Home Made Liquid Manure

[Stevens706]

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?

[Stevens706]

[Emagggie]

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]

great tip - will start collecting some nettles

[shirlton]

We used to use nettles, Stinks a bit though.

[cleo]

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

[flowerlady]

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

[cornykev]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[sawfish]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[OliveOil]

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]

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