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Home made Tomato Food
Road Apple Stew
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Any recipes out there people? I fancy something natural instead of the commercial, chemical stuff.
I've found one on the internet; rabbit droppings, human or pet hair, crushed eggshells, coffee/tea grounds, wood ashes ...
Just up my street apart from rabbit poop and hair. I may use some of my Road Apple Soup (that goes on my onions) as a base.
Any other ideas would be welcomed!
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Last year on Beechgrove they trialled commercial feeds for tomatoes and the best results came from comfrey "tea".
Take foliage from comfrey plants and crush and stuff in a bucket with a lid. Add water and leave to steep, covered, for 3 to 4 weeks. Stir occasionally whilst holding your nose.
Dilute the resulting liquid 10 parts water to 1 of the tea and use to feed tomatoes. Very good also for other flowering and fruiting plants.
Nice one Edd. That might just be a reason for me to start a wormery! I 've used comfrey tea extremely successfully for many years... but it doesn't half whiff!
iv'e made some comfrey and nettel tea ,now can anyone tell me what veggies to but it on? also iv'e saved a few banna skins to make tea with, how do I do it do I do it same as the comfrey? and can I make a brew out of hoss muck by steeping it in water?
eagerly awaiting your reply D.D.
Nettle tea for leafy plants such as spinach, cabbages etc as it has lots of nitrogen. Comfery tea for fruiting and flowering plants. I put banana skins under roses when planting them. Otherwise they go on the compost heap. Personally, I would let horse manure rot down well and use it to mix with soil at planting time for clematis roses, rhubarb or as a mulch for those plants in autumn.
thanks obelixx iv'e made the tea out of nettels and comfrey mixed together lol ,back to the drawing board, I think i'll put the banana skins under my hat. D.D.
I would like to add my own fav recipe here, as it is totally free!
Go out for a well deserved dander along ur local coastline, and bring a couple of bags with u, I cycle, so I don't have to carry it back, and pick seaweed, its great in many ways, a general all purpose feed, dried on ur washing line, then blitzed in ur blender and added to compost or soil, or as a year round mulch, added wet, it releases its nutrients throughout the year.
u can also store it in a covered bucket for 6 months in a darkish place and then use the remains once strained as plant food, but u need to dilute this stuff, as it is concentrated!
Perectly natural, and brilliantly free
PS I use this on all veg, never bought shop made stuff, ever!
If ur having trouble with pests btw, trying looking at companion plants, that actually deter the likes of vine weavel, greenfly, slug, and many other pests, many of these are also eaten, so servers two purposes
If anyone has any seeds for herbs or salad, or vegs I would be very grateful to take them of ur hands, don't worry about out of date, as bekki and lyn both posted last year and this year there growing well, and there 2 to 3 years out of date!
I am thinking to try to grow my own pomades this year, has anyone any experience in this newish breed of tomato plant on top, potato plant beneath the soil and how u splice and dice it to make it take?
I have known for many years that this is the same family, but suddenly, there available to buy, in selected places ofc, but would like to try it myself!
PS when picking seaweed, the closer to red or brown the better, stay away from green, only good for deep frying, or making seaweed butter, which of course good for u and tasty, much better than all those low fat spreads!