Compost tea: crack for your garden

Lets be honest, its harder growing organic food. In fact, most people these days can't imagine a garden without the term 'miracle grow'. But do you ever wonder what they put in miracle grow to make miracles? I do. And I'm pretty sure what they put in it is chemicals. So the question then becomes, is it really worth it to trade in your organic vegetable garden and food safety for a miracle grow chemical crop just for a few more tomatoes???

ORGANIC =  NO CHEMICALS USED 

Here are some Miracle-Gro Ingredients: 

• Ammonuim Phosphate = Chemical; can be toxic to your soil and plants, salt; degrading soil nation wide
• Urea  = slaughterhouse animal urine, salt
• Potassium chloride = common potassium fertilizer, metal halide salt
• Boric acid = large levels are harmful to subterranean insects
• Copper sulfate = chemical compound = blue oxidized copper and salt (salt = no good for soil usually)
• Iron EDTA = Chemical compound made in a lab
• Magnesium EDTA = Chemical compound made in a lab
• Zinc sulfate = mineral compound
• Sodium molybdate = salt metal compound

Here's my suggestions for good organic fertilizers:

• COMPOST TEA = garden crack
• Fish Emulsions
• Fish tank water and fish poop sludge from a tank
• Worm castings from a vermicompost bin
• Condensed liquid seaweed
• Spent mushroom compost
• Any fresh organic compost is teaming with good bacteria to boost plant's immunity
• Egg shells

Vitamin c +molasses+ worm poop + water + oxygen = garden crack

Brandywine Heirloom Tomatoes

The pictures above show the brewing process for compost tea. It was super simple and cost practically nothing, other than the 2 products that I bought pictured above, Molasses and Vitamin C tabs. Just add an aerator for oxygen and poof, you've got water teaming with good microbes for your plants, the best fertilizer on the planet.

Cluster tomatoes

After 19 hours of brewing the tea, I put it in my watering can and dumped it ALL OVER the plants, not just at the roots. This should boost the good microbs so that the plant forms a protective wax. This will provide defenses against the pests and will allow for that plant to put all its energy towards getting large and producing fruits and healthy foliage instead of fighting off bad guys and regenerating leaves that are just going to get munched again.

Crinkle and romaine lettuce

I will keep posting updated pics of the compost tea results, however I do not have a control plant, I added it to all the plants. Consider these the before pics.
 I think my plants are looking a lot healthier at the new home, and the compost tea should really boost that so I'm expecting a pleasant yield this year. Stay tuned.

 I'll leave you with this. If this doesn't get you stoked about growing a garden, I don't know what does: