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Nettle tea is very high in nitrogen
Quote from: redclanger on April 13, 2006, 22:19:25Nettle tea is very high in nitrogen And boy does it pong! :o
I'd imagine that one of the most readily available sources of nitrogen is also the free source! Seriously, you could use urine as a kick start. This is an extract from a report by Peter Morgan:Each of us excretes about 580 kg urine per year (for adults) - about 1.5 litres per day, and this contains many nutrients useful to plant growth. In recent figures released in China by Gao, Shen and Zheng (2002), urine contains 96.98%water, 0.53 % (3.08 kg/yr) nitrogen (mostly urea), 0.04% (0.23 kg/yr) phosphorus, and 0.14% (0.81 kg/yr) potassiumAnother piece of work goes into more detail, essentially I believe that occasional watering of the soil with a 3:1 water/urine mix will benefit leafy plants. Best you read this link in full if you feel like having a go:http://www.ecosanres.org/PDF%20files/PM%20Report/Chapter%2010%20The%20usefulness%20of%20urine%20a.pdf
...Jenny, have you tried this yourself? In fact, has anyone on this forum tried it?
what about comfrey for that notrogen boost ? Carl