Cumberpach wrote:

I've seen foliar feeds in garden centres and on the shopping channels. I'm
sure they produce good results, but they are one heck of a price. Has
anyone got any home-grown remedies for garden and allotment ?? TIA

Pete

From: http://www.greenchronicle.com/garden...ganic_feed.htm

1) Brew comfrey tea by stuffing a barrel (or something like it) with comfrey
just cut; top up the container with water; put a lid on and leave. The brew
will at first be thick and syrupy and then dark and really smelly. Use neat
around tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes etc.
2) Make a comfrey or nettle concentrate. Weight down comfrey or nettle
leaves in a container with a tap at the bottom. As the plants rot a black
plant feed can be drawn off at the tap. Dilute to use, or store in old
plastic bottles to use later. This is good as a foliar feed.
3) Wrap a good quantity of manure in a sheet or length of agricultural
fleece; tie the bundle together at the top and suspend in a barrel of
water. This will produce a manure tea for foliar feeding.
4) Collect your urine and, if you are confident that you are in good health,
dilute at a rate of 1-20 and use as a foliar feed. I would only suggest
doing this for home consumption and don't feed plants like this that you
are harvesting from in the near future.

There are some other alternatives you might like to consider: worm bin
liquid; seaweed feed if you live near a good source; finally, a good
composting system and regular applications of compost around your plants is
probably the best feed we can give them - start your estimates at around 8
tons/acre per year.

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I have a simple philosophy:

Fill what's empty.
Empty what's full.
Scratch where it itches.
-- A. R. Longworth