drowning weeds

[faeychild[_3_]]

Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
produce a liquid fertilizer.
I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of water -
it looks good but does pong.
Is there anything that can't be treated this way?


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faeychild

[jonno]

faeychild wrote:
> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
> produce a liquid fertilizer.
> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of water -
> it looks good but does pong.
> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
>
>
Wood probably. But youre asking for flies,and other nasties and breeding
soil borne disease carrying bacteria perhaps.
I would prefer to bury it....It composts naturally then.

[terryc]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:10:09 +1100, faeychild wrote:

> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
> produce a liquid fertilizer.

The idea of liquid fertiliser was that the plant(s) that went into the
water were known to concentrate certain elements/compunds.

OTOH, other plants, e.g. tobacco, are known to concentrate certain
compounds that can kill bugs.

> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of
> water - it looks good but does pong.

> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
I guess not, but see above for final use/purpose.

[len gardener]

yep you can use any green material.

it does need a good stir a couple of times a day to keep the stench
down, or buy one of those fish tank aeraters a small one and have that
running.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:10:09 +1100, faeychild
> wrote:
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len & bev

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[faeychild[_3_]]

jonno wrote:

> faeychild wrote:
>> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
>> produce a liquid fertilizer.
>> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of
>> water - it looks good but does pong.
>> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
>>
>>
> Wood probably. But youre asking for flies,and other nasties and breeding
> soil borne disease carrying bacteria perhaps.
> I would prefer to bury it....It composts naturally then.

Actually I never though of wood WOOD. I was considering only softer fleshed
plant material

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faeychild

[jonno]

faeychild wrote:
> jonno wrote:
>
>> faeychild wrote:
>>> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
>>> produce a liquid fertilizer.
>>> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of
>>> water - it looks good but does pong.
>>> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
>>>
>>>
>> Wood probably. But youre asking for flies,and other nasties and breeding
>> soil borne disease carrying bacteria perhaps.
>> I would prefer to bury it....It composts naturally then.
>
> Actually I never though of wood WOOD. I was considering only softer fleshed
> plant material
>
You asked...I answered. Wood decomposes better in damp conditions...
Its marvelous how different fungi work...