Make Your Own Weed Fertilizer In 2023!

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  • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
    @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +11

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  • @donnakacz6460
    @donnakacz6460 Рік тому +21

    Hi Jeff. I'll definitely be starting a bucket for myself. Although my space is limited, my neighbor won't mind sharing. I guess she will think I'm a little strange asking for her weeds! Love and God bless ❤

  • @cut--
    @cut-- Рік тому +12

    I used to composte "casually". But fertilizers, especially organic ones, have gotten so insanely expensive I'm nickel-and-diming every bit of green stuff in my garden and yard. I can't wait to try this weed-fermentation type of tea! Tyvm Jeff. 😉

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +3

      100% the same here. More quality control, more economical, and always available. It really is the way to go! :-)

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +2

      :-)

    • @jacobspranger1267
      @jacobspranger1267 Рік тому +1

      Stuff works amazing. Been using it for a couple of seasons now.

  • @GALE_HOBBIES
    @GALE_HOBBIES Рік тому +9

    I love using Weeds for filling up my compost tumbler bin! It's a great way to gather free nitrogen and nutrients for compost and plants. Great vid as always Jeff!

  • @avermontlife
    @avermontlife Рік тому +13

    I appreciate how you've simplified the JADAM method for us. In JADAM, you add a handful of forest leaf litter to inoculate the fertilizer, and you can also use straight grass clippings for a nitrogen hit. You don't need to discard the material, you can essentially make this a perpetual fertilizer by continuing to add water and grass/weeds to the bucket all summer, and take out what you need once a week or so. Thanks Jeff!

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +4

      Yeah, I've tried both... Honestly, the simpler the better! Cheers!

  • @volqueen
    @volqueen Рік тому +5

    Love the turning of a chore into such a great benefit for the garden! I make tinctures with most of those good weeds so I am use to letting those kind grow a bit. Now, I am all stocked up for medicine and now I will grow to make fertilizer and pump up the compost.

  • @austin2842
    @austin2842 Рік тому +11

    Nice. I leave my weeds in the bucket to rot down all the way into goo. To avoid collecting solids (and getting splashed), I just push a strainer down into the bucket and then scoop up the liquid that filters through it. It's a couple years old at this point, almost black, and smells exactly like cow manure. Flies love it too. 😀

  • @debichats8634
    @debichats8634 Рік тому +6

    Wild, lettuce, dandelions, borage, stinging nettle….lots of the plants you talked about are good herbs and make medicine for us. I understand using them if you’re not into herbal medicine but I was sitting here in Virginia wishing I had some of those weeds here so I could forage for them! They may be around here but not in my yard! 😢

    • @volqueen
      @volqueen Рік тому +4

      I bought the seeds for almost all of them to make some medicinal tinctures. I live in Tennessee, somewhat close to your climate. I grew comfrey from both seeds and roots that I purchased. I planted them under fruit trees recently. The wild lettuce grows as well as plantain and dandelion here and everywhere.

  • @tracysullivan174
    @tracysullivan174 Рік тому +4

    Fabulous! Thank You And As Always I Am Heading Out To Do This Now! You Have Really Helped Me So Much. Great Information And I Have Been Sharing Your Videos With My Family And Friends! I So Hope You Know Your Spreading A Lot Happiness. Learning Your Tips Has Really Made My Garden Produce Some Wonderful Food. Turning Weeds Into Something Great....Priceless

  • @tesswagner895
    @tesswagner895 Рік тому +4

    Yay Jeff!!❤ I've been doing this for a couple of years now. Plants act like you just had a fresh rain. They love it. I usually just let mine soak until it skims over an the smell is intense, roughly a couple of weeks. I figure its long enough to kill the seeds off. Just make sure you designate certain buckets for this as it really imparts the smell into the plastic.

  • @neelsscheepers8841
    @neelsscheepers8841 Рік тому +3

    i Always use a handfull of the old fermented weeds to kickstart the new batch. If you have weeds that pests don't like use them to as they help with pest controll.

