[7munkee]

I've had a pile in the back corner of my garden that I pile all my grass clippings, tree leaves, garden scraps. small sticks, cardboard, etc. Its abuot 3 years old now and is mostly worm castings, It was turned over each fall by my son. Last year I had volunteer tomato plants growing out of it and got almost 50lbs of heirloom mule train tomatoes. Each weighed like 2-3 lbs. Monster tomatoes.

I'd love to use it inside but am scared to death of bringing something in and throwing off the inside ecosystem I have going. My two 15-gallon SIP boxes are full of very lively soil with worms, beetles, and other crawlies.

My compost has never heated up except on top when I add my grass clippings and is a cold compost.

Think its safe to make tea out of it for inside my house? I just gave my plants some ground up malted corn/barley, so there are plenty of enzymes ready in the soil to munch the tea microbes.

 

[Mikedin]

I've had a pile in the back corner of my garden that I pile all my grass clippings, tree leaves, garden scraps. small sticks, cardboard, etc. Its abuot 3 years old now and is mostly worm castings, It was turned over each fall by my son. Last year I had volunteer tomato plants growing out of it and got almost 50lbs of heirloom mule train tomatoes. Each weighed like 2-3 lbs. Monster tomatoes.

I'd love to use it inside but am scared to death of bringing something in and throwing off the inside ecosystem I have going. My two 15-gallon SIP boxes are full of very lively soil with worms, beetles, and other crawlies.

My compost has never heated up except on top when I add my grass clippings and is a cold compost.

Think its safe to make tea out of it for inside my house? I just gave my plants some ground up malted corn/barley, so there are plenty of enzymes ready in the soil to munch the tea microbes.

I know the feeling I have 2 fair sized cold compost piles, similarly a few years old, mostly castings as well now too, I personally keep my compost for my outdoor garden, only because any time I’ve brought anything into my tent from outdoors I’ve had run issues with either a funky disease or PM or bugs, after last run I went full shutdown to sterilize everything at once and start fresh.

I’d gladly use it on my outdoor and in the veggie gardens but I don’t think the risk of losing the crop is worth saving the $20 for a bag of compost

 

[7munkee]

There was a guy on youtube a few years back that would bake his compost in an old oven he had on his porch and ship a small bag for $10.

I would think that anything we were after in the tea would be killed by baking...

 

[TLOnewbie]

I've had a pile in the back corner of my garden that I pile all my grass clippings, tree leaves, garden scraps. small sticks, cardboard, etc. Its abuot 3 years old now and is mostly worm castings, It was turned over each fall by my son. Last year I had volunteer tomato plants growing out of it and got almost 50lbs of heirloom mule train tomatoes. Each weighed like 2-3 lbs. Monster tomatoes.

I'd love to use it inside but am scared to death of bringing something in and throwing off the inside ecosystem I have going. My two 15-gallon SIP boxes are full of very lively soil with worms, beetles, and other crawlies.

My compost has never heated up except on top when I add my grass clippings and is a cold compost.

Think its safe to make tea out of it for inside my house? I just gave my plants some ground up malted corn/barley, so there are plenty of enzymes ready in the soil to munch the tea microbes.

Do you need it?
I wouldn't risk it myself.
I agree with your concern
If everything inside is strong and healthy, why risk it?

 

[7munkee]

Do you need it?
I wouldn't risk it myself.
I agree with your concern
If everything inside is strong and healthy, why risk it?

I was thinking of microbe diversity. But along with that there is also pathogen diversity.
Jeremy Silva from BuildaSoil recommends running your compost through a worm bin, but with the amount I have, it would take another year.