Products promising huge amounts of veg...

[Herbsandveg]

I suspect I can’t mention any products by proprietary name, but what are members thoughts on the products on the market that say they can almost guarantee huge crops if we apply them to our veg?

I’ve bought some to use this year, but it’s the first time that I’ve ever really done so, and I wonder if people would say: a) That were natural and, b) whether the quality of the soil or compost you’d be growing in would be as equally important, and probably more so on an ongoing basis...

[Containergardener]

I dont know but await your trial

[burnie]

I take it you mean fertilisers and the like, they will work, but of course different plants need different things and a lot can depend on what your soil/compost already has in it. Over the years I have tried a few of them and to be honest I can't say any of them gave miracle results.

[Herbsandveg]

Proprietary fertiliser products...

Having had a good think about it tonight, I think I’ll just make some more Nettle Tea. Granted, it really stinks, but I think it does the job. Does anyone else on here use it?

[roitelet]

Yes, Nettle tea for leafy things and Comfrey for things that produce fruit, tomatoes etc.

[Herbsandveg]

Thank you!

Yes, Nettle tea for leafy things and Comfrey for things that produce fruit, tomatoes etc.

Thank you, Roitelet and everyone else for all your comments thus far. I’d be happy to hear fro:anyone else whilst I try to work out where to get some Comfrey, too, as I think I’d like to try it during this summer...

[Containergardener]

How do you make nettle.tea.for plants ? I always have nettles ..and docks

[Plot70]

I just kill weeds by sun drying or suffocation under manure if I can get enough.
I do this to recover the nutrients the weeds have "pinched" from the soil.

[Greenleaves]

Dont need to be dry even, just drown and let them steep, be warned it absolutely stinks. Then mix 1:10

[rary]

How do you make nettle.tea.for plants ? I always have nettles ..and docks

If you collect the nettles and put them into a net bag or an old pair of tights, then put that into a tub of water, I would advise that you use a tub with a lid as it does caus a stink, this will give you a high nitrogen feed which you do as GL said a 1 to 10 dilution in a watering can, with docks you would be better to remove the leaves from the roots as the roots take a long time to rot in water, again into a bag and steep in water, (I always add on old rusty nail to the tub for some extra minerals) this solution can be used as a general feed, as for the dock roots leave them to dry in the sun to kill them off then add to a bag and put them into the tub

[Herbsandveg]

I just kill weeds by sun drying or suffocation under manure if I can get enough.
I do this to recover the nutrients the weeds have "pinched" from the soil.

That’s an interesting idea, but I suppose you’d need to make sure you caught them before they ever set seed, which you probably would as they’d never get that far?

[PyreneesPlot]

I use comfrey tea on everything - yes it stinks - rather than nettle tea, simply because I have masses of comfrey and not a lot of nettles. But if you can have both it is better.