Natural fertilizer

[Chefbjy]

So I read about using fresh grass clippings to make a fertilizer. Grass clippings are a free, high-nitrogen fertilizer. When clippingsdecompose, they release their nutrients back to the lawn. They contain nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, as well as lesser amounts of other essential plant nutrients.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/7-ways-to-use-grass-clippings-zbcz1605

I've seen no tills using mj leaves as top dressing to decompose and give back to the plant. So I decided to give this a try with my mj clippings... Leaving them to decompose only brought in bugs. So now I'm going to steep them in a jug of water for a couple weeks and see how this effects my organic grow. I know there are some heavy defoliaters out there. Has anyone ever tried using their clippings in a tea form?

48 hours and it's just starting to get cloudy. With a little agitation I am starting to smell a brew going on. I figured hell, what a great way to give back to the plant since I can't clone what I had to cut. I'm able to make one more batch just before I flip since I'll be doing a little lollipopping 😉. If anyone has any experience doing this I would love to hear about it. ✌ 🍻

[DankwingDuck]

I had read about this to when someone else had made a post about Korean natural gardening .

[Californiakid]

No aeration ? Be careful not to start brewing anaerobic microbes. I don't know what I'm talking about really. But I've been reading lately too 😉.

[Chefbjy]

Noted.. thanks for a heads up. I stir it occasionally like the descriptions I've read about. I'll be putting that brewer together by September 😉.

[D.A.A.S.69]

Yeah, I've thrown all kinds of stuff in my teas but never mj leaves.
We've made smoothies out of dead fish, an poured that into our brew that was foaming, with good luck before, damn near anything will work, those plants know what to use.

[Californiakid]

So anaerobic can be ok if its on purpose, but it can go bad fast if you aren't ready.

[redbeard]

Howdy chef. If ur goina trim everything in and do notill u need worms I'n ur bed. Cover crop and mulch as well. I started doing it last time in supersoil no worms just turned into a big mess off nasty. I'm bout to start my 2nd round in my notill bed. I just did compost tea and some sprouted tea and water. Once ur worms get going and ur Cover crop nice and microbes the decomp happens faster. I'm goina add another little layer of compost and castings on top and inoculate with imo4. Sow new cover and put clones back in same bed. If fungus gnats are the bastards ur speaking of mosquito bits will take Care of them. I added nematodes as well. Im doing the knf imputs dankwing was talking about. Chris Trump has a bunch of vids on YouTube on knf farming. Happy gardening

[Chefbjy]

Yeah I was thinking of getting some 25-50gallon pots going with some cover crop already...by the time I'm ready for my no till I will have already added worms and mulch.

I'm using amended roots organics with 68 days into veg and going strong. I was thinking of going to my local worm farm to get some casting tea and a bin to start my own. I've just recently added teas and molasses to my soil mix my girls are in now and they seem to love it. I've top dressed a few times and will probably top them off with a little more mix before I flip them. Cheers.