drowning weeds
 

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

drowning weeds
 

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.

drowning weeds
 

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.

drowning weeds
 

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
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drowning weeds
 

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

--
faeychild

drowning weeds
 

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...