Stink Tea Fertilizer

The recipe I have calls for Nettles, comfrey or thistle plants and donot use boiling 
water.

I place my greens in a bucket and cover with hot water from my kitchen tap then place a 
brick on top of the plant matter to keep it submerged. You are supposed to keep this for
30 days before applying to you plants as a fertilizer but within 4-6 days it reeks so 
bad I go ahead and dump it on.

I did and experiment with 6 tomato plants I had with my first batch of this tea. Three 
got it and three didn't. With in a week the three plants that got this awful smelling 
stuff where 4-6 inches taller, fuller and deeper green and setting fruit. I had a second
batch going and distributed it among my other 90 tomato plants I have crammed in my 
garden.

Be careful just what you put it on though. (know the needs of your plants). I had some 
salflower plants that I gave a sample to and then I found out they don't do well in rich
soils. I burnt most of the plants though they did come back out of it. Nasturtiums also 
like poor soil so I wont give them any either. However the calendula plants I gave some 
to are doing great!

The stink from the tea will fade considerably if you water your plants right after 
applying the stink tea. I apply it at night and by morning it has faded so much you 
cannot really tell it is there. Reminds me a bit of dead fish....yuk...but man is it 
ever good stuff.

Good luck if you make any. Gas masks are not provided!

Melana Hiatt