Has anyone ever heard of PlanTea organic fertilizer and if so:
have you used it?
what do you think of it?
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top_dollar_bread
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There are two teas being talked about here. Compost tea which I have and will continue to use is kind of like a medicine as well as having some fertilizing qualities. If I see any of my plants showing problems I doctor them with compost tea and it almost always helps unless a serious disease has moved in. Such as the case last year with the late blight.
Comfrey tea is much more of an organic miracle grow. Simply chop leaves and soak in water for 2 or 3 days strain and feed to plants. I`m guessing 2 or 3 pounds of chopped leaf to five gallons of water. I have never really measured.
I use the comfrey tea more for potted plants and inside plants. Though I have used it on leaf crops such as swiss chard and spinach after cutting to give them a quick restart to the next cutting.
I have grown comfrey in other locations and am adding it to our new place this next season as we have expanded an area outside our main vegetable garden to grow it on.
Another point to be made for comfrey is that it is an excellent amendment to the compost pile as it heats the pile quickly.
Hope this helps.
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Comfrey tea is much more of an organic miracle grow. Simply chop leaves and soak in water for 2 or 3 days strain and feed to plants. I`m guessing 2 or 3 pounds of chopped leaf to five gallons of water. I have never really measured.
I use the comfrey tea more for potted plants and inside plants. Though I have used it on leaf crops such as swiss chard and spinach after cutting to give them a quick restart to the next cutting.
I have grown comfrey in other locations and am adding it to our new place this next season as we have expanded an area outside our main vegetable garden to grow it on.
Another point to be made for comfrey is that it is an excellent amendment to the compost pile as it heats the pile quickly.
Hope this helps.
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yes thank you that help so much! do u use green leaves strait from the tree or allready multching ones from the floor? I will go colecting when it gets light ^^ I am realy intreged now!
sorry if I am going on but how do u make the Compost tea please?
I would realy like to make a batch of both, how long dose it keep for?
sorry if I am going on but how do u make the Compost tea please?
I would realy like to make a batch of both, how long dose it keep for?
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