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I was thinking since I am going to use a variation of this in the veggie garden - and on the ornamentals - this year, I should maybe get some input from the organic gardeners here at Dave's.
The original 'recipe' was posted by kenboy (my DH) to the Brugmansia forum because we used it last year on the thousand+ Brug cuttings he rooted. We expanded our use to everything in the greenhouses over that winter of 2007/2008.
This winter we did not use the recipe and I am regretting that. We started spraying it today and hope to make it a regularly scheduled thing to do at least once a week this spring.
I have added many things off and on to our version of the recipe and do not use any water soluble fertilizers like MG or Peters.
Here's the link to the 2009 recipe thread in Brugmansias and the recipes that had been posted on the 2008 thread.
A Note: Measure out really hot tap water and dissolve the Epsom Salt in it first - LOL!
Originally kenboy posted this one:
2 cups water
1 12 oz can of beer
1/2 cup household ammonia
1 cup Epsom salt
12 drops Tea Tree oil
1/4 cup unsulphured molasses
1/4 cup liquid seaweed (Kelp)
Kell posted this one:
12 oz beer
1 cup Epsom salts
1/2 cup ammonia
2 cup water
1/2 cup molasses (I use black strap)
4 tbs bloom booster
vit B12 (I use 250-500mg)
You use 1 tablespoon per gallon of warm water.
Teresa_in_BC posted:
12 oz beer
1 cup epsom salts
1/2 cup ammonia
2 cups water
4 tbsp Bloombooster
4 tbsp Miracle-Gro
1/2 cup molasses
Mix together and store in tightly capped 1 litre bottle or jar. Does not require refrigeration.
To use: mix 1 tbsp in 1 gallon of water and apply every 2 weeks.
jestelleoan posted:
12oz of beer
1cup of epsom salts
1/2 cup ammonia
1/4 cup if molasses
1 to 3 drops of Tea Tree Oil
1 to 3 drops of Superthrive
2 cups of water
1 to 2 tablespoons of mix to a gal. of water.
kenboy later posted this revision: ** this is the one we currently use
2 cups of water
12 oz can of beer
1/2 cup of household ammonia
1 cup of Epsom salt
3 Tablespoons of Tea Tree oil
1/4 cup of molasses
1/2 liquid seaweed ( Kelp )
1/2 cup of garlic spray
1/2 cup of Humate Tea
1 to 2 tablespoons per gallon of water
There was a discussion about seedlings getting burned
ZZsBabiez posted:
2 cups of water
1 bottle beer
1/2 cup ammonia
1 cup of Epsom salt
12 drops Tea Tree oil
1/4 cup of molasses
1/2 liquid Age Old Kelp
2Tbs Miracle Grow
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