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I had a bucket full of nettle tea ready to be used and my son has just managed to spill the lot.I am about to make another batch but wonder how soon can it be used.thanks
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goddess -
when it's really really smelly.
a couple of weeks I think. -
I've had some going for a few weeks and boy does it stink. I used some last night because rain was forecast and I thought that might have washed the smell into the soil. No chance. You'd think a muck-spreader has been parked in the garden
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This is probably going to sound weird, but I'm not that bothered by the smell. It'slike cow manure, I love the smell of it, reminds me of visiting one of my aunties.
I've got a comfrey batch on the way too, so we'll see how that compares for stinkiness...Comment
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I keep mine (comfrey, not nettle) in 5 litre bottles. I slosh some in a watering can every time I water (so, once a week) I don't measure or anything.Originally posted by goddess View Post
Then I repack the bottle with fresh leaves, top up with water and off we go again.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Thanks for that,so basically wait till it stinksgoddessComment
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Not even that long: I use mine after a week, but it's very weak. I then top up the bottle with fresh leaves & water ...All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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even better.thanksgoddessComment
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No nettles around me, unfortunately!Comment
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Here's hoping your auntie doesn't log on here.Originally posted by taff View Post
I used to do nettle tea which smelled to high heaven, now I do two-litre-milk-cartons-with-cap - this contains the pong, learned the idea from Two Sheds last year and it really works.Last edited by maytreefrannie; 02-06-2010, 05:12 PM.My hopes are not always realized but I always hope (Ovid)
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I left mine a month and it smelt like rotten eggs! (
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No nettles in south wales?????Originally posted by chrismarks View PostSave Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock. Coma and Painted Lady butterflies. Dont cut stinging nettles in summer.
Only cut nettles grown in the shade.Comment
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