Why waste money on commercial, fossil fuel derived fertilisers when you can make your own?
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Why waste money on commercial, fossil fuel derived fertilisers when you can make your own? Very cheaply too.
Give the garden centre aisles of horrific horticultural chemicals a miss and do your plants, our insects, wildlife and the planet a favour instead.
Fermented nettle plant juice and lactic acid bacteria being made for the price of some rice and some brown sugar. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Allotment #ClimateAction
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Why waste money on commercial, fossil fuel derived fertilisers when you can make your own? Very cheaply too.
Give the garden centre aisles of horrific horticultural chemicals a miss and do your plants, our insects, wildlife and the planet a favour instead.
Fermented nettle plant juice and lactic acid bacteria being made for the price of some rice and some brown sugar. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Allotment #ClimateAction
@Broadfork Yay! Thanks for posting. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday
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Why waste money on commercial, fossil fuel derived fertilisers when you can make your own? Very cheaply too.
Give the garden centre aisles of horrific horticultural chemicals a miss and do your plants, our insects, wildlife and the planet a favour instead.
Fermented nettle plant juice and lactic acid bacteria being made for the price of some rice and some brown sugar. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Allotment #ClimateAction
@Broadfork Here in Germany we had the problem that sheep were needed to keep the landscale but nobody wanted their wool - sheep have to be shaved regularly. The wool was deposited or even burned. Since some years they make fetilizer pellets from sheep wool. It helps the shepherder and is a the ground.
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@Broadfork Here in Germany we had the problem that sheep were needed to keep the landscale but nobody wanted their wool - sheep have to be shaved regularly. The wool was deposited or even burned. Since some years they make fetilizer pellets from sheep wool. It helps the shepherder and is a the ground.
@Irisfreundin Wool pellets are sold here too but they are very expensive.
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@Irisfreundin Wool pellets are sold here too but they are very expensive.
@Broadfork Regarding that they're degraded over months and can not be washed out as every water-soluble substance, it's not so expensive. And where to get all the nettles ? I have only two small corners and they're needed for caterpillars.
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Why waste money on commercial, fossil fuel derived fertilisers when you can make your own? Very cheaply too.
Give the garden centre aisles of horrific horticultural chemicals a miss and do your plants, our insects, wildlife and the planet a favour instead.
Fermented nettle plant juice and lactic acid bacteria being made for the price of some rice and some brown sugar. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Allotment #ClimateAction
@Broadfork Sounds good, what's the recipe? Rice, brown sugar, nettles (does it have to be nettles? What about dock or mallows or oxalis? That's what I've got as weeds). In a jar - how much, how long...?
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Why waste money on commercial, fossil fuel derived fertilisers when you can make your own? Very cheaply too.
Give the garden centre aisles of horrific horticultural chemicals a miss and do your plants, our insects, wildlife and the planet a favour instead.
Fermented nettle plant juice and lactic acid bacteria being made for the price of some rice and some brown sugar. #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Allotment #ClimateAction
@Broadfork This looks different from the "put nettles and water in a bucket, and wait for a week" recipe, which I know ("Brennesseljauche" in German).
Can you give some more details on your recipe, or some link? -
@Broadfork Regarding that they're degraded over months and can not be washed out as every water-soluble substance, it's not so expensive. And where to get all the nettles ? I have only two small corners and they're needed for caterpillars.
@Irisfreundin They may not be expensive to you, great that’s the case.
One UK example https://www.islandfarmshop.com/products/garden-wool-pellets-british-rare-breed-sheep-wool
A 1.4 kg pack of wool pellets at £13.99 for recommended usage rate in a flower border of 1 kg per 2.5 m2 is not a viable option for me, irrespective of the benefits of use.
Nettles grow abundantly. I have a nettle patch on the plot from which I take very little & leave plenty for the wildlife.
Other plants can be used for making broad spectrum plant ferments: comfrey, weeds etc.
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@Broadfork Sounds good, what's the recipe? Rice, brown sugar, nettles (does it have to be nettles? What about dock or mallows or oxalis? That's what I've got as weeds). In a jar - how much, how long...?
@jjmcgaffey 2 products.
For LAB: wash/scrunch rice through the same water a few times. Set aside out of direct sun with cloth over top. 3 layers form, keep the mid layer. Compost the rest. The mid layer is fridge stable LAB pure stock.
To make the amendment: mix pure stock 1:10 with milk. Cover and set aside as above. 3 layers form. Compost upper layer and lower sediment layer.
Mid layer fridge stable LAB. Mix with = quantity brown sugar for shelf stable. Dilute 1:1000 water to use. 1/2
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@jjmcgaffey 2 products.
For LAB: wash/scrunch rice through the same water a few times. Set aside out of direct sun with cloth over top. 3 layers form, keep the mid layer. Compost the rest. The mid layer is fridge stable LAB pure stock.
To make the amendment: mix pure stock 1:10 with milk. Cover and set aside as above. 3 layers form. Compost upper layer and lower sediment layer.
Mid layer fridge stable LAB. Mix with = quantity brown sugar for shelf stable. Dilute 1:1000 water to use. 1/2
@jjmcgaffey FPJ: use any broad spectrum plant material. Nettles, dandelion etc.
Pick leaves in am on dry day. Add = quantities plant material to brown sugar. Pre mix or add in layers. Cover top layer with sugar with a weight on top to initiate osmosis. Keep material submerged.
Cover and store out of sunlight for up to a week. Then slowly drip liquid out. E.g. sieve into a jar. This is fridge FPJ.
Add apple cider vinegar to residual material for shelf stable FPJ. Dilute 1:1000 to 1:500 2/2
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@Broadfork This looks different from the "put nettles and water in a bucket, and wait for a week" recipe, which I know ("Brennesseljauche" in German).
Can you give some more details on your recipe, or some link?@pink The FPJ is different to a water extract. It’s a more concentrated liquid feed to be diluted 1:1000 to 1:500 with rainwater. It can also be made long term shelf stable after a vinegar extract.
In a UK climate if kept cool and out of sunlight the initial FPJ liquid is stable long enough to use over a growing season without refrigeration.
(See my replies to @jjmcgaffey for instructions).
The amendments (with many more) are from this book:
#Gardening #ClimateAction #Amendments #SolarPunk -
@jjmcgaffey FPJ: use any broad spectrum plant material. Nettles, dandelion etc.
Pick leaves in am on dry day. Add = quantities plant material to brown sugar. Pre mix or add in layers. Cover top layer with sugar with a weight on top to initiate osmosis. Keep material submerged.
Cover and store out of sunlight for up to a week. Then slowly drip liquid out. E.g. sieve into a jar. This is fridge FPJ.
Add apple cider vinegar to residual material for shelf stable FPJ. Dilute 1:1000 to 1:500 2/2
@Broadfork Thanks! Lots of good info.
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