Hello everyone. I just wanted to clarify that the dilution rates offered for the two versions of the grass tea are indeed correct. The 'pokier' grass tea with the added chicken manure is less diluted/more concentrated because it has been brewed for just a few days. However, it arguably offers a more balanced nutrient profile because of the added chicken manure. The grass tea without the manure is brewed for a much longer time - a few weeks - so it must be diluted further to compensate. Hope this explains any niggling questions on that one! 🙂

Dropping into the comment section just to cheer Ben's channel on🎉❤

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Bless you - thanks! :-)

This channel is comfort food for my brain. 🌱

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Love it! :-)

I live in South Africa, and I've got a big garden. Most of my garden is dedicated to food and flowers, so there's not much lawn. And the little lawn there is doesn't get mowed often, because there are too many butterflies and moths and bumble bees in it. It's up to my thighs, but it's so full of life, I refuse to cut it

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

It's great when you can see all the life in it like that. :-)

@tickledtoffee

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg it really is 😊

@tickledtoffee

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg I've just reread my original comment and it comes across as so snotty and rude. That's really not how I meant it, I'm so sorry. I was genuinely trying to convey just how much I love the bugs that live in the long grass in my garden. Thank you for understanding what I was trying to say

Thank you so much for sharing your very helpful videos. We have always been gardening, living and eating organically, and it so lovely how you are showing, teaching and educating people how you can garden without the use of harmful chemicals. Well done for caring for the environment and peoples health. Just loving these videos.

@GrowVeg

9 ай бұрын

So pleased you're enjoying the videos. Thanks for watching. :-)

My wife gets so mad at me when I pull yard waste out of people's bins. I think she's mad at the wrong person.

@laggywarden2915

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@rajsamb

Жыл бұрын

She will be fine after menopause

@HoneyxLime

Жыл бұрын

Lol!

@RalferiusRex

Жыл бұрын

Two thumbs up! One for your comment and the other for your great screen name!

@billiebruv

11 ай бұрын

This is how stupid the western human is, and the reason our planet is knackered

Last year we gave up our gasoline lawn tractor for a battery-powered push mower instead. We are now mowing less of our grass and leaving more area to the wildflowers and creatures. The battery-powered mower is fantastic! It is so much quieter and lighter, there are no gas fumes, and we don't have to store gasoline in the garage anymore. It also takes up much less room in the garage. It does a good job of mowing and can finish up the whole yard before needing to be recharged. Very happy with this decision and it is good exercise as well! Thank you for another instructive video Ben! I intend to try the grass "tea" and see if that will keep the raccoons out of the garden!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Well done on making the switch and letting more areas grow wild - that's wonderful to hear! :-)

Man after my heart. I have been singing the praises of grass clippings for years. They are a most valuable resource. Suppresses unwanted weeds, locks moisture in te soil and adds nutrients to the soil. Best of all its free. 🌸

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

It's a real win-win!

My free resource is seaweed. You should do a video on using seaweed in the garden.

@Katya-zj7ni

Жыл бұрын

My favourite, it’s unbeatable. I just hose excess salt off it ❤

@JennySimon206

Жыл бұрын

@@Katya-zj7ni me too. Love the stuff. Just collected a bunch of horsetail. A little late but it will make nice compost. The biodynamics people use it for all kinds of stuff. Silica content. It's best to get them before the leaves open all the way.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion. I'm inland though, but may think of a way!

@JennySimon206

Жыл бұрын

@@GrowVeg okay! Have fun.

You mentioned this at the begining of Spring. I've surrounded the bases of my plants last month with clippings and I've noticed they're greener and taller than last year. I also water less as the clippings keep moisture in.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

This is really great to hear! :-)

Having a pond stuffed full with duckweed, (Lemna minor), I take a pool skimmer and fill buckets and use it around my plants.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

What a great idea. :-)

Making teas from weeds and using urine as well really saves on fertilizer costs.

@GrowVeg

10 ай бұрын

Definitely!

Asked my neighbour for their grass clippings yesterday when they mowed their lawn. Ended up with six bin bags full of grass, a compost bin steadfastly refusing to take anymore grass and no idea what to do with the rest. This video landed just at the right time! I've still got tons of grass but it's either steeping in water, drying in the sunshine or spread over the garden. Thank you, both for the tips and your timing!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Haha - perfect timing!

