nettle compost

[simongimson]

has any one tryed to make nettle compost i here its really good veg feed

what do you guys think

[chris]

I've made nettle tea (as in for a feed for plants, not the sort you drink personally) before.... but nettle compost? What's that just nettles rotted down with browns added?

[simongimson]

from what i have been told you just let them rot down with cardbord i been told its really good compost

how did the nettle tea for plants go ?

[chris]

Really well, although comfrey tea is supposed to be better (I only had a small amount of this last year to try in comparision to the nettle tea). I believe the npk ratios are different too.

Really easy though, I stuffed a 4 pint milk bottle as full as possible with nettle leaves, filled up with water and left to rot down for a good month or so. It absolutely stinks when you open it, but then you can dilute it down to a "weak tea" colour to give your plants a boost. I kept topping it up with water, and it was fine all year. I now have a section of nettles alongside my greenhouse that grow very fast (might be because my chickens seem to roost in there - no doubt their poo helps it grow).

[simongimson]

that sound a good easy to make i have a go at thats cheers

[Dynamo]

I made a couple of tubs full of nettle tea last year and forgot to use it. Its still in the tubs now. lol

[Mikey]

I make Nettle tea in a bucket, I'm never short of buckets as I like making home brews!!

If you have nettles on your plot keep a bit, if not go collecting. I weaken the tea to 1 part tea to 10 of water. Its a good all round fertiliser.

[simongimson]

i just won a wormery on ebay so am going to try worm compost and worm tea

[allotment grower]

nettle tea compost.. it is potent stuff...
you can allow the nettles to rot down in a bucket with a lid on it..

you will need to sieve the jucies into bottles or another bucket it has to be diluted approx 10 water-1 brew.. good on brassica's butterflys dont like the smell..

also wear rubber marrigold gloves.. it is so potent if you spill some on your hands or clothes your wife will not let you in the house.. it stinks.........trust me...

[hollychap]

i made some cream of nettle soup last year well worth trying

[solway cropper]

I've also made nettle soup and agree it's very tasty. A much maligned plant in my view as, not only can you eat it, but it does make an excellent liquid feed. I always let a patch grow at the back of the shed.

[veggiechicken]

I make nettle soup too! If any of my intended vegetable crops was as prolific as a clump of nettles I would be very pleased. I chuck the old cut off nettles into the compost bin or strew them around the fruit bushes (minus roots of course) to wilt.

[maytreefrannie]

Nettle Manure

If you have nettles on your plot keep a bit, if not go collecting. I weaken the tea to 1 part tea to 10 of water. Its a good all round fertiliser.

I usually make it in 2-litre plastic cartons - good for pouring and keeping the smell under wraps.

Here it's called Nettle Manure and I agree with Mikeywills.Yes, it stinks, make sure not to spill it on your clothes and, as Allotment Grower says, wear gloves. I think it's the best - and free.

[Two_Sheds]

Nettles are high in nitrogen, so very good for leafy crops.

Comfrey & borage are higher in potassium, which is what fruiting crops need

[jdlondon]

Comfrey & borage are higher in potassium, which is what fruiting crops need

Do you use the same nettle method of maytree's to make these feeds too? It sounds so easy and uncomplicated, well worth me growing some comfrey and borage.