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Old 08-09-2007, 11:14 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Home-Made fertilisers

On 8 Sep, 16:57, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
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.


What, no growmore? I thought you put 'everything' in it. Don't say I
give silly advice, but say you do things a different way. I do mix,
but I don't put growmore into it nor do I know anyone who puts
'everything' in it including growmore, as John said he had heard. I
basically made sure John understood that he cannot put just
'everything' he heard. That is all.

Don't carry on this vendetta Fran. I beg of you to stop it right now.