I’m in Perth Australia and we technically aren’t supposed to bin our garden waste. Most people pay for garden bin bags, a bloke comes and collects it once a month. All of my garden waste goes straight back into the garden. Mulch is heavily used here because it’s so dry.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That's the best way - ideally no one should be letting organic matter leave their garden when it's so useful! :-)

I'm working to replace most of my grass with native plant beds, flower borders, herb or vegetable patches. For the grass that's left I use your system and get great free mulch and fertilizer from my grass clippings. This is wonderful for the environment and your family's health. Bravo!

@sherriianiro747

Жыл бұрын

​@@analogueavenue You're preaching to the choir! (just in case you don't know, that's a compliment!)

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! :-)

Your videos get more and more wholesome as time goes on. Great for all of us on here

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! :-)

I noticed, of all the mulches I’ve tried, my veggies grew a lot faster when I used grass clippings!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That's really great feedback. Thanks for sharing this. :-)

Would love to watch more of your videos to learn more..😊

Hi, Thank you for this great tip! I now save my grass clippings for my gardens. Best, Albert

@GrowVeg

9 ай бұрын

Great job Albert!

Well, that turned everything I've been told about grass clippings on its head. Thank you for educating me. I have been influenced 😂

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Nice one Alan! :-)

I’ve only a small area of lawn left. However as we’re on clay, I just leave the cuttings on the lawn for the worms to drag down- which they do rapidly.

@GrowVeg

11 ай бұрын

Great move - and saves time clearing them up. :-)

Well I never did, but I will now, thanks!

I have a lot of trees surrounding my garden, maple, oak, poplar, dogwood, and more. I mow over the leaves in the fall, use them for mulch in the garden, fill my compost bin to over flowing, and fill two trash bins for use later in the season. I'm down to a small patch of ground that I have left to rake up from last fall. It will be going into the compost bin soon. And I am down to half a bin of leaves to spread in the garden. When it i time to plant, I mix it the leaves into the soil, or cover with a layer of compost and plant into it. All of my cool weather crops and potatoes have been harvested, and I have a lot of empty space waiting, covered with leaves, for fall planting to start. My garden is down to strawberries, peppers, cucumbers, pole beans squash, New Zealand spinach, kale, onions, and tomatoes. I'm working on what to plant, and where for the fall/winter garden. I'll start with sowing seeds for Navone Gold Rutabagas in July. In August, I'll plant Cabbage, carrots, kohlrabi, mustard, Komatsuna, Boc Choy, tatsoi, chijimisai, Yellow Heart Winter Choy, turnips, beets, and more. After last December's Artic freezer, I am determined to keep my garden productive year round. I want fresh tomatoes in December and January! (Talladega Alabama) With my luck, it will snow this winter, but that is okay. I am prepared for it!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! I hope you get to enjoy some tomatoes in Dec/Jan!

I’m gonna add grass into my and other composting stuff to my pots every year now so my soil can always be healthy:)

You are by far, my favorite gardener on you tube. Thank you for all your valuable information, and for your enthusiasm about organic practices.

@GrowVeg

10 ай бұрын

That's very kind of you to say Peggy. Thanks so much for your support.

Really enjoyed this, more of the same please!

I mulch with grass, but put layers of nespaper or light cardboard to control weeds

Love your enthusiasm! Keep up the great work! Best, Albert from SF, USA

@GrowVeg

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Albert, really appreciate that. :-)

Love your enthusiasm and the knowledge in the videos. My new favourite gardening channel. Cheers from Canada.

@GrowVeg

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. So pleased you found the channel!

The former owners of our house let the weeds run rampant, so there really isn't much grass on the property. It's a challenge, but I'm gradually reclaiming new sections of the yard each year for fruits, vegetables, berries, and flowers. The bindweed and Creeping Charlie are my biggest challenges, since I don't mind letting alfalfa and wild mustard grow for green manure. The alfalfa brings more nitrogen to the soil, and holds the ground together while I figure out what I'm going to do next. It also feeds the wild bunnies, which would otherwise be eating my plants, and the bunnies feed the foxes. I've taken to using the weeds in hot compost as well as compost tea, and find that the garden loves them that way. I also use cut alfalfa and other weeds for mulch, since they will hold other weed sprouts at bay, too. It's all about using what you have, and making it work. What used to be an overgrown mess with old cars strewn about is becoming a functional food forest, and a pollinator haven.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

It must be incredible watching the transformation. Good work!

