permaculture

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

It was always done by just cutting nettles and putting them in a big barrel 
of rainwater. No cutting or shredding and definitely not adding sugar since 
that used to be a very limited resource. After about a week to ten days the 
liquid turned dark brown, almost black and it started smelling quite 
powerfully. Then it was used in sprays and watering cans.
I suppose it would have been better to use it before it started smelling for 
that always indicates you are loosing nutrients to the air.
John

> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:08 PM, John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net> wrote:
> > Traditionally where I come from always nettle (Urtica dioica) tea was 
> > used
> > for feeding plants. Nettle tea is mentioned in medieval writings more 
> > than a
> > thousand years old.
> > john
>
> How do you make this tea?
> water
> container
> lid or no lid
> added nutrients (brown sugar, etc, or none?
> how long to ferment
> add effective (or IM) microorganisms? or not
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