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Old 08-09-2007, 06:29 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Mary Fisher Mary Fisher is offline
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Default Home-Made fertilisers


"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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I throw whatever I have on hand into an old 44 gallon drum which has a
plastic lid held down by a brick and top it up with water. I then let it
fester for a few weeks. I use a big garbage bin for between times and
always have one on the go and one lot brewing. The mix can include
manure from horse or cow or alpacas tied up in an old bag, weeds/plants
that I can't/don't compost (comfrey, dock, wire weed, marshamallow) and
then when I want to use it I put it into a watering can and dilute it till
it looks like weak tea and pour it from the watering can. Little and
often is the usual dosage. Old gardeners use multiple names for such a
brew and all have their favourite names. I call it "Black Jack" but there
are perhaps as many names as there are gardeners.


Ours is 'coomuckwatter' - despite what it might contain.

Mary