Worm Composting at TEDx San Antonio

by Cassandra J. Santori

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Wormilicious Podcast 15: Compost Tea with Kevin Titus

by Cassandra J. Santori

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Interview with Kevin Titus of Red Fox Organics.  Join us as we talk about compost tea, organic gardening in Central Texas, and where to get cow horns.

The cow horns relate to biodynamics, developed by Rudolph Steiner at the turn of the 20th century.

Compost tea in this context is aerated compost tea, which is made by adding a high quality compost (such as vermicompost) to water and forcing air into water.  The oxygenated water also contains some sugar, usually in the form of molasses.  This water then causes a bloom of  the beneficial bacteria and fungi present in the compost.

The resulting compost tea can then be applied to soil or plant surfaces to inoculate them with the microorganisms needed for optimal plant health.

 Podcast 15: Compost Tea with Kevin Titus of Red Fox Organics

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