Have become an active brewer of aerated compost tea for my vegetable garden. Using worm castings, a 5 gallon tub, dual air flow aquarium pump, and added molasses and liquid seaweed.
I typically use pond water as my base as I learned that my chlorinated tap water is going to hinder bacterial growth.
Makes sense.
But leads me to a question. When I water my garden from the hose or sprinkler system (both of which come from the tap), am I killing the bacteria in the soil that I'm trying to encourage via the compost tea drenches?
Just seems odd that I'm using such a purist method to make the tea, but that every other day I'm drenching the soil with chlorinated tap water.
Compost TEa & Chlorinated Water Question