  • @deborahroberts1300
    @deborahroberts1300 Рік тому +1

    Thanks very much . Youll find me the garden today doing the weeding!😥🤗🍁🌾

  • @OakKnobFarm
    @OakKnobFarm Рік тому +3

    I've always wanted to try this. My fear has been the odor.... how funky is it? Things like fish emulsion are pretty hard for me to use, and I worried this might be the same!
    Another great weed to add would be mullein has a nice deep tap root and is a good dynamic accumulator

  • @vinivv
    @vinivv 2 місяці тому +1

    I started a bucket just before summer got really going and have been feeding from that bucket all summer long, i jsut keep adding to it and stirring no aeration make sure to move that stuff around twice a day with big stirring stick standing way back cause it stinks you do not want mold, if you see mold get rid of the stuff thats bad. I add molasses day before i feed to activate the enzymes plants have all done very well

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  2 місяці тому +1

      Molasses is a great tip.....the sugars really get it going!

  • @southerncomfort971
    @southerncomfort971 Рік тому +1

    That certainly takes the "ugh" out of weeding the garden. normally I just toss the weeds into a pile for later application to my compost hoping the seeds die off or don't grow in the compost.

  • @williammatthews7735
    @williammatthews7735 5 місяців тому +3

    I thought about this a lot when i was a kid, but was always told i was dumb for it. Wouldnt you know that it turns out to be one of the good "old ways" that our culture is starting to inch back towards.

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  5 місяців тому

      @@williammatthews7735 right William? Trust your gut!

  • @lotushippy1091
    @lotushippy1091 11 місяців тому +1

    What is your opinion on this method as a fertilizer for I've been trying out different types of fertilizers and this is the first of its kind and a lot of what you have explained in the video makes so much sense . I am curious because cannabis is known as a weed is some country where it is evasive .

  • @michaelmarchione3408
    @michaelmarchione3408 Рік тому +1

    This is such a great show and content you shared! Thanks Jeff! Take care!

  • @nathanfrere2550
    @nathanfrere2550 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for the video. How often should I use this?

  • @EnglishLearnersHere
    @EnglishLearnersHere Рік тому +3

    Thank you so much for this wonderful video, Jeff! ❤

  • @carolbeers4208
    @carolbeers4208 Рік тому +1

    I pull weeds that grow so abundant after rains of winter put in my compost which is t he best. Put will try your receipe

  • @tracycouture3955
    @tracycouture3955 Рік тому +6

    Looking forward to learning ❤🌱

  • @ronevergrow8319
    @ronevergrow8319 Рік тому +3

    Im trying to grow 100 square feet of Cannabis with a 0% ROI outdoors next year in northern California.
    This will work great for Veg but for flowering i will need a higher phosphorus input, any suggestions for a almost free phosphorus organic input ?
    Somebody suggested making a leaf-mold concoction something like this but use leaf mold, whole fruit, wild flowers and banana peels ( and if i have a few extra bucks dump a small bag of bat guano in it to cook ) ?

  • @d4rk4ngel132
    @d4rk4ngel132 Рік тому

    I have 3 buckets going so far. My wife and I have found many free fertilizers to use which is really great now.

  • @Steve197201
    @Steve197201 Рік тому +6

    This is a great idea! If I make this now, it won't be ready until the end of my growing season. Will I be able to let it ferment over the entire winter so I can use it next year, or will it go bad by then? Thanks for your informatve videos!

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +4

      For sure Steve. I have mine sitting all year from September onwards for spring use. Once its broken down to a solution of elements and compounds, it changes very little if at all! 🙂

    • @Steve197201
      @Steve197201 Рік тому

      @@TheRipeTomatoFarms Awesome! Thank you, Jeff!

    • @leeannelachance2954
      @leeannelachance2954 Рік тому +3

      This was going to be my question too. Glad I can save it for later use. My garden is just wild with all kind of weeds, and I’ve been procrastinating pulling them, but this may be the motivation I need to get it done!