@gardennerd1757

Жыл бұрын

@GrowVeg Thank you. It's so very rewarding, and I really hope that my perseverance is making an impression on the kids. Hard work can absolutely pay off. They love helping me set up new raised beds in the areas where we aren't allowed to dig because of buried utilities, and layering boxes to help block out the weeds for the next plantings. Our pet pigeon provides a free source of manure for the compost, too.

One of my reservations about using grass clipping is weed seed mainly dandelion, already so much of it in the garden.

@Digeroo123

Жыл бұрын

I love dandelion, or should I say that my rhubarb loves dandelions. The more dandelion plants the more rhubarb. I find they do not seem to regrow under the rhubarb plants.

@Junkinsally

Жыл бұрын

Once they have seeded it shouldn’t be an issue. Dandelion leaves are excellent to use because their long tap root really brings up a lot of minerals from deeper down in the soil. Burdock leaves are also good.

@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis

Жыл бұрын

@@Digeroo123 If you treat them like an ornamental plant they get big and have big blooms that looks like marigolds. Totally underrated beauty. Some of mine have 20 flowers.

@gardennerd1757

Жыл бұрын

I'm not allowed to have them in the front yard, because the city categorizes them as weeds, but the dandelions and salsify are absolutely gorgeous nutrient accumulators in the back yard. I even have a special purple type of salsify I seeded in the back for extra color, as well as a food source in the fall. The salsify roots are very nutritious. Dandelion can be used for salads, teas, and even wine, as long as it isn't sprayed with herbicide or pesticide.

@juned5442

Жыл бұрын

@@gardennerd1757 like the crows, dandelions have colonized the entire area where I live, I value their benefits but composting my grass clippings and using as mulch I know they will be full of weed seeds they multiply very well without my helping them do so. I have though put the odd grass clippings in my 2nd compost bin.

Very timely, very informative video. You do a great job of communicating.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! :-)

Always the best advice on this channel ❤

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! :-)

Excellent advice thank you.

Great video!

Ben I have learned so much with your fantastic videos! I always find a great nugget of information in each video, I started a small vegetable garden last year and went into knowing that it was an experiment and of course, most of it failed miserably 😂 but I learned so much from that experience but what a boost your videos have given me over the past 6 months or so since I started watching, my veg patch is flourishing nicely already this year. I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That's really lovely to hear. Delighted that your veg patch is flourishing!

@lisalloyd5444

11 ай бұрын

I always also refer to Ben's videos for help and tips as I'm new to producing my own food too, to be fair anything that I grow needs to be perrenial and low maintenance as I'm disabled but I've had a go at spuds this year I can't wait to try them (if they're not infested or rotten lol) from myself too a massive thanks Ben for your videos they're so helpful and informative

note to add for the drying of grass clippings 04:00 - do thus if your lawn/clippings are full of seeds or weeds. the sun will kill off the seeds so they dont grow in your garden bed!

@Tinyteacher1111

Жыл бұрын

TY!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great advice, thank you. :-)

Thanks Ben,hoping you are having a great growing season!!!! God Bless you and yours!!!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

And to you and yours also. :-)

In addition to using grassclippings as fertilizer, you can use an electric mower when there is sunshine from your panels. Free energy, no CO2, free fertilizer

@GrowVeg

9 ай бұрын

Great to be more self sufficient like that.

A tip I was given is to cut the grass often if you leave the clippings because they are small and will work well to feed the lawn.

@BensMusicDojo

Жыл бұрын

If it’s growing well, if you don’t cut it twice a week, you should bag it. The longer mulched clippings won’t break down fast enough, and you actually block the soil beneath, preventing water to get to the soil below.

This year I've been mixing clippings with sawdust from a eucalyptus stump we had removed; whenever I can stop my Dad binning them. It's the first time I've succeeded at getting hot compost. Maybe not hot enough, as the butternut squash seeds put in there from the kitchen caddy all sprouted. 😅

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

They seem pretty resilient those squash seeds!

