Don't Buy Fertilizer, Make It From Weeds

The definition of a weed is "A plant that is not valued where it is growing", so here are 7 ways you can learn to VALUE those plants and turn them into useful helpers in your edible and ornamental gardens.

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[pupiklover]

When making the liquid organic fertilizer, two weeks like Kevin mentioned is the minimum time you must leave weeds in the water for. The longer you leave the weeds in the water, the stronger the nutrient becomes. You can feasibly leave it for months or years even, the concentration of nutrient will increase. BE CAREFUL because it is possible to hurt plants by giving too many nutrients. The longer you brew, the more water you should dilute with ❤

[ironagentm]

Compost - 0:23
Browns - 1:25
Chop and Drop - 2:13
Indicators - 3:12
Other uses - 5:14
Moisture meter - 4:16
Weed fertilizer - 6:08
Tell me if I missed anything 👍

[rockyraquel]

I LOVE that you’re “studying” and constantly learning about other natural methods like the Korean way of soluble fertilizers! Pleeease keep us informed! 👍🏼🙏🏼

[CoffeeCakeCrumble]

I started making liquid weed fertilizer last year in a 55 gallon barrel with a spigot. That barrel heated up
Omg.
The smell. Even with the lid on.
Of course I had it near where I work.
There were days I tell ya, there were days😖😖😖

[sharonlockwood]

“It’s a choose your own adventure”, I love that! 🤣💙

[Hiddenleaf]

This channel only gets better and better with time, like a good weed fertilizer 💚

[sagepremoe]

I'm so glad to see a video on the viability of weeds. Weeds have been equated to "dirty" and they are the most medicinal, amazing plants. They are the plant healers, activating the soil when damaged and are food!

[erntaku]

A string trimmer/whipper snipper/weed whacker and a lawn mower are your friends when it comes to chop and dropping weeds. I've brought a lot of our soil back to life by letting weeds/grass grow and either knocking em down with the trimmer or raking em up and running em over with the mower before pitching em in the compost pit.

[kat]

I love growing oxalis as a houseplant. They're pretty and they bloom constantly. Weeds are generally just plants in an undesirable location.

[anaathas]

Zone 4b here! I have been keeping a weeding bucket out next to my garden beds, and it has been slowly filling with rainwater over the past couple weeks. I am a lazy gardener who doesn't always put things away. It was getting pretty gross, and I went and dumped a bit into a struggling, dry garden bed, but that smell overcame me... I followed it up with a spray of the hose. I am so glad I watched this video, because I learned that I inadvertently watered my garden with a nutrient-packed super fertilizer! Now I will have to wait and see if things will die from over-fertilizing, or thrive! ALSO I have waaayyy too many thistles and oxalis in my garden... Time for a soil test! Thanks Kevin!

[FrozEnbyWolf]

In addition to being a good method to make liquid fertilizer, soaking weeds in water also creates a breeding ground for hoverflies, which are important pollinators. Not only do hoverflies display biomimicry with respect to bees, they also serve the same function in your garden.

[nagymesterb]

+1: shade crop: lamb's quarters +2: ground cover: purslane and both are edible and yummie and fast growing

[umiluv]

I had a bucket of swamp water going and my husband went berserk and emptied all the buckets to prevent mosquitos. So he dumped my swamp water and then realized he made a mistake. I asked him if he at least dumped it in the compost and he said no lol. >.<

Sigh… that bucket was going all winter and was naturally filled with rain water. =(

[devo]

In Bulgaria what we do is we create the same liquid fertilizer but with Nettle. It grows super fast and tall it doesn’t take too much room ( please contain it or it will spread like wildfire). It’s rich in iron and amazing for tomatoes. Not to mention you can use any part of the plant and make things like tea, cook it with eggs and feta cheese or make a soup with rice. It’s an amazing plant.
I used to have Nettle for this purpose in my old garden in US, but we recently bought a house so now I have to mandatory plant more.

[BRSTRADAMUS]

Looking forward to your future KNF and Jadam videos! The Great thing about KNF (and Jadam specifically) is showcasing the accessibility of organic gardening inputs that you can make yourself, much like your 'weed tea' in this video. Personally I think Jadam is more applicable than KNF for backyard gardeners and would highly reccomend anyone and everyone check out some of the techniques utilized in Jadam

[HomesteadingWithAngie]

I like the idea of weed fertalizer. I try and keep what I can because I agree they are plants we just don’t like. So happy it’s spring here in Michigan finally. Ready to get dirt under my nails

[pash]

Our cilantro turned into a "weed" and it's growing everywhere. Also, some lettuces are showing up. Gotu Kola is a very pretty, yet invasive plant. Medicinal and edible.

[DarkGT]

Another tip, I watched big farmers using the organic matter from the compost to produce beneficial bacteria and other microorganisms in water form which they use as soil improvement. They let composts in water up to 2 hours and then use the water. Maybe you can combine the weeds and the compost water, something I definitely will try this year.

[m.dilitto]

I'd add that once you've identified them as safe, weeds are a great thing to toss to your chickens or ducks, ours love it. Also, give some love to dandelions. They're one of the first food sources for bees in the spring in colder climates and are a great edible plant. Let 'em grow where they're not competing with your plants for nutrients

[monikasturm]

I love my weeds. Depending on what they are We throw them in salads and make medicinal tinctures and balms out of them. Also many people throw out the leaves of their brassica vegetables but we use them to make a side dish of greens out of the leaves.