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jtuck004

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Thu May 14, 2015, 12:30 AM May 2015

~Free fertilizer: Dandelions, (lots), a little broad plantain, a comfrey leaf or two, chive and sage

flowers. Today I snatched the top off of some young stinging nettle and threw that in the bucket. The plants are thrown in a 5 gallon bucket, covered with water, and bubbled for 2-3 days - periodically I take a piece of plastic pipe and smoosh everything up, break it up a little.

(Weeds take on a whole new meaning when you use them as "dynamic accumulators" of nutrients.)

I strain it with a pillowcase and dilute it until it looks like weak tea. then I use it for a foliar spray with a little rosemary, most times some neem oil. Stops spider mites and powdery mildew. So far...

Use it for watering, diluted a little less, on Friday night, and again on Sunday to water and add Neptune's fish and seaweed.

Next up, fermented weeds as fertilizer.



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~Free fertilizer: Dandelions, (lots), a little broad plantain, a comfrey leaf or two, chive and sage (Original Post) jtuck004 May 2015 OP
Cool. F4lconF16 May 2015 #1
You can use an aquarium stone and pump. I used some 1/2" pvc, cut some jtuck004 May 2015 #2
 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
2. You can use an aquarium stone and pump. I used some 1/2" pvc, cut some
Thu May 14, 2015, 01:55 AM
May 2015

Last edited Thu May 14, 2015, 05:15 AM - Edit history (2)

little pieces and put them together with 45 degree ells - that let me make a circle in the bottom of the bucket, and then one end I put a 90 on and at the top I used another 90 with some fittings to run air from a pump. Drilled some holes in the pvc, and big bubbles.

The air keeps the liquid aerated so the anaerobic bacteria (harmful) don't form.

Tiny bubbles...





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