Nettles Tea, Comfrey Tea - The Manual

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How much tea you you mix with your water is for the most part trail an error. However, if you start weak, it'll be more trail than error. A suggested ratio for this tea would be 1:5 - 1:7. In my experience, the darker and thicker the liquid, the more concentrated it is.

Nettles Tea is a good source of nutrients,, high in nitrogen,, nice in magnesium, sulfur and iron,, and is practically free

Stinging Nettles Urtica dioica ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinging_nettle



Net (designed for laundry tabs) stuffed full of nettles...



Nettle net placed in a bowl of water...



Then just leave the leaves to brew for a week or so, in a warm place,, and the Nettle Tea will be ready to use.

How much tea you you mix with your water is for the most part trail an error. However, if you start weak, it'll be more trail than error. A suggested ratio for this tea would be 1:5 - 1:7. In my experience, the darker and thicker the liquid, the more concentrated it is.



The second method of extraction produces a more concentrated tea that is to be mixed with your water. Again ratio's of dilution are are best to be worked out by each person. A suggested ratio would be from 1:10 to 1:15. As an organic head, It is important to me that I use rainwater to sustain the micro-organisms. Does it help,
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Take a 2 litre plastic bottle, stuff it full of chopped nettles, add a little bit of water (100ml will do) and replace the cap.

Drill a tiny hole in the cap.



Sit bottle upside down in a container, a bucket will do.





After 3-4 days the plant material will start to break down and a thick, dark green liquid will start to drip out of the bottle, within 8-10 days you will have about a litre of concentrated nettle juice. Dilute 1:10 and use.




There are lots of other highly useful plants in the British countryside, Comfrey is a prime example, concentrated Comfrey juice produced with the bottle method I described has an NPK of around 8-5-20, wonderful stuff to use until mid flower.

Dandelion: potassium, phosphorous, iron, soda,

Dock: potassium, phosphorous, magnesium

Comfrey: nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, silica,

Nettles: nitrogen, potassium, calcium, iron, copper, sodium, sulphur, formic acid, ammonia, carbonic acid

Horsetail: magnesium, calcium, iron, silica, cobalt

Chamomile: potassium, phosphorus, calcium, lime

Yarrow: nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, copper, lime, sulphur
 
I made some nettle tea a few weeks ago. Stuffed a bucket full and filled it with water. It stank like a bad morning breath of death and bugs were all over it so i think it was pretty potent. I had to get rid of it because of moving to a new house so i poured it all in one spot in the backyard. It stank like hell for a few days. I will try it again though someday :-)
 
Hi jm just a quick ?or 2 can these concentrates be stored for any length of time
and can i add them to my compost/worm cast teas
thanks in advance nudd
 
Would this work with fresh water seaweed instead of nettle?
 
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I seen similar recipes for seaweed where you rinse off the extra salt and let it sit in a bucket of water for 3 weeks, then dilute and use.

I've never seen the bottle variation and that seems great. Less mess, less stank, and less time to get ready. Seems like you could do the bottle trick with almost any green leaf...if you used mj leaf would it be cannibalism?
 
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