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому

      @@leeannelachance2954 it definitely helps the motivation to get a free organic fertilizer in the end! Lol

  • @robbieburns216
    @robbieburns216 Рік тому +1

    This might have already been asked but how often would this brew be applied? Many thanks! GOD Bless!

  • @tori8474
    @tori8474 Рік тому +2

    Always learn something watching your videos! Thanks so much :)

  • @LargoJacobs-gw1vq
    @LargoJacobs-gw1vq 9 місяців тому +1

    Great.Will see how good dis will do for cannibis..

  • @Acts-1322
    @Acts-1322 Рік тому +3

    Isn't there danger in using anaerobic noxious mixtures like this? I heard a lecture by a soil microbiologist that cautioned to never use anaerobic versions.

  • @miriamortiz9247
    @miriamortiz9247 Рік тому +1

    I did this last year and used it mostly on pepper plants that were struggling. They took off after a couple of applications and gave me a very good harvest even past my first frost.
    My question to you is: when weeds that have gone to seed are submerged in water that long, do the seeds just deteriorate or can they still be viable? This year i bought mesh painters bags that fit over 5 gallon buckets and sift out just about everything from the brew. Just can't trust a strainer because the holes are too large.

  • @JamieOwens-h3m
    @JamieOwens-h3m 3 місяці тому +1

    Is it okay to you this stuff on root crops, such as carrots and potatoes? What about greens? Some of the fertilizer will splash on leaves of chard and lettuce, is it okay to eat? Should I wait to harvest my edible greens after using this stuff on them? I don't want to get sick. Thank You!!

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  3 місяці тому

      In no way is this going to be poisonous...I'd still wash any off that got splashed however. And yes, works on root crops, greens, fruit trees, perennials...all of them.

  • @SarahMainit-el2lo
    @SarahMainit-el2lo 8 місяців тому +1

    I had seen people for and agains this method so I finally did a side by side comparison of a plant with plain water and a plant with weed tea…. The difference was significant! The one with just water started to die then I gave it weed tea and it revived it!

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  8 місяців тому

      Exactly Sarah.... It's not just nutrients... Weed and compost teas are amazing!

  • @BostonDeadHead
    @BostonDeadHead Рік тому

    I have been doing this since the 90s. I find dandelions to pack the most punch. I also add banana peels. For the water part I recommend collecting rain water. Tap water has Chems that will kill the micro biom in your soil.

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому

      Dandelions rock.... Them and comfrey and nettles..... The best!

  • @willsolarski8550
    @willsolarski8550 Рік тому +5

    After making sure it was on the up and up with the laws here I went to the coast yesterday so I could do this same thing with seaweed, but because of your video may break out another bucket :p
    Awesome content as always!

  • @margaret2222
    @margaret2222 Рік тому

    Oh my gosh, I just threw my weeds in the trash. I might have to go dig them out. I love this idea. Thank you so much for all your great videos.

  • @junelowther9611
    @junelowther9611 Рік тому +3

    How would you contrast weed fertilizer and compost tea? Would you use them differently?

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +1

      Hi june. For me, they are completely different beasts. Weed fertilizers are about nutrients and compost teas are about upping the microbe and soil fauna levels.

    • @junelowther9611
      @junelowther9611 Рік тому +1

      Hi, Jeff- thanks for your reply- Great video. After many years of gardening in fertile clay soil, I’m now growing in almost pure sand- I’m finding that the trees and plants seem to mine nutrients from down deep and their leaves are the best remedy for the low fertility of the native soil.

  • @PauletteHunter123
    @PauletteHunter123 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much for your great videos. I will be buying a bucket with a lid. Is there a video on how to make compose tea and its application.

  • @asheelterestini5454
    @asheelterestini5454 Рік тому +1

    i just started a bucket of comfrey tea last week. Thanks for the info about using weeds, which are in abundance here. Looks like i need to make a new bucket of just the weeds.

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому

      Right on... How long do you leave the comfrey in the bucket for before it's ready?

