Proof Compost Mulch & Tea Work

I am always writing about how important I think compost is in the garden without actually showing in works. Sure, all my plants are growing great, but is it really from the compost items I use? I did a little experiment to give myself, and you, proof that it does work.

As you can see in the picture, I have 2 rows of sweet corn with compost mulch around them and the rest have nothing but soil around them. All of the plants get the same amount of sun and water. I did everything the same with them all, other then using the compost mulch and compost tea on the 2 left rows only.

The results are clear as day. Those 2 rows have almost doubled the rest of the plants. Actually, they have more than doubled because the next two rows to the right are a little bigger than the last 5 rows. I think they were able to reach some of the nutrients from the compost products from being fairly close. Anyway, it works wonders as you can see in the picture above.

I have now compost mulched around the rest of the sweet corn and will give them the compost tea once a week along with the rest of the garden. We will see if the final ears of corn are any larger on the first 2 rows or if the others can catch up to those. So, there it is, the results are clear, compost works wonders in the garden.

Remember, Mother Earth smiles when you garden!