~Free fertilizer: Dandelions, (lots), a little broad plantain, a comfrey leaf or two, chive and sage

[jtuck004]

flowers. Today I snatched the top off of some young stinging nettle and threw that in the bucket. The plants are thrown in a 5 gallon bucket, covered with water, and bubbled for 2-3 days - periodically I take a piece of plastic pipe and smoosh everything up, break it up a little.

(Weeds take on a whole new meaning when you use them as "dynamic accumulators" of nutrients.)

I strain it with a pillowcase and dilute it until it looks like weak tea. then I use it for a foliar spray with a little rosemary, most times some neem oil. Stops spider mites and powdery mildew. So far...

Use it for watering, diluted a little less, on Friday night, and again on Sunday to water and add Neptune's fish and seaweed.

Next up, fermented weeds as fertilizer.

[F4lconF16]

1. Cool.

What is the bubbling process? I think I saw something like this when researching fertilizers.

[jtuck004]

2. You can use an aquarium stone and pump. I used some 1/2" pvc, cut some

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little pieces and put them together with 45 degree ells - that let me make a circle in the bottom of the bucket, and then one end I put a 90 on and at the top I used another 90 with some fittings to run air from a pump. Drilled some holes in the pvc, and big bubbles.

The air keeps the liquid aerated so the anaerobic bacteria (harmful) don't form.

Tiny bubbles...