A typical wetting agent is common dishwashing (manual) liquid detergent.
A typical agent for aiding "good" bacteria that eats lawn refuse like leaves
and grass cuttings is the common beer.
Teas are not an exact science of mixtures and percentages related to water.
They are highly biodegradable, so one person's recipe in terms of amount
related to water may differ much from anothers. So, its difficult to make a
mistake that will genuinely adversely affect the plants and trees.

Not related to the issue at hand:
Typical agent to aid nitrogen level is common household ammonia.
Typical agent for fending off insects is chewing tobacco immersed in a nylon
stocking for 24 hours or more in warm area. The resulting liquid is placed
in the hose sprayer, not the wetted tobbaco itself.

If you don't want to accelerate the process, place leaves and grass cuttings
in a small circular fence area and stack it. Takes about a year, keep it
moist, not wet. When its "cooked" put it where you want. Don't put your
gold at curbside for trash pickup.
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Dave

If it looks like fish, smells like fish, its not
a cantaloupe.
"Keith Corwell" wrote in message
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Tell me more about the "TEAS" I always have just mulched up the leaves and
let them lay.


"Dioclese" NONE wrote in message
m...
"willshak" wrote in message
m...
If no scientific study available, which is better in your experience or
opinion?
Raking all the leaves off the lawn before winter, or leaving the leaves
where they fell, and under a blanket of snow (see sig for location). If
left on the lawn where they fell, would the nutrients be better
released
by melting snow, and also provide a smidgen of insulation for the
ground?

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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After you mulch the leaves, aid the decompostion with a wetting agent and
something that aids bacteria in breaking down those leaves. There are a
few
"teas" in combination out there in recipes to put in your hose sprayer
bottle.
--
Dave

If it looks like fish, smells like fish, its not
a cantaloupe.