you can cut comfrey up to six times a year. If you pack it dry with a weight on it doesn't smell as much. Once you have comfrey you will not get rid of it without weedkiller.
Put holes in the bottom of one bucket and place the leaves in that (under a weight). Put this bucket into the second one. When the comfrey leaves break down (no need to add water) the resulting liquid drains through the holes into the second bucket. This should be diluted by about 15 to 1.
From what I've read the undiluted liquid has an NPK of about 8.0 - 2.6 - 20.5
You shouldn't apply comfrey tea until flowering as the high potassium can stunt growth due to a nitrogen defficiency. Too much potassium can also trigger a magnesium defficiency which is often confused with blight.
I make my own by placing 8 comfrey leaves stalk first into a empty cleaned 2 Litter drinks bottle. I then add rain water from my water butt to about 2 inches from the top, then replacing the top to the bottle this I then shake daily! it takes about 8 wk/ks for the leaves to break down !I made my first batch Last year seemed to work well I add a small amount to a watering can witch I then fill with rain water, this I leave over night to allow the liquor to homogenise 'activate the full can of liquid feed for use the following morning'... repeat m
Is it high or low nitrogen fertilizer? I want to know how to make a natural fertilizer with low nitrogen and therefore suitable for fertilizing geraniums (pelargoniums).
Hello, I only have a few comfrey plants I would like to make an organic feed for my tomato plants and wondered could I mix comfrey plants and nettle leaves to achieve this, thank you
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you can cut comfrey up to six times a year. If you pack it dry with a weight on it doesn't smell as much. Once you have comfrey you will not get rid of it without weedkiller.
You can also make comfrey tea with two buckets:
Put holes in the bottom of one bucket and place the leaves in that (under a weight). Put this bucket into the second one. When the comfrey leaves break down (no need to add water) the resulting liquid drains through the holes into the second bucket. This should be diluted by about 15 to 1.
From what I've read the undiluted liquid has an NPK of about 8.0 - 2.6 - 20.5
You shouldn't apply comfrey tea until flowering as the high potassium can stunt growth due to a nitrogen defficiency. Too much potassium can also trigger a magnesium defficiency which is often confused with blight.
can you use this feed in hanging baskets and tubs.
Potassium is good for fuits and flowers so I'd say yes. I've used it in pots for peppers with only positive results.
what is the approx. dilation rate for liquid comfrey or nettles per gallon of water please.
Hello, I only have a few comfrey plants I would like to make an organic feed for my tomato plants and wondered could I mix comfrey plants and nettle leaves to achieve this, thank you