# How to Add Yeast to Poor Soil
Adding bread yeast to your garden is an organic, inexpensive way to enrich your soil or potting medium and promote healthy plant growth. Yeast contains B vitamins and protein that nourish plants and accelerate the growth of beneficial bacteria. You can add a yeast-based compost tea directly to soil or pour it in your compost to help break down organic matter.
Things You'll Need
- Bucket
- Fruit scraps
- Cornstarch
- Blood meal or fish meal
- Yeast
- Bread flour
- Sugar
- Finished compost
Instructions
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Mix 2 tsp. of yeast in a bowl with 1 tsp. of flour, 2 tsp. of sugar and 2 cups of warm water. Wait for the yeast to stop foaming. Add 2 tbsp. of cornstarch and 1 tbsp. of flour to the mixture and allow it to sit for two hours.
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Mix the yeast mixture in a bucket with 1 lb. of fruit scraps (no citrus), 5 tbsp. of cornstarch, a handful of finished compost and 5 tbsp. of blood or fish meal. Fill the bucket with warm water. You have now made compost tea.
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Place the bucket outside in a sunny spot. Mix the compost tea daily to aerate it.
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Let the compost tea sit for one week, then pour it in your compost bin or over poor soil.
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