Worm Tea Recipe

There are microorganisms in worm castings naturally that are cellulose
degenerators. They are in the family of Chitons. The exoskeleton of all
insects is cellulose. Once the insect comes into contact with these they
will begin to eat away at the insect. The insects can stay and be consumed
or leave for friendlier surroundings. Either way you win!

Materials:

• 1- 5 gallon bucket
• 2- cheese cloth
• 3- small aquarium pump with aeration stone

Ingredients:

• 5 gallons of de-chlorinated water. This can be rain water or tap
  water that had set in the sun for at least 24 hours. You can also
  use de chlorination solutions for fish tanks.
• 1/3 Cup of Molasses – this will serve as a food source for the
  microorganism you want to expand and grow
• 1/3 Cup of vegetable oil – this acts as a “sticker” for the solution when applied to foliage and will smother insect larva eggs

Instructions:

1. Dissolve molasses in water.
2. Add oil and insert aeration stone.
3. Place about 1 to 1.5 pounds of worm castings in double layer of cheese cloth and secure well.
4. Place into bucket or you can add worm castings loose into bucket and filter through the cheese cloth before the application process.
5. Aerate water for about 24 hours. This will allow the population of microorganisms to rapidly expand.
6. Remove aeration stone and cheese cloth and apply mixture to all vegetation via a garden sprayer or misting bottle.
7. This mixture is only viable for about 24 hours. After that the population of microorganisms begins to diminish rapidly.

One gallon will cover one acres.  This solution will kill virtually all insects including white fly, aphids, squash bugs, ants, fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, termites, flies to name a few.

Worm tea is nondiscriminatory. It will kill beneficial bugs as well.

Reapplication will be necessary after rain or watering as well as periodically to eliminate eggs that have hatched since last spray application.