Tea's - Compost, Manure, Weed, Grass

[Dynamite]

Hi all, has anyone made the Tea's below?

• Compost Tea
• Manure Tea
• Weed Tea
• Grass Clipping Tea

Which is the best of the above for a start?

I am just starting to make some Manure Tea but was interested to know about other Tea and their uses. When to feed each one and what should or shouldn't feed each one to?

Would you mix one, two or all to make a cocktail at all?

Kind Regards.........Rob

[Cadalot]

I use a combination of Comfrey, Nettle and Weed Tea, and have been known to use Compost Tea

[Baldy]

Like Cadders mine is a mix - mostly a combination of comfrey / nettles / dock leaves - IIRC comfrey is better for encouraging green growth and nettles for flowering - docks also have decent amounts of nutriens. By my reckoning a mix of the 3 should = a good general purpose feed...

[Dynamite]

I use a combination of Comfrey, Nettle and Weed Tea, and have been known to use Compost Tea

Thanks Cadalot. Do you mix them in one bucket when making or make separate and mix after?

Regards.......Rob

[Dynamite]

Like Cadders mine is a mix - mostly a combination of comfrey / nettles / dock leaves - IIRC comfrey is better for encouraging green growth and nettles for flowering - docks also have decent amounts of nutriens. By my reckoning a mix of the 3 should = a good general purpose feed...

Thanks Baldy, same question as Cadders really. Do you mix them in one bucket when making or make separate and mix after?

Regards.......Rob

[Baldy]

One big water butt - the less faff the better as far as I'm concerned. Maybe if I had more time / space I'd have one based on comfrey, one on nettles for their different nutrient supplies - and a general mixed one.

[Baldy]

Snadger has *very politely* let me know that I got my comfrey / nettles for green / flowers the wrong way round - just as well I mix the two as a general feed!

Advise for the Nettle/Comfrey users - gardening forum | gardenersworld.com

[jasyk34]

I make both comfrey and nettle feed separately in buckets. I seen a great comfrey pipe where leaves are fed into the top and liquid concentrate drains out of the bottom. I think it was from Cadalot's blog and hope to replicate it

[NickG]

Can you post how you make your teas if you get a minute. Not tried making one yet so it would be a great help to read what works for you.

[veggiechicken]

This might help! http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...urs_93168.html

[Jay-ell]

I don't make teas. I make comfrey juice by packing as much comfrey as I can into an airtight container with a tap on the bottom (I use a bokashi bin), put a brick on top and seal the container then wait until it starts producing the concentrate. The concentrate needs to be diluted as it's a lot stronger than regular teas.

The other thing I do make is my jungle juice. I pack all the perennial nasty weed roots into a bucket, stick a brick on top, cover with water then put the lid on and leave it for a couple of months. Thins like nettle, bindweed, dock, dandelion that you wouldn't throw in the compost. Like any of these infusion teas, try and open it when a gale force wind is blowing the smell away from you.

[jasyk34]

My method is simple and works for both. I get a bucket with a lid, stuff it with the leaves, put a brick in top of the leaves and then top up with water so that it covers the leaves and put lid in bucket. Let it rot down for 4-6 weeks and then strain off the liquid into containers. The resulting concentrate then requires dilution until it looks like weak tea (approx 10:1 ratio). DO NOT GET THE LIQUID on your hands/clothes as it stinks. I got it on my hands and almost vomited all day with the smell!!!!

[Cadalot]

Here are a couple of links re Comfrey Pipes & Comfrey



Alans Allotment: Grand Erections - Comfrey Pipe

Alans Allotment: What Is Comfrey?



I did have separate Nettle & Comfrey butts and used Christmas Chocolate plastic tins as tea bags for the nettles, the lids are cable tied on.

Now I have moved the nettle water butt to my other plot to be used as a comfrey on draft butt. I'm going to make more weed tea this year, normally I just use buckets and drown them and add the sieved water to my comfrey water butt.

[1Bee]

I really don't think I could handle the stench... my plot is a place of respite and a positive sensory experience...

Plus I'm quite near a house on the corner. Don't want to aggravate the neighbours...

[Dynamite]

Many thanks everyone for the generous information.

Rob