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Posted by THEFARROWS (U14522813) on Thursday, 1st July 2010
MY DAD USES A BUCKET OF GRASS CLIPPINGS AND WATER LEFT TO ROT TO FEED HIS TOMATOES. IT SMELLS DREADFUL. HAS ANYONE HEARD OF THIS OR KNOW WHAT BENEFIT IT MAY HAVE?
THANKS
SCOTT
I don't know if grass clippings work but I put nettles and horse poo in water and let it stand for a week or so. It stinks, but I also feed with tomato feed as well. Not had much success in the last two years due to blight but have tried so called blight resistant types this year so keeping my fingers crossed.
Good Luck pottiepam. I made some of my own grass soup and last night poured some on my toms. Just wondered what benefit it might be/ what nutrients it might add to my plants.
Thanks Scott, In juice bars they make drinks from grass so it must have some benefits.
Grass soup would, I imagine be fairly high in nitrogen with very little P or K. This is why comfrey is used, it provides a good source of potash and enough nitrogen.
I'm experimenting with seaweed. Haven't tried the seaweed soup yet my brother has made but I'm promised 3 litres of the stuff, diluted down it can be sprayed on plants to ward off black/green fly
I've used it as mulch in all my pots and dug it in with toms, potatoes, sweetcorn and swede. It turns black, doesn't smell and soon rots down.
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