Topic: Green Manure

[Uncle Joshua]

Having read about green manure here somewhere I have started some nettles off in barrels of water and was wonering how long they need to mature and what plants would benefit from being watered by them?

[saddad]

Untill they have more or less totally disintegrated... depends on ambient temp., anything but esp. leaf veg as they are packed with nitrogen... you can just wilt them a bit and use as an accelerator in your compost bin if it is too public to wee into!
 ;D

[Sprout]

I also use nettle tea until my comfrey's are big enough for picking. I use the tea on all of my plants as I think that they'll all benefit.