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Re: Manuer tea

Kathreen was wondering about a recipe for manure tea:

> I've been reading that a lot of folks use manure tea to feed the
> garden but I don't know how to make it.  Can someone give me a recipe?

Here's the recipe that I use:

2 litres (0.5 US gallon) of manure to 23 litres (5.75 US gallons) of
water. Let it sit for a few weeks. Dilute 1:5 and apply every two weeks
to nitrogen-hungry plants.

Why the exact ratios? That's the size drum I happened to have on hand
when I first made it. Unless you make it very weak in the first place,
you will need to dilute it before applying otherwise you might burn
tender roots. The mixture I apply to the plants is about the colour of
medium strength tea.

Have fun,

Tony
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