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Compost Tea - A liquid amendment created by 1) extracting organisms and nutrients from compost into water 2) adding foods for those organisms to the water and 3) maintaining adequate aeration of the water to encourage the survival and proliferation of beneficial organisms.
You can send up to 3 compost tea samples per submission form for SFI NZ analysis. SFI NZ will analyse these samples and provide you with a compost tea analysis report. You can also nominate any of your samples to have an optional chemical analysis undertaken. (Out-sourced to Hills Laboratories who will charge you separately)
If you would like to proceed with a Compost Tea Sample Submission, please print, complete and send us the hardcopy form available here.
If you have any questions regarding this process or need to follow up on your submission, please contact us.