    • @asheelterestini5454
      @asheelterestini5454 Рік тому +1

      @TheRipeTomatoFarms It's been a week. I was going to allow it to steep for a month, but we have 95°f temps for the next month, which may speed it along.

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +1

      @@asheelterestini5454 yeah, same here. In my greenhouse, this stuff is cooking twice as fast these days!

  • @Theokondak
    @Theokondak Рік тому +1

    The plant you unroot at 1:40 is much more than a weed. It can be boiled and then eaten with some salt, lemon and olive oil. It is just one of my favorite salads. The water that is left after the boiling can be drunk or used to infuse a tea. It has many therapeutic properties as far as I know.

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +1

      Definitely....in fact, MANY weeds are edible and have medicinal properties!

  • @Knivesonknives
    @Knivesonknives 2 місяці тому +1

    Well, I came here for a completely different purpose, but this was very helpful thank you!

  • @cj77733
    @cj77733 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you! ❤️Love it.

  • @DanielElmhirst
    @DanielElmhirst 3 місяці тому +1

    Is the lid, an absolute must? Also, if it’s fermentation that helps create the fertiliser, would adding a small amount of brown sugar or molasses help?
    Thanks, and great video!

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  3 місяці тому

      @@DanielElmhirst the lid really does help.... Sugars will also help!

  • @saltyshieldmaiden
    @saltyshieldmaiden Рік тому +1

    Why have I never thought of this?! 🤯

  • @billhoy2394
    @billhoy2394 Рік тому

    This is 110 percent true it's what I use

  • @musaadfelton3909
    @musaadfelton3909 24 дні тому +1

    This is interesting. So compost fertilizer and weed fertilizer is different because the one is aerated and the other one is fermented anaerobically. So what is the nutrient difference between the two or what difference does it make to the soil?

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  24 дні тому

      @@musaadfelton3909 compost teas do contain nutrients, but are more aerated solutions to add beneficial bacteria to your soil. Weed fertilizers are just straight up fertilizers. The nutrient Delta between the two will be quite large.

  • @karenkouassi7378
    @karenkouassi7378 Рік тому +2

    Are there any weeds to avoid in this process? Are Dallisgrass and crabgrass OK to use?

  • @royster3345
    @royster3345 5 місяців тому +1

    When it gets low do you just add more water and plant material? Or start a mew bucket?

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  5 місяців тому +1

      I start fresh..... I do them on rotation with 2-3 buckets going at any one time

  • @Joseph_Dredd
    @Joseph_Dredd Рік тому +1

    Superb tip - hadnt thought of using weeds for a fertiliser.
    :)

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому

      Thanks Joseph, give it a try and let me know how your plants do!

  • @sandraniemeyer4176
    @sandraniemeyer4176 Рік тому

    Thank you for all you do. Very, very helpful resource. Question: how long does the weed fertilizer keep (sealed of course)? I was thinking of doing it on a yearly cyclical cycle-creating one year and using the next and so on. Having some stored could be beneficial in many respects. Again, thanks.

  • @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT
    @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT Рік тому +1

    Great idea! Weeds grow all around my neighborhood in large quantities and varieties - when summer is over, they regrow and I can easily get more than I will ever need. Is there a time limit to store this anaerobic fertilizer? It will be easier to make a bigger batch, than a few smaller ones.

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +1

      Same here! No time limit...once it breaks down, its just elements and compounds. I store in in bottle and it doesn't seem to ever go bad.

    • @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT
      @JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT Рік тому

      @@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks! That helps 🙂

  • @sircorkysriley4904
    @sircorkysriley4904 Рік тому

    what about keeping some over the winter for the start of next season?? Can it freeze over the winter and still be good for next spring??

  • @305loucilou
    @305loucilou 7 місяців тому

    Is this also good for vegetables and fruits?

  • @nchestercountynews4955
    @nchestercountynews4955 Рік тому +2

    I've asked in the past "Why the lid?" is it necessary. no leaