Liquid manure

[chilli_man]

Hi all , I am knew to this forum but not to gardening, what I was wondering was do any of you use liquid manure and if so how good do you find it, are there any veg plants that really benifit from having it in liquid form.

thanks

[solway cropper]

I use no chemical fertilizers but lots of liquid manure and get fantastic results. Living by the coast I collect lots of seaweed which makes an excellent feed and which tomatoes seem to like. The fact that are lots of seaweed derived commercial fertilizers available is testament to its effectiveness. I also uses diluted urine (applied to the roots, not the foliage) and nettle/weed tea.

I'd say all plants benefit from liquid feed as the nutrients are already in soluble ionic form and thus available straight away rather than having to be broken down.

[chilli_man]

One of the reasons I ask is that I use manure for every thing, and for potting large tubs, especially if the manure is about 5 years old then its like crumbly black soil, and the fact is I have three stables and A pile about 60 ton about twenty ft away from where I grow, just have not used much liquid manure before

[Aberdeenplotter]

provided you have no issues with aminopyralid, your 60 tons is worth its weight in ermhh vegetables. Straw based fym doesn't just feed, it improves thesoil structure and adds to the humus content so that would be the preferred feeding regime for me. However, having said that, liquid feeds can give a quick boost when needed so there is also a place for them whatever other fertilisers you decide to use.

[chilli_man]

Thanks for your replies, but no herbicide has been used on land ever, or any chemicals etc, we will try A few barrels of liquid manure next year and see how it does, same goes for nettles, sea weed, and comfry

[alldigging]

Spread the muck on the plot and let the worms dig it in over winter.
Oldest stuff first.

[rustylady]

Whereabouts are you Chilliman? I'm sure if you have too much muck for your needs you would find eager takers, specially as you don't use herbicide.

[Dusty Rhodes]

Welcome to the Grapevine! Don't forget to list your location.

If you Google "manure tea", there are some interesting writeups to be found on using manure in liquid form.

[alldigging]

If we have a wet spring and summer then there'll be little need to water...

[Feral007]

I'm using horse scones in a water barrel and it's been fabulous with the young plants. The rainbow chard is loving it and the peas and beans. I added some lucerne hay just because I could last time. Some dvd we watched said there was something else protazoa? you could get from it. Anyway it stinks but it works great.
Problem for me is the dogs going onto the garden and taking the manure straight out - with the liquid I was worried they would dig it up, but they just sniff it and look disappointed, so a bonus here.

[BertieFox]

Everyone here uses 'purin d'ortilles' or 'nettle soup', which is just the same as using comfrey... steeping the leaves in water for several weeks. You dilute the resultant smelly brown liquid and use it on most plants like tomatoes and peppers, melons and so on, anything that will benefit from feeding. I have found this to make a huge difference and analyses of the 'purin' have shown a large amount of nitrogen and other nutrients. You can of course combine your weeding of the nettle patch with making the liquid feed. Some people claim that using it as a spray and foliar feed protects plants against pests and even mildew or blight.