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| Compost tea like topdressing with compost is an up and coming thing for one reason, they both improve the soil and are good for the environment. Topdressing with compost is one step toward a more organic approach to lawn care because most soils in today's lawns lack adequate organic matter. An additional step would be to apply compost tea. Compost tea is basically compost that is put in water usually in some type of porous bag and agitated by circulating water through it to excite the micro-organisms. This brown water full of very active micro-organisms is then sprayed onto the lawn. The combination of having a good compost on the lawn and later spraying on these highly active micro-organisms can greatly improve the turf and soil health. To learn more about compost tea check out Greater Earth Organics at www.GreaterEarthOrganics.com .
Posted by John Bentley - 09.16.08 @ 12:59 PM EST
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| Compost tea like topdressing with compost is an up and coming thing for one reason, they both improve the soil and are good for the environment. Topdressing with compost is one step toward a more organic approach to lawn care because most soils in today's lawns lack adequate organic matter. An additional step would be to apply compost tea. Compost tea is basically compost that is put in water usually in some type of porous bag and agitated by circulating water through it to excite the micro-organisms. This brown water full of very active micro-organisms is then sprayed onto the lawn. The combination of having a good compost on the lawn and later spraying on these highly active micro-organisms can greatly improve the turf and soil health. To learn more about compost tea check out Greater Earth Organics at www.GreaterEarthOrganics.com .
Posted by John Bentley - 09.16.08 @ 12:57 PM EST
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| Fall is coming and it is time to start thinking about topdressing and aeration. A local university here in Pennsylvania tells us that if you are topdressing compost that is is best to topdress first and aerate next. I see the sense in this because by topdressing first you don't run over the core with the tractor tires smearing them over the aeration holes. The cores are now up on top of the topdressing where they can dry out quicker. The final step would be to drag the cores and compost back into the aeration holes. One could also seed prior to the dragging process. The whole idea is to improve the soil, make it more healthy so it will help grow better turf.
Posted by John Bentley - 09.12.08 @ 10:15 AM EST
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