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Compost juice
in Fruit & veg
I've made compost for years so usually make a lovely useable batch. However, I acquired a plastic bin (no bottom or drainage holes) and decided to experiment by filling it with veg peelings. Of course it quickly acquired lots of fluid as it can't drain. Also a composting smell (stench really).
So I now want to empty it, but I'm hoping it's all useable.
My question is about the brown stinky fluid. Is that usable as a liquid feed? If so, is it very concentrated and how much would it need watering down?
I'm planning to put some of the 'solids' onto a compost heap and some into a bean trench. So it's just the fluid I'm not sure about.
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It will be fine as a lquid feed as long as you water it down well. The 'rule of thumb' for home-made liquid feeds is to dilute them until the water looks like weak tea. That is usually about 20:1.
Thank you. I'll try that.