Posted by JakeD on October 2, 2011, 10:12 am
Occasionally, I get a waft of something truly foul, like the cess-pit of a
dysentery-ridden POW camp. Then I discovered the source.. My neighbour, an
elderly vegetable gardener, has his own ideas about composting. He shuns
the traditional compost heap, but keeps a special 'brew' going in an old
water butt - a foetid soup of rotting vegetable matter that he occasionally
gives a good stir with a length of 4x2 - hopefully when I'm not standing
down-wind!. I asked him what he does with it. He says he pours it onto the
soil around his vegetables, which "love it".
Does anyone here us a similar method of soil nourishment?
JakeD
Posted by Martin Brown on October 2, 2011, 11:05 am
On 02/10/2011 15:12, JakeD wrote:
> Occasionally, I get a waft of something truly foul, like the cess-pit of a
> dysentery-ridden POW camp. Then I discovered the source.. My neighbour, an
> elderly vegetable gardener, has his own ideas about composting. He shuns
> the traditional compost heap, but keeps a special 'brew' going in an old
> water butt - a foetid soup of rotting vegetable matter that he occasionally
> gives a good stir with a length of 4x2 - hopefully when I'm not standing
> down-wind!. I asked him what he does with it. He says he pours it onto the
> soil around his vegetables, which "love it".
> Does anyone here us a similar method of soil nourishment?
There is a version of that method using comfrey which also smells
disgusting but the plants seem to thrive on it. My neighbour swears by
infusion of sheep droppings which don't smell quite so bad.
I tend to use Phostrogen as liquid feed or Growmore. YMMV
Regards,
Martin Brown
Posted by Janet on October 2, 2011, 1:38 pm
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>
> Occasionally, I get a waft of something truly foul, like the cess-pit of a
> dysentery-ridden POW camp. Then I discovered the source.. My neighbour, an
> elderly vegetable gardener, has his own ideas about composting. He shuns
> the traditional compost heap, but keeps a special 'brew' going in an old
> water butt - a foetid soup of rotting vegetable matter that he occasionally
> gives a good stir with a length of 4x2 - hopefully when I'm not standing
> down-wind!. I asked him what he does with it. He says he pours it onto the
> soil around his vegetables, which "love it".
>
> Does anyone here us a similar method of soil nourishment?
>
> JakeD
I used to when I had a much bigger garden. That's a classic nettle or
comfrey brew; it's a great plant feed and the smell is even worse than
your decription. Needs a tight lid on the brewery but after application
the pong soon goes away.
Janet
Posted by Pete C on October 2, 2011, 3:36 pm
> Occasionally, I get a waft of something truly foul, like the cess-pit of a
> dysentery-ridden POW camp. Then I discovered the source.. My neighbour, an
> elderly vegetable gardener, has his own ideas about composting. He shuns
> the traditional compost heap, but keeps a special 'brew' going in an old
> water butt - a foetid soup of rotting vegetable matter that he
> occasionally
> gives a good stir with a length of 4x2 - hopefully when I'm not standing
> down-wind!. I asked him what he does with it. He says he pours it onto the
> soil around his vegetables, which "love it".
> Does anyone here us a similar method of soil nourishment?
> JakeD
Yep. I have some Comfrey plants and I also mix in young nettle tips. And
yes, it stinks!! I use a 25lt. drum and dilute the result 10:1
Pete C
Posted by mogga on October 3, 2011, 5:45 am
>Occasionally, I get a waft of something truly foul, like the cess-pit of a
>dysentery-ridden POW camp. Then I discovered the source.. My neighbour, an
>elderly vegetable gardener, has his own ideas about composting. He shuns
>the traditional compost heap, but keeps a special 'brew' going in an old
>water butt - a foetid soup of rotting vegetable matter that he occasionally
>gives a good stir with a length of 4x2 - hopefully when I'm not standing
>down-wind!. I asked him what he does with it. He says he pours it onto the
>soil around his vegetables, which "love it".
>Does anyone here us a similar method of soil nourishment?
>JakeD
I have tried this in the past. Probably too offensive a smell for if
you have fussy neighbours. The plants liked it though.
Dandelions take a very long time to rot.
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> dysentery-ridden POW camp. Then I discovered the source.. My neighbour, an
> elderly vegetable gardener, has his own ideas about composting. He shuns
> the traditional compost heap, but keeps a special 'brew' going in an old
> water butt - a foetid soup of rotting vegetable matter that he occasionally
> gives a good stir with a length of 4x2 - hopefully when I'm not standing
> down-wind!. I asked him what he does with it. He says he pours it onto the
> soil around his vegetables, which "love it".
> Does anyone here us a similar method of soil nourishment?