Hi Ben, I watch your videos regularly to get inspired. Thank you for producing these first-rated videos! Best, Albert

@GrowVeg

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your support Albert. Hope your garden is growing well.

Hey Ben, great video ! I use my and my next doors gras to grow my potatos. That works wonderful. But the birds like it too..

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great use of clippings. :-)

I love your videos! Great work!

You're like the Alton Brown of gardening. Perfect.

@GrowVeg

11 ай бұрын

Cheers! :-)

I have been collecting my grass cuttings for years to put at the base of fruit trees, berries and shrubs. It reduces the need to water t/o summer

@chiefchick

9 ай бұрын

Where or how do you store them till it is time to use them?

Brilliant advice 👏👏

Done subscribing. I really love watching your videos sir

@GrowVeg

11 ай бұрын

So pleased to hear this. A very warm welcome to the channel! :-)

As always, a thoroughly informative film. Thank you for your advice.

Great video! Good info, many thanks.

Great video again Ben always learn something new thanks 👍

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Janet. :-)

This is what I do when I mow the lawn. I take the bag off and just mow high. Neighbors think I’m crazy lol. Lawn stays green most of spring, summer, fall. Those clippings are good fertilizer for lawn too and builds thatch on surface of the soil which retains water in the lawn. Here in Cali I end up watering less.

@GrowVeg

2 ай бұрын

Love this! :-)

@JaySimms-3lfer

2 ай бұрын

@@GrowVeg your vid is proof that mowing without a baggie is not crazy. Your enthusiasm, your passion for gardening really shows in all your vids. Loving all your content sir!

I'm a bit confused why the stronger grass tea is used with less dilution? Your regular is 1 part to 10 parts water, yet the stronger stuff is 1 part to 5 parts water???

@ginnycasey6839

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I have the same question...

@Junkinsally

Жыл бұрын

Because of the added chicken manure. You have to dilute it more to keep from burning your plants leaves and roots. Adding the chicken manure speeds up the brew time, but make a stronger finished product that has a greater potential to burn leaves and roots if not diluted properly.

@cltinturkey

Жыл бұрын

I think he may have just reversed the two formulas for dilution.

@Shinypeepsicle

Жыл бұрын

Yes, same query here 😁

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for querying this guys - I will add a pinned comment to explain this. But basically I have given the correct dilution rates in both instances, it's just I've used the wrong language to explain this. The grass tea with chicken manure is diluted less because it's only brewed for a few days. It's a more balanced feed as the manure has been added. The one without the chicken manure must be more dilute as it's been brewing for longer. Sorry for the confusion!

Grass clippings make perfect mulch and also greens for hot compost. I like to leave most of them for my lawn but I will harvest clippings a couple times a year for the garden and flower beds

hope his eyes get well. i even do bad with my eyes like him.

Food for thought

My bucket where I steep weeds for liquid fertilizer has a tap around 2 inches from the bottom and I just take what I want by turning on the tap. No seeds or solids with the tap being up a bit. =-)

@GrowVeg

9 ай бұрын

Smart move!

Thank you for your videos, this is really useful, thanks so much.

I only have my lawn (about 3/4 of an acre) to produce grass clippings to use in our vegetable garden...been doing it for years! It works, my soil now is amazing and our trees provide leaves for our fall mulches for all of our garden beds. Simple is better! Great video...Thank you! Mike

@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis

Жыл бұрын

Mix in dandelions, I do the same thing but have let the dandelions take over too. Helps with blossom end rot.

@michaellippmann4474

Жыл бұрын

@fyoutubecensorship1101 OH I have lots of dandelions!! 🤣🤣🤣 Good suggestion though! Mike 🇨🇦

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you've got a superb system there Michael!

I've been using your nettle tea recipe on my allotment. Only yesterday I was thinking if i could do this same thing with grass and weeds. One thing I'd mention. If you're dealing with long grass, be sure to keep covered up to reduce the risk of being bitten by ticks that may be present. Ticks can carry a host of unpleasant diseasess

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Smart advice, thank you!

