (this process is
tough on blenders, so buy a cheap one to use only for this type of
work)
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