Tea's - Compost, Manure, Weed, Grass

[Dynamite]

If I do a liquid feed cocktail tea of grass, Compost, Manure, weed etc, should I add urine to it?

Regards.......Rob

[ESBkevin]

If I do a liquid feed cocktail tea of grass, Compost, Manure, weed etc, should I add urine to it?

Regards.......Rob

It will do no harm but in quantities that mean the urine will get diluted about 20:1. Be careful not to overfeed your plants, it's better to get the soil very healthy and allow them to feed themselves with a balanced diet. I use concentrated urine as an activator in compost, on woodchip piles and in my leaf mould cage.

[Dynamite]

Does anyone know if any of the Tea's we are talking about go off?

I am planning on bottling mine up and storing it in my shed. I anticipate me probably storing for maybe 6 months to a year.

Regards............Rob

[Cadalot]

I have comfrey on draft and concentrate left over from last year and I use that before the new lot starts producing, it still appears to do the trick.

[Dynamite]

I have comfrey on draft and concentrate left over from last year and I use that before the new lot starts producing, it still appears to do the trick.

Cheers Cadders

[Jay-ell]

I'm still using last years comfrey concentrate. Handy to be able to five the onions a feed before the first batch of the year it ready. Infact my last bucket of comfrey from last year was still dribbling concentrate well into this year (it was chocka block full of comfrey and was still breaking down)

[Dynamite]

I think I might be alright keeping it then. I was going to use it right through all seasons, not just Summer, will that be ok?

Regards Rob

[Dynamite]

Does anyone know if Manure Tea goes off/out of date at all?

Cheers .......Rob

[Mr Bones]

Does anyone know if Manure Tea goes off/out of date at all?

Cheers .......Rob

It depends if you're making an aerobic or anaerobic brew. Aerobic brews such as compost tea or sheep poo tea made with ingredients containing live bacteria and molasses need using immediately. Anaerobic brews such as comfrey or nettle tea (usually the ones that stink) can be stored.

[damian1225]

I have been using this stuff Instant Compost Tea with added Nano nutrients

It seems to be working well for a lot of people and I wanted to try it myself, also got the pepper feed that they do, I was keen to try the nano aspect of this particular feed, I am using on half of my stuff so will be able to give an unscientific result later in the year.. just thought I would give it a mention here in case anyone else wanted a nice easy way of using tea on steroids