Poultry manure (urea) and rotting grasses... This is how Niter was made for the production of black powder. I'm guessing the Potassium Nitrate dissolved in the water is the beneficial nutrient you are concentrating you could try using some for the same tricks for better yields. Collecting urine from mammalian sources can help speed up the process even further, keeping it wet but not submerged will improve heat retention for the fermentation process and drying your grasses out first will improve yield by allowing the nitrogen to soak in from the start rather than having to diffuse. In the production of salt peter for gunpowder, the mixture was fermented first then soaked to extract the salts and allowed to evaporate or the plant material was burned away completely and the white ash was soaked in water, strained and boiled off to concentrate the potash (a mixture of salt peter and other potassium salts).

@GrowVeg

11 ай бұрын

Great suggestion, thank you.

When using clippings straight in the bed you definitelly need to have solved the slug situation.

i use my own limited clippings, and the mowings from (non sprayed) areas behind us. looking forward to a comfrey and etc deep dive!

Thanks for the reminder. I need to ask my hubby to save some for the garden. You rock, Ben!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope you manage to get a good stash of clippings! :-)

Great video on using grass clippings! I love your ideas!

I have started using grass clippings as a mulch around my potatoes in pots to help retain water. We haven't had any rain for a month here in Surrey and it helps with reducing moisture loss. I mainly use my grass clippings in my compost bins mixed with shredded brown paper and cardboard. I didn't realise you could make organic plant teas with them. Will give that a try. Because of the drought and heat last summer, we didn't need to mow our lawn till middle of September the grass didn't grow, so I was very lacking in grass for compost last year. Making the most of it this year to get on top of things.

@GrowVeg

11 ай бұрын

Yes indeed - very dry recently, though we've had two days of good, solid thunderstorm rain, with more today I hope! I hope the rain has got as far east as Surrey. I don't want a repeat of last summer's weeks-long heat and drought!

Thank you!

"Lasagne effect". Brilliant! 😂 I'd always thought of grass as being a useless 'crop', so thank's for showing me otherwise.

I have stared to use gras clipings! i think anything i can grow for free and not have to carry in is so so so much beter than carrying it. Im letting it dry out 1st tho.

More grass tea vicar? 😂😂

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

:-)

Thank you x

Bees bees and more bees. My yard used to be a pasture. I have lots of white clover. The honey bees love it. Also wild flowers come up. My chickens love to come out and eat grass after I mow. I must say I don't rake the grass up though. But all my weeding of flower beds I put in the compost. . ill start using it in the garden some now . Have a good un !!!! Just picked strawberries, lettuce, onions,and radishes for my preacher this am ! Its coming on

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Glad it's all coming on!

Great channel Ben! I have learned a lot from you, thanks again!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce, appreciate that. :-)

Plenty of nettles here! I'll add them to the compost! The slugs are thriving hahaha

I have 1.3 acres of garden (including about half an acre of 'escaped pasture', not really 'lawn') and use a ride-on mower and compost mine in an attempt to reduce the viability of all the seeds. I dont leave it on the lawn/ground because it blocks sunlight (pale grass patches) long before it breaks down.

Super informative, Ben! Thank you!👍

Thanks Ben. One other idea: I stuff kitchen scraps in heaps of grass clippings. The clippings seem to help with keeping the critters away from these morsels which decay quickly. The final fermented piles then get added to the main compost. Free is my favorite word!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

What a great idea! :-)

Thanks dear friend shereing

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. :-)

I don't know if Ben mentions it in this video, but grass seeds can be drowned. Like how you drown comfrey or nettles. They'll rot and won't give any seedlings.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great advice, thank you. :-)

Good morning Ben, never gave grass tea a thought! Live and learn daily. Thank you for sharing valuable information. The tomatoes are still growing nicely, there are fruits on the plants and also doing very well thus far. I keep them covered, and trust and believe that the frost will not get to them. It is quite an exciting venture. Happy gardening, the grass is looking lovely and lush also the popups of wild flowers, I so love the tine heads they just complete the scene. Looking forward to your next informative video. Happy gardening and enjoy the harvesting. Kind regards :)

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. So pleased you enjoyed the video. :-)

Well this video saves me a fortune on fertiliser 🎉

Deine Videos sind großartig 👍 danke dafür 🥰 Grasschnitt liegt immer unter meinen Gemüsepflanzen 👍 🍅🌶️🍓🥕🥒🥦🌽🧅🫛🥔🍆🥬

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Danke! :-)

Where do you get your mushrooms? Think about growing them, and then using the spent substrate in your beds. If feeling froggy, take spore prints and use them as an inoculant after mixing with water. Edit: Thank you!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

I'm in the UK and recommend this company for mushroom spawn: www.gourmetmushrooms.co.uk/

I never seem to have enough lawn clippings. They are mulching up the veggie beds. The slugs do not seem to like crawling over them. I also have lots of stinging nettle and comfrey teas. I fill my water butt with stinging nettles and then water with it. Every day I add more stinging nettles and top up the water and then after a while I take out the stems and dry them out and then put them in the compost bin. They do not seem to regrow after they have been drowned for 3-4 weeks.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

What a great idea! :-)

Cool

I've been doing this for years, but in a compost ground hole with a lid. That one is for leaves and grass only.

Great content, as usual. 😊

Great informative video

Love it. What a great feed

Great news.

Our very small garden has a green area that some optimists might call a lawn, doesn’t bother us, we mow the edges fairly often to have an area from which we can access the beds to work on but the middle is left longer so that clover and daisies can flower. Bees love the clover in particular. We did try putting clippings down as a mulch Yeats ago but seed from cut grass grew far too prolifically and we were spending too much time pulling rooted grass out of flower beds so we gave up on that. Clippings now go to the council’s compost collection system from where the finished product is donated to local community gardens. Produce from those gardens is free to anyone who wants it. Plan to volunteer to help out there when I retire. Quick question - last year you grew LEMON GRASS, what did you do to harvest/preserve it? My seed packet said to wait for flowers to fade but not one flower did we see and in the end the frost killed the plants. Growing again this year, do you have any advice on how to harvest lemon grass and preserve for later use? Apologies if you covered this and I missed it, I do try to watch all of your vlogs but may have missed odd ones. Thanks for yet another interesting and idea filled report.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great idea to volunteer. :-) My lemongrass produced very thin stems as I left it too late in the growing season to produce anything really useful. But if it had grown to maturity, all I'd be doing is looking for thick sections of stem and then simply pulling/teasing these away from the main clump of grass to use. The stems can be frozen or dried to preserve them.

I use clippings around bigger plants. Most go into the compost bins. If I mix them in right away, they turn into usable compost in a few weeks.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That's nice and fast!

Thanks so much for the information on grass tea. I just knew there was something else I could do with it😊

He's fucking good this lad. Love these videos.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Cheers matey! :-)

I like your channel so much!! It’s always time well spent! I’m making a dandelion tea at the moment with leaf mold and water.

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a lovely brew! :-)

I look after my local cricket club and we have TONS of clippings off of the square. We only use a weed killer on there twice a season, is there a sensible time where I could use my clippings but not be impacted by the treatment on them? I've some big raised beds I use for growing almost all of our veg and would love to use this free resource. (We take off a tractor loader bucket of clippings and scarifyings every 2 weeks in the summer!)

I am sorry to post here, but was unsure where to do so. Do you have a tutorial on growing Bush Beans, versus climbing beans? Thank You

@GrowVeg

8 ай бұрын

I don’t have a dedicated video, but this video also covers bush beans I believe: m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYGO1tZ9iq-0lNY.html&pp=ygUNR3Jvd3ZlZyBiZWFucw%3D%3D

I've made nettle tea again this year for my plants and they love itx

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff Penny!

thanks for the tips Ben, didn’t know that about using around sweetcorn so will defo use the cuttings on mine! I use dried very long grass cuttings in my poly tunnel to keep the moisture in but not yet as tomatoes are still a bit short for me to do that. I did with my melons in there too last year and really helped. later in the year I just dug that into the soil so its ready for later growing in there!

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

Great to use clippings like this - and good to hear it's helped. :-)

Not sure if the ratio for the tea is right. The grass tea is 1 part concentrate to 10 parts water. The grass and chicken manure pellets is 1 part concentrate to 5 parts water. Wouldnt this make the later stronger? You would be putting 2 lites of grass and chicken manure pellet tea to 10 litres of water. I maybe losing my marbles though. 🤪🤪😆

@GrowVeg

Жыл бұрын

No, you're not losing your marbles. I didn't explain it very well! The dilutions are correct. It's just the that second tea, diluted with five parts water, is brewed for just a few days, so doesn't need diluting so much. I should have made this clearer.