[Madame Cholet]

All my perennial weed roots are now going in a water bin, what do I do now or later?

[kirpi]

Just leave them in the bin - eventually they will just liquidize.

[Madame Cholet]

days, weeks or months?

[Baldy]

Months most likely - depends on thickness etc.

Pip pip,
Balders

[Madame Cholet]

Thanks Baldy, I'll leave them till the spring.

[Kristen]

I take the water off and dilute as a feed ... and then add fresh water.  I do that until the container is full of weeds, and then I start a second container (now taking the "water" off both for feed and replacing).  When the second container is full I tip the first one onto the compost heap.

If both containers were to fill in one massive weeding session I'd need a different strategy!

[Madame Cholet]

I've filled the dustbin now onto a tall bucket.

[cadalot]

My problem is I don't know which ones are perennial weeds  In my book they have all just been a pain in the bum. But I suppose there is some logic in making feed out of them I was going to do that with nettles and I can easily identify them.

I was going to get a plastic container with lid and using the trusty soldering iron melt holes in to make a giant tea bag that I can fill then lower into my dustbin water butt.

[Baldy]

Engineers... always over-engineering. 

During the spring/summer I tend to just use nettles - plenty enough of those around. This time of year most weeds go into the same water container - use the water as a feed and dump the contents on the compost as spring approaches.  Do it as much to save on the hassle of bagging up the weeds and carting them home.
Creeping buttercup seems to enjoy the experience - so that's one weed off the top of my head that does get bagged (or now and again burnt).

Pip pip,
Balders

[cadalot]

Engineers... always over-engineering. 

Balders

Nope not over engineering. The dustbin on the left is going to be the nettle Butt and the one on the right is the Comfrey Butt and I have the tea on tap. The Comfrey from my pipe in the wall goes in there plus there is a hessian sack full of comfrey in the water butt. That's low tech and I will have to handle and dispose of the hessian sack if it does not fall to pieces or rot away, so I'm looking for a cleaner option, that's all.

[Baldy]

Its getting hold of the right sized plastic containers that I find hard. Might have to trek to a couple of different recycing yards this weekend if the weather isn't up to much.

Pip pip,
Balders

[cadalot]

Mine were £11 plastic dustbin with lockable lids and I bought two taps and then drilled 25mm holes and fixed the taps

[surbie100]

Mine were £11 plastic dustbin with lockable lids and I bought two taps and then drilled 25mm holes and fixed the taps

I feel a copycat weekend coming on....lockable bins you say...? Might let Small Child customise them with paints in Spring. See, in my mind I already have them....

[Madame Cholet]

I need to dispose of every thing on site as I normally cycle or walk to the lotty and we have no free green waste disposal at home. Nice not to loose all the goodness too. Perennial weeds often have long tap roots like dock thistles ect or a re creeping like twitch or buttercup.

[cadalot]

Mine were £11 plastic dustbin with lockable lids and I bought two taps and then drilled 25mm holes and fixed the taps

I feel a copycat weekend coming on....lockable bins you say...? Might let Small Child customise them with paints in Spring. See, in my mind I already have them....

Make sure the OH has a 25mm timber drill bit to form the hole for the taps before you buy the bins