Posted by faeychild on March 18, 2009, 9:10 pm
Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
produce a liquid fertilizer.
I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of water -
it looks good but does pong.
Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
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faeychild
Posted by jonno on March 18, 2009, 10:14 pm
faeychild wrote:
> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
> produce a liquid fertilizer.
> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of water -
> it looks good but does pong.
> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
>
>
Wood probably. But youre asking for flies,and other nasties and breeding
soil borne disease carrying bacteria perhaps.
I would prefer to bury it....It composts naturally then.
Posted by faeychild on March 19, 2009, 9:46 pm
jonno wrote:
> faeychild wrote:
>> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
>> produce a liquid fertilizer.
>> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of
>> water - it looks good but does pong.
>> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
>>
>>
> Wood probably. But youre asking for flies,and other nasties and breeding
> soil borne disease carrying bacteria perhaps.
> I would prefer to bury it....It composts naturally then.
Actually I never though of wood WOOD. I was considering only softer fleshed
plant material
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faeychild
Posted by jonno on March 22, 2009, 8:50 am
faeychild wrote:
> jonno wrote:
>
>> faeychild wrote:
>>> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
>>> produce a liquid fertilizer.
>>> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of
>>> water - it looks good but does pong.
>>> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
>>>
>>>
>> Wood probably. But youre asking for flies,and other nasties and breeding
>> soil borne disease carrying bacteria perhaps.
>> I would prefer to bury it....It composts naturally then.
>
> Actually I never though of wood WOOD. I was considering only softer fleshed
> plant material
>
You asked...I answered. Wood decomposes better in damp conditions...
Its marvelous how different fungi work...
Posted by terryc on March 18, 2009, 10:34 pm
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:10:09 +1100, faeychild wrote:
> Are all weed and garden trimmings suitable for the drowning method to
> produce a liquid fertilizer.
The idea of liquid fertiliser was that the plant(s) that went into the
water were known to concentrate certain elements/compunds.
OTOH, other plants, e.g. tobacco, are known to concentrate certain
compounds that can kill bugs.
> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of
> water - it looks good but does pong.
> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
I guess not, but see above for final use/purpose.
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> produce a liquid fertilizer.
> I have chopped up all my tomato plants and stuck them in a bucket of water -
> it looks good but does pong.
> Is there anything that can't be treated this way?
>
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