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just wondered if anybody is using liquid sheep manure on any veg

I had an uncle who used to travel miles to collect sheep droppings. He always used to put them in a huge barrel filled with water and he certainly was a very successful vegetable grower.

I don't have access to sheep droppings, but do use guinea pig poops. And comfrey juice... I always have more crops than I can eat, so something must be working

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We use non-liquid sheep manure
It's mixed in with cow, chicken, goat, pig, duck, pony and donkey, rabbit and guinea pig poo though

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Im trying my chicken pellets at the mo in water, then watering that down again before i use it. Will let you know how it goes.

I am using nettles for a liquid feed. Just have to use a clothes peg on the nose when using, but then probably the same with all home made brews. Tomatoes are doing really well on it.
And it was free which in the current economic climate is a big bonus.

Ian

I have a nice brew of seaweed ready to use but my god it pongs something awful.

They must put a deodoriser in the shop bought stuff!

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can you put it on everything?

yes as long as it not to strong or it will scorch the roots.you want it the colour of week tea.i just feed everything once every ten days.

I think nettles are high in potash and so very good for tomatoes. You don't have to make it into a liquid feed just mulch around the plants with nettles. Sheep droppings have got to be 90% part digested grass. And I don't think the sheeps stomach is very good at digesting and the grass comes out with very little change to its composition.

Ian

I have four 45 gallon barrels of home made seaweed liquid outside my shed and I have to agree that it absolutely reeks, but so far as I know, vegetables have no sense of smell, so they ain't gonna complain.

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Lurch
Last season I used chicken pellets to fed my cucumbers. I had a 3" pot sunk into the ground beside each plant to ensure water went straight to where it was required and I just put a half handful in the pots each week and continued watering - the pellets dissolved over the space of the week. I didn't bother diluting the brew at all and had no problems.

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