love blackstrap molasses in a bucket with hot manhua and water, this will make anything grow like crazy we call it a compost tea Never knew that about sweet potato vines though , great info 👍
I used to buy old bread knives at thrift stores for gardening. They were pretty good for chopping up softer things like sweet potato vines, squash vines, even nopal.
@@debbiesorganicgarden Another thing I found long bread knives good for was propagating oregano. When mine was becoming root-bound (in pots over 2gal), I'd pull the plant and cut it in halves or quarters like a cake and re-pot the "slices". It never failed. All my neighbors who wanted oregano, had it!
@@TUKByV That is definitely something I will do in the future. I recently divided my oregano too but a lot of it had died back. The "good" vines have started growing again. The serrated knife would have been good to use.
I would hesitate to use it for the same veggie. The reason is that the green part of a plant yields a lot of nitrogen. Sweet potatoes will produce a beautiful vine with lots of foliage if they have a lot of nitrogen. You want the root part to develop and that takes potassium. I try to keep a pulse on the plant health and how all of the different veggies are performing and adjust the amendments accordingly. That may be why my sweet potato yield was not as much as expected, so, I am experimenting. Be sure to turn on your notifications as that video is coming soon.
I used the same formula except I used chicken and duck poop instead. Added it to my corn a few times this summer. It was the best and healthiest corn I ever grew.
I love when others make "free" fertilizer! I'm thinking that you don't fill it with poop, then water. What is the formula? Corn loves nitrogen which is what poultry poop has a lot of. I don't use it for other veggies because it grows great plants but the formula of just poop water does not help with fruit. Tests showed excess nitrogen when I was doing just poop water.
@@debbiesorganicgarden I put about 1/3 the bucket with manure and fill with water and cover. It will only take about 10 days to dissolve into a slurry. Dilute 1 cup to 1 gallon of water. Place it where you can keep a smelly potion away from people traffic as it does stink, but boy does the corn love it.
Thank you, the fertilizer looked great.
you're welcome!
love blackstrap molasses in a bucket with hot manhua and water, this will make anything grow like crazy we call it a compost tea Never knew that about sweet potato vines though , great info 👍
thanks
I used to buy old bread knives at thrift stores for gardening. They were pretty good for chopping up softer things like sweet potato vines, squash vines, even nopal.
Good tip! I ended up being so tired that I just drug them back on top. It would have been better if I would have buried them soon after.
@@debbiesorganicgarden Another thing I found long bread knives good for was propagating oregano. When mine was becoming root-bound (in pots over 2gal), I'd pull the plant and cut it in halves or quarters like a cake and re-pot the "slices". It never failed. All my neighbors who wanted oregano, had it!
@@TUKByV That is definitely something I will do in the future. I recently divided my oregano too but a lot of it had died back. The "good" vines have started growing again. The serrated knife would have been good to use.
Amen to the song great is thy faithfulness ! Can the fertizer be used to grow sweet potatoes again?
I would hesitate to use it for the same veggie. The reason is that the green part of a plant yields a lot of nitrogen. Sweet potatoes will produce a beautiful vine with lots of foliage if they have a lot of nitrogen. You want the root part to develop and that takes potassium. I try to keep a pulse on the plant health and how all of the different veggies are performing and adjust the amendments accordingly. That may be why my sweet potato yield was not as much as expected, so, I am experimenting. Be sure to turn on your notifications as that video is coming soon.
Is there much of a smell? I will try this if I can do it without my neighbors raising a stink, so to speak. I'm in an apartment.
It does smell badly for about one month. I keep a lid on mine so that helps.
I used the same formula except I used chicken and duck poop instead. Added it to my corn a few times this summer. It was the best and healthiest corn I ever grew.
I love when others make "free" fertilizer! I'm thinking that you don't fill it with poop, then water. What is the formula? Corn loves nitrogen which is what poultry poop has a lot of. I don't use it for other veggies because it grows great plants but the formula of just poop water does not help with fruit. Tests showed excess nitrogen when I was doing just poop water.
@@debbiesorganicgarden I put about 1/3 the bucket with manure and fill with water and cover. It will only take about 10 days to dissolve into a slurry. Dilute 1 cup to 1 gallon of water. Place it where you can keep a smelly potion away from people traffic as it does stink, but boy does the corn love it.