Author Topic: Home Made Liquid Manure (Read 6799 times)

Stevens706 · « **on:** March 15, 2007, 11:59:07 »

Hi

I have been watching Victorian Kitchen Garden after hearing about it, it’s really good and has some great tips, one episode showed them making their own liquid manure by placing a fresh cow pat into a muslin sack then placing it into a bath to infuse (just like a tea bag).

Has anyone tried this maybe using farm or horse muck, and is it worth doing?

Emagggie · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2007, 13:17:34 »

Yup, do it with horse poo,nice drop of stuff ;D Also tried it with comfrey leaves but it smelled something awful :o I read somewhere that a nice treat for seedlings is a weak mix of manure and nettle water.If I find some nettles I will give it a go.

okra · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2007, 16:52:46 »

great tip - will start collecting some nettles

shirlton · « **Reply #3 on:** March 15, 2007, 16:59:53 »

We used to use nettles, Stinks a bit though.

cleo · « **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2007, 17:16:14 »

A bag of muck works well and smells less than comfrey or nettles-they do pong a bit!

flowerlady · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2007, 18:42:12 »

And when its up you can do the same with Comfrey :)

cornykev · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2007, 19:02:30 »

Okra I used nettles last year, be warned don't let it stand for too long as Shirlton says its stech is awful especially on the hot days. :'( :'( :'( ;D ;D ;D

teresa · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2007, 23:45:06 »

Mum in law would go and collect sheep droppings and put into water to dissolve and feed her carnations she grew some good ones?
I have done comphrey and old cow muck. Also good is when you clean the filters out of the pool now that is very good stuff highly recomend.

Eristic · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2007, 00:12:35 »

When I was a young lad I earned extra pocket money by collecting bags of dried cow-pats for my dad. Great! Farmer thought I was just collecting cow-pats but I got more dosh for the peewit eggs.

Used in the greenhouse as a daily tonic in the watering can certainly produced the best tomatoes in the village at that time and probably equals or betters any currently available foliar feed.

Personally, I do not rate the comfrey or nettle feed very highly and believe that they should only be used as a last resort when the country runs out of horses. (That's my opinion, not advice).

Si · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2007, 00:54:08 »

I've used nettles with some effect at treating bark flaking on a redcurrant. I think it has some useful elements like boron, magnesium and zinc that you don't always get in other feeds.

cornykev · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2007, 17:46:24 »

Also used Rooster pellets left in a bucket of water for a few days, and topped up watering can with the feed, again be warned if left too long the stench becomes unbearable but a good wasp trap ha ha ha. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

little miss knuckles · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2007, 20:24:39 »

Hiya....just a question....ive got ALOT of pigieons next door and im going to use this for my liquid feed - just wondering is that ok or is there some dark secret i should be told before i go making some up ??? ::) ::) ::) ::)

thanx
;D LMK ;D

cornykev · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2007, 21:38:54 »

Have you seen what pigeon sh#t does to the paintwork on your car. :( :( :'(

sawfish · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2007, 23:30:39 »

I think solids are more beneficial than liquids and if you can get a cowpat or some comfrey, shove them under your soil rather than turn them into liquid fertilizer.

marestail murderer · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2007, 05:29:33 »

LMK................i assume you mean pigeon poo.and not the whole pigeons......i would have thought theyd get stuck in the spout of the watering can?......lol :)

seriously tho............dont risk your health by digging up mounds of fresh or dry pigeon poop...........there is a chance that you may pick up somthing from the dust it causes...........not nice!!!!!

Andy H · « **Reply #15 on:** March 17, 2007, 13:19:36 »

Quote from: Stevens706 on March 15, 2007, 11:59:07

muslin sack then placing it into a bath to infuse (just like a tea bag).

Is that with milk and sugar or cream???

Seriously though, I am going to try it this year.

Andy H · « **Reply #16 on:** March 17, 2007, 13:21:16 »

Quote from: little miss knuckles on March 16, 2007, 20:24:39

ive got ALOT of pigieons next door and im going to use this for my liquid feed

As above, I read it the same way, you gonna kill the buggers first!

Stevens706 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 17, 2007, 13:52:15 »

Thanks for everyones help, I will try it this year with horse muck.

OliveOil · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2007, 08:30:12 »

i did a mix last year of chook poo, nettles and weeds - god that stank.... but i watered inthe courgettes and squashes with it - seemed to work.

manicscousers · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2007, 09:47:18 »

you think yours stunk, we mixed nettles, weeds comfrey dock roots, water and pee..good grief, it was awful when you took the lid off but, when diluted, it worked ;D

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Author Topic: Home Made Liquid Manure (Read 6799 times)