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    My compost heaps are placed on top of plastic sheeting on a slight slope and compo fluid fills a bowl which is emptied into a barrel. The barrel contains comfrey, parenial weeds, water and green manure cuttings. The resultant drained fluid is strained/filtered thro an old engine air filter so it flows easier thro watering can. I use this as a liquid feed and as a deterant to White Fly on me Brassicas, acts as a folier feed too.

    All veg waste after 4 months is placed on compost heap as the parenial weeds are dead and waterlogged.

    We also have a 1m diameter plastic drain set on plastic sheet, with pure manure in it, as it rains the fluid drips into a bowl set in the ground. The resultant fluid is added to the compost fluid and diluted for use.

    When used as a folier feed on brasicas, the Cabbage white Butterfly will not land, re-aply after heavy rain.

    Works for me,
    All the best to all,Fred P.

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    I've moved your thread out of 'Archived Growing Techniques' as that's a moderated board for archived growing techniques.

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      Where did you move the post to.
      All the best fp

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        Hmmm, sounds interesting. I'm just a barrel and weeds/greenery/manure type tho. The way our compost is set up atm that wouldn't work, but I might talk to my son about another compost heap.
        Ali

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