[mr Isaccs]

Hi All.
     Over the last few months I have been brewing barrels of compost tea made out of my surplus manure and compost and a few little extras in the hope that I might grow some super veg this year.
     Has anyone had any experience with using compost tea and if so what did it benefit the most?

     Regards
     

[Rangerkris]

Its gonna be smelly i would guess 

[mr Isaccs]

It's not smelly atall lol
     The idea is to keep oxygen running through the water until you bottle it  thus somehow keeping it fresh, I didn't have an air pump to hand but stirred it vigorously a few times a day and it seems to have worked.
     I suppose the proof of the pudding will be when I open the bottles up again

[Rangerkris]

doubt i would find it unsmelly lol i really cant handle bad smells at all

[noshed]

Everyone on our site uses manure tea to great effect. I use comfrey tea as well - although I try to spread it just before I leave the plot for the day...

[mr Isaccs]

Can you buy comfrey to make liquid fertilizer with or do you have to grow it? I've read that it's really beneficial to plants,

[kingston boy]

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Can you buy comfrey to make liquid fertilizer with or do you have to grow it? I've read that it's really beneficial to plants,

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The thing to do is go to the Organic Gardening site and but some of their Comfrey pellets.
Check it out. I have bought some of their Bocking 14 Comfery plants but wont recieve them till late Mach i think they said so will use the pellete until next year

[Trillium]

Comfrey leaves can simply be used as a mulch  around crops you want to feed. If you want a liquid fertilizer, the easiest way is to pack an old blender full of dry leaves but not water. Start the blender/whizzer slowly then work towards liquefy. After a minute or two it should be mostly liquid.
Pour this into a large watering can (minus the rose end) or a 5 gal pail, top with water, and add a bit to the particular plants. Don't store this as it will soon reek beyond belief.

[peterjf]

comphrey tea, in deepest darkest east yorkshire

cut a few leaves from parent plant , we use an old onion bag filled to bursting,

we then submerge in a 45gallon drum for 2-3 weeks, staring every week,

very strong stuff when ready, then we 1/3 fill watering can with miture , top up with water and water into any plants we see fit ,

it works well on up and coming young potatoe plants , as soon as the spud plants show through the soil , each plant gets 1/2 a watering can  

[Trillium]

Peter, try my way with the blender. It's a lot faster and far less stinkier  The nutrient level is the same.

[peterjf]

i love doing it my , it sorts out the hang over

and newbies get to smell what  is the worst smell in the world ,

not got a spare blender either ,