Reuse and recycle. Homemade nutes from waste.

[Rozgreenburn]

I am always looking for a way to use all my produce. Mid Summer this year, I took all my leaves after harvest and put them in a 30 gallon garbage can. I added enough water to cover things by 6 inches. I added 1 cup of Molasses, all my squeezed buds from RSO, and 1 dry gallon of cow manure. I set it where it would get full sun all day, then I'd stir it vigorously with a canoe paddle weekly. 3 weeks ago, I strained it and sealed it in 5 gallon buckets and empty 1 gallon bleach bottles. I've been watering with it at the ratio of 1/12 to 2 ounces per gallon. I intend to use this all Winter, and then this Spring I'll post a detailed account of my results.
I grow in full organic Super Soil, so this is just a little boost that will replace the organic tea I was brewing every other week. So far the girls are happy with it!

 

[JL2G]

I am always looking for a way to use all my produce. Mid Summer this year, I took all my leaves after harvest and put them in a 30 gallon garbage can. I added enough water to cover things by 6 inches. I added 1 cup of Molasses, all my squeezed buds from RSO, and 1 dry gallon of cow manure. I set it where it would get full sun all day, then I'd stir it vigorously with a canoe paddle weekly. 3 weeks ago, I strained it and sealed it in 5 gallon buckets and empty 1 gallon bleach bottles. I've been watering with it at the ratio of 1/12 to 2 ounces per gallon. I intend to use this all Winter, and then this Spring I'll post a detailed account of my results.
I grow in full organic Super Soil, so this is just a little boost that will replace the organic tea I was brewing every other week. So far the girls are happy with it!

Subbed, interested to see yer results mang. Nice grow test imho.

 

[Rozgreenburn]

Been using my home made nutes for a month now, and I see no negatives. The girls love it, veg and bloom both! I'm now using 2 ounces per gallon. No longer making organic teas, but this seems to keep the microbes fed!

I love to try using all my waste as opposed to just throwing it all away. It actually looks like this could save me some coin, and make a healthy addition to my ongoing journey!

 

[Frosty78]

Been using my home made nutes for a month now, and I see no negatives. The girls love it, veg and bloom both! I'm now using 2 ounces per gallon. No longer making organic teas, but this seems to keep the microbes fed! I love to try using all my waste as opposed to just throwing it all away. It actually looks like this could save me some coin, and make a healthy addition to my ongoing journey!

Jlf for the win there mate. Can't go wrong with that. I have three bins set up,
Rootballs (higher in phosphorus and bit of potassium
Leaves, small branches and also food scraps the chooks are too fussy with. High nitrogen content.
Third is fruit bloom, chopped up fruit and old apple core,banana skins, nearly all fruit and that's the potassium.
10-30ml per litre for outdoor soil drench in the natural soil as heavy feed. 10ml per litre is pretty good and foliar with 1-2ml per litre so they don't get burnt.
Soon you'll be into you're own cal mag.
Good stuff roz

 

[Z71banshee]

This is something I need to follow! I’ve only tried the fermented JADAM style once with fruit and it didn’t work so well. Last year I did a potato ferment for my vegetable garden and the plants started to boom!

 

[Frosty78]

@rozhave you tried to sub pasta water or boiled potato's water (par boil for roast spuds) as a sub for molasses.....I've found all those extra starches and also left over potato skins or mash potato are a gold mine to sub in. Maybe it's the tight arse I am...$30 for 20 litres of molasses from stock feed joint I have but I've used alot of the other stuff I've mentioned.

 

[Z71banshee]

@rozhave you tried to sub pasta water or boiled potato's water (par boil for roast spuds) as a sub for molasses.....I've found all those extra starches and also left over potato skins or mash potato are a gold mine to sub in. Maybe it's the tight arse I am...$30 for 20 litres of molasses from stock feed joint I have but I've used alot of the other stuff I've mentioned.

I was just wondering about pasta water the other night while making some lasagna. The girlfriend knows that any potato water and corn water goes in the compost bin or directly in the garden. Corn water is amazing stuff! If I water the garden directly, I’ll mix it 50/50 with water and all the plants love it….especially the sweet corn!

 

[Frosty78]

I was just wondering about pasta water the other night while making some lasagna. The girlfriend knows that any potato water and corn water goes in the compost bin or directly in the garden. Corn water is amazing stuff! If I water the garden directly, I’ll mix it 50/50 with water and all the plants love it….especially the sweet corn!

The microbes love it I've found in my jlf bins.

 

[Rozgreenburn]

@rozhave you tried to sub pasta water or boiled potato's water (par boil for roast spuds) as a sub for molasses.....I've found all those extra starches and also left over potato skins or mash potato are a gold mine to sub in. Maybe it's the tight arse I am...$30 for 20 litres of molasses from stock feed joint I have but I've used alot of the other stuff I've mentioned.

My wife saves the boiled potato water for me, but I've been using it to add to a fresh compost start. I picked up a gallon of unsulfured molasses last fall for $25 and it goes a long way! I foolishly never thought about pasta water, thanks!

 

[Rozgreenburn]

Starting a new batch in a 55 gallon plastic barrel. It will take until Summer to get it 2/3 full. I only add enough water to cover the new vegetable matter. Freeze /thaw will break the matter down before I start to ferment. Potato and pasta water will play a part too!

 

[Frosty78]

That rootball ferment has been killer. I let it get a little low and add up some more fresh water and stir in a 20lt bucket and lid (thank God for the lid). That's a day after topping up. Rancid but the phosphorous in it gives me isfantastic with the microbes. Rootball wall and pasta water in it and top up when low.

That's my microbe water. 240lt bin with dripline at bottom to gravity feed. Simple ball valve. Pasta water, stocking with mushroom compost, some leaf litter, some myco and through some labs in for good measure. I let it brew for a day or two and let it rip. This one doesn't smell bad compared to other jlf inputs. All the weeds on the ground get put into nitrogen jlf 55lt bin. Still not as bad smelling as root ferment but still pretty bad. I'll be watering veggies out front for a about 10 weeks comes flower time to throw the rippers off.


I've found in the natural ground that one cup per 9lt bucket or roughly 1:30 ratio is potent. For foliar I'm going to stick to jadam recommendations for foliar but soil once a fortnight at that for a soil drench is proving awesome for me playing catch up. I was a month behind planting out and I've noticed since applying with a good serving of gypsum and mushroom compost is working wonders for catch up. I won't get what I was planning for but I'll get a nice respectable harvest now