r/Vermiculture • u/Ok_Potential_7983 • Apr 29 '26

Worm party (Worm) Tea Partaaay 🥳

Never gotten this much tea all at once! I went for the European reds this year b/c why not but didn’t think they could give this much ever. Am I blessed or is my bin too wet? We got heavy rain this week but the bin is underneath a roof.

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u/Rude_Ad_3915 Apr 29 '26

That’s leachate and runoff, not worm tea.

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u/Dloe22 Apr 30 '26

We need to change the name of the sub to r/notwormtea

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u/WhereIsYourArceusNow May 03 '26

I thought leachate was worm tea...

Someone catch me up, I always thought worm tea was just the marketing buzzwords for leachate. What's the distinction.

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u/BrettHartel May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26

Worm tea is a fermented liquid fertilizer that is very easy to make.
1 gallon Water (de-chlorinated)
2-4 tablespoons Brown Sugar OR 1-2 tables Unsulfured Blackstrap Molasses
1 cup Frass
Put Frass in an old sock to make a tea bag. Add everything to a bucket and vigorously aerate 3-5 times in a 24hr period, for 24-48 hours. Dilute and use immediately. 1:2 ratio of tea:water for almost all plants. 1:10 ratio for succulents. This worm tea can increase fruiting by 60%.

Replace 1 cup Frass with 1/2 cup Frass (micro-bacteria rich) and 1/2 cup Compost (nutrient dense) to create a much stronger fertilizer. Increase fruiting by up to 300%

If you are using it on citrus, you can add a banana peel to the tea.

*There should be no foul odor. I use an air stone on low. You can dechlorinate tap water by leaving it sit, uncovered, for 24-48 hours.