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[the-bulb]

I didn’t see
The fish nitrogen bottle you said you would post below

[checkfortunnels]

1 fish emulsion
2 alfalfa compost/tea
3 comfrey compost/tea
4 manure compost/tea
5 worm castings
6 grass clippings/leaves
8 coffee grounds
9 urine
9 cover crops
10 beans/peas

[richardbaer]

I've been raising rabbits for 3 years now and have come up with a great system for collecting their droppings. It's a total game changer. You don't even have to pay as close attention to your nitrogen because you literally cannot burn the plants with it. I just mix it into the soil and watch it grow.

[baneverything]

We have big nightcrawlers in many places here. When I had no money for fertilizer I dug around under bushes and trees for worm castings from the nightcrawlers. It took a long time but it worked.

[priayief]

I'm a cheap, lazy, veteran gardener and I've always been intrigued by the concept of compost teas. Many years ago I started doing my own trials in various raised beds, growing identical crops in different beds and applying various types of composted teas in some beds and the "non-tea" ingredients in the others. This way, I can compare the results to see if a particular "tea" is worth the effort.

My latest test was with comfrey, of which I have an ample supply. I grew tomatoes and pepper in two separate beds and applied a generous comfrey mulch to one bed and applied several applications of comfrey tea to the other.

There was no significant difference. Except, of course, brewing the tea was a little more effort.

I haven't yet found a "garden tea" that shows me it is worth the effort. Yet, I view a lot of videos (like this one) that recommend the practice. I wonder, is there anyone else out there that has done similar trials and found any measurable improvement? I'd love to hear from you.

[cairozulu]

Thank you Eric for being so spot on with organic nitrogen sources. I have tried one of organic nitrogen sources on my 2 pepper seedlings which have spindly stems and scanty yellowish leaves on top. After applying this organic nitrogen source green leave started on the stems and the leaves have become healthy green in a matter of days. The nitrogen source I am talking about here is human urine. I mixed it with water since I was scared to burn my seedlings.

[kirkanos]

You missed 2! Composted bark mulch is the perfect fertilizer for blueberries. #2 FEATHER MEAL. Don’t throw those chicken feathers out after you harvest your chickens. Compost them down and use them for next season.

[flynnfogerty]

Good video, not alota loud music or long winded intro n i congradulate u on that. Ur daughter is an angel. Very informative thanks

[kicknadeadcat]

I make what I call my witches brew. Soil, compost, worm compost, leaves, FAA, comfrey, Bokashi juice, IMO, lactobacillus. Dilute it 4:1. It doesn’t get any better then that. And the activity in the can is crazy. I’m in SE PA and my tomatoes are dark green and flowering May 4th.

[Acts-]

Great ideas, thanks! One small addition is that the nitrogen fixers need to be chopped and dropped, since beans etc don't just freely leave extra nitrogen in the soil next to them as they grow. They use it for themselves, so you have to kill the plant to utilize the N

[Doc]

I’m building rabbit hutches so that we can use the entire rabbit for meat, the droppings and tan their hides to make blankets and liners for our winter boots.

[carlosmontoya]

Love that alfalfa steep. When you were talking how good it was dry. I was thinking steep then you did. Your awesome, great minds think alike. Stay awesome.

[papasfunnyfarm]

Yellow blossom sweet clover works great in Ohio. Gets 3 feet tall AND fixes nitrogen. Disc the whole plant into the soil. Loosens the soil, adds nitrogen.
And, not many people know that locust trees are legumes, too! Yup, round leafed plants are usually legumes.

[giancolabird]

Always look forward to your videos. I value your suggestions, and have learned a lot. Thank you.

[robertvernon]

Urine is a great addition to the compost pile. It helps by giving the compost the water and the nitrogen that it needs. Also Coffee grounds are great in the compost pile. It helps to turn up the temperature you get from demposition. I've had mine up to 150 degrees and have heard of temps as high as 180.

[Doc]

I buy a bail of Alph Alpha and spread it out over our garden as well as put it in our compost pile

[rickthelian]

Coffee grounds are good to rehydrate soils too

[cairozulu]

I have liked the idea of manure tea I always add it to the soil as is.

[danahaskin]

I started a worm bin and got all of my worms from my compost pile . Which I use in my tiny garden . After turning over my garden this spring I found so many worms there that I've decided to put ALL my worms in the garden . Now I've just goy to figure out how to feed the worms organically in the garden without effecting my plants.

[apteryx]

I use fresh kangaroo poo on my garden beds, must be similar to rabbits because my seedlings love it.