I have a bucket of nettle tea in my garden.
I have the following fruits :- , strawberries *, apples *, blueberries *, gooseberries **, jostaberries *, blackcurrant (no leaves yet), mulberry (ditto), white currant, tayberry, bramble, apline strawberries***, cape gooseberry ***, sunberry and tomatoes *.
* = some in flower
** = some in fruit.
*** = only seedlings.
Which would benefit from nettle tea and when ?
If all else fails you could drink it yourself with a slice of lemon
When you say "nettle tea"what exactly do you mean?
I dont know how this tea will benefit any plants.The only nettle concoction I use is a pesticide.
we stick the nettles in with the comfrey and spray when everything's growing, diluted, they seem to like it ;D
Yes,but is it a case of the comfry feeding the plant and the nettles keeping the pests away?
quite possible ;D
I have just managed to find something on this subject and I can see now how you can use nettles as a plant food
Every day is a school day ;D
No it isn't... I don't have to work on Sundays!!!
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Quote from: Fork on April 20, 2008, 15:31:50
I have just managed to find something on this subject and I can see now how you can use nettles as a plant food
Every day is a school day ;D
Please share!
I have a bug drum of what you could call nettle tea. It is full of rain water to which I add nettles when i pull them up. It stinks like a sewer when I take the lid off. I fill old fabric softener containers with the concoction and mix it in with water in the watering can to feed my crops. I don't actually notice if it is successful or not but things seem to grow okay. It doesn't cost anything and doesn't seem to harm.
Quote from: cacran on April 20, 2008, 20:12:57
I have a bug drum of what you could call nettle tea. It is full of rain water to which I add nettles when i pull them up. It stinks like a sewer when I take the lid off. I fill old fabric softener containers with the concoction and mix it in with water in the watering can to feed my crops. I don't actually notice if it is successful or not but things seem to grow okay. It doesn't cost anything and doesn't seem to harm.
Sorry for not explaining better but that is what I have.
I thought that it was commonly used among gardeners.
It really smells but it is meant to be good for plants. A bit like worm tea.
As it's a phosphorus heavy feed I'm guessing you want to apply it early in the season rather than later?