Liquid Grass Clipping Fertilizer

[Jonny.D]

Came across this and wondered if anyone had tried it out?

Liquid Grass Clipping Fertilizer | Ken Peavey, The Farm Whisperer


... asking as an abundance of clippings are available to me from a pal who is a gardener

[Bigmallly]

I don't see why not Jonny, just put some in a hession bag or similar, I use laundry net bags for my green waste then just soak it in a tub of water. It should be a good Nitrogen feed. Don't keep the container too close to the house as it will stink.

[Jay-ell]

Judging from the link the grass tea is used before it starts to stink.

Currently have 2 buckets of bindweed roots that have been soaking over winter. Should be ready to drain and use now - once I get the stomach to open them up.

[Bigmallly]

I know I'm weird but I love the smell of it, it reminds me of driving in the countryside after the muck spreaders have been out..................

[veggiechicken]

Judging from the link the grass tea is used before it starts to stink.

Currently have 2 buckets of bindweed roots that have been soaking over winter. Should be ready to drain and use now - once I get the stomach to open them up.

I'm the same, jay-ell! I have a gallon container of last year's compost tea - and its bulging. I'm sure its going to explode soon but I'm too much of a wimp to unscrew the top. Have this awful feeling that, one day, it will go bang and I'll be covered in stinky gloop

[snakeshack]

be careful not to use clippings from lawns treated with lawn weed n feed as the chemicals may persist and affect growth of your crop

[Jonny.D]

be careful not to use clippings from lawns treated with lawn weed n feed as the chemicals may persist and affect growth of your crop

Thanks Snakeshack, I am aware of this.

I'll try this out on a patch and update how it turns out

[ESBkevin]

If you can access lots of nice grass clippings it might be better to use them as mulch, that way you slowly get the nitrogon but also get weed suppression, water retention and worm action with improved soil texture. This time of year young nettles make great tea for leaf development.

[NatalieCooke]

I made some nettle tea last year I'm sure I've read on here it can only be used on flowers? I was hoping to use it on the veg.

[ESBkevin]

In simple terms nettle tea promotes green growth, comfrey tea promotes fruit/flowers. But any compost tea will add nutrients where there are none or later in the season when the compost is getting weaker. If you are well composted and mulched the benefits become negligable and efforts collecting more organic material would be a better use of your time.
See the Michael Dolan 'one yard revolution' yootoob on '10 gardening products and practices I have abandoned'.
Micheal is a prolific yootoober and a long term organic small garden grower, but he is well informed and puts accross his messages really well.

[Jonny.D]

Been using this with no adverse impacts, though not on the Rhubarb as it didn't like grass mulch

[Root66]

I used liquid grass fertiliser last year. Bunged in a few handfuls of grass cuttings from the edge of my plot in to a container and filled with water. Used on my french beans last year when they were about 5 inches high and literally changed the whole complexion of the plant - The leaves became larger and more vibrant and so then caused a sharp increase in growth. I applied twice a week for a couple of weeks and then return to just water in the lead up to flowering and pod producing.

Will be applying to other crops this season but only for a limited time within that leaf/plant development stage. Then be turning to my more potassium based options, such as wood ash tea and seaweed tea

[Jonny.D]

Used this on the mint we have, this one did not like it, & started to look like was going to die & then developed this fungus / mold.



Had no problems with this one,

[Florence Fennel]

Well that's a new one on me Jonny - I have never had to use feed on mint - it's really tough, or maybe that's only in Yorkshire! I use comfrey tea for most other things, particularly when the tomatoes start to flower

[SusieG]

Well that's a new one on me Jonny - I have never had to use feed on mint - it's really tough, or maybe that's only in Yorkshire! I use comfrey tea for most other things, particularly when the tomatoes start to flower

Hmmm yes, me too Flo - mint is a bit of a thug, I've found - perhaps it gets a bit 'soft' the further south you go ......