Make your own Organic Nitrogen Rich Plant Food from Nettles ?

[vegmandan]

Well,Yet again I'm having a go at making some free,nutritious plant feed from natural sources.
This time It's Nettle Brew,which is apparently rich in Nitrogen and has beneficial trace elements.
If it works then it's so easy to make that I wish I'd done it for years.
Simply pick a load of nettles,newer growth is better...apparently,then bash it up a bit in a bucket and then cover with water and leave for a week+.
Then the resultant brew is rich in Nitrogen and really good for green leafy stuff once diluted to a weak tea colour....again aparrently.
Anyway I did a quick vid showing my method.
I hope It's as good as It's supposed to be.
Cheers,Dan.

[rootball]

Thanks, I’m going to give it a try. I like the diary very useful.

[Snadger]

It is good! Just gave my overwintering onions a blast because they were looking a bit yellow. They've now greened up very quickly.

This was stuff I made last year which has lost its pong but still appears to do the trick!

[arpoet]

Thanks Dan... I pick em and chop em up and put em in a sack in the water butts. You can also add some hos muck like the old gardeners use to do.
Roger

[Two_Sheds]

Stinks doesn't it? I mostly use comfrey tea, but now and again a nettle will go in the brew

[Shadylane]

Haven't made any nettle brew yet - I've been using the weed bin tea - dunno if it's as good though. I always manage to splash some on myself - it's totally rank. If you get it on your hands you cannot get the stench off.

[soyo]

excellent! ta

[Incy]

Just sent OH off to the plot with a chicken pellet bucket stuffed full of nettle tops with instructions to just add water.
No nettles on our plot so had to import them from home.

[Chef_uk]

Thanks Dan... I pick em and chop em up and put em in a sack in the water butts. You can also add some hos muck like the old gardeners use to do.
Roger

That was my immediate thought too when i read how easy it was to make

[crumley]

sorry just watched the vid and seen how dark it is when it's ready. do I water it down loads or can I use it as it is?

how long will it last?

and how often can I use it?

[chris]

Dilute it - somewhere around 1 part tea, 10 parts water (or just until it goes to a light tea colour.. I didn't measure anything out).

Mine lasted my growing season, but the longer I kept it, the more it STANK!

I just added new nettles, and topped up with water each time I poured some off.

I fed my tomatoes once a week with it.

This year though, I'm giving Comfrey a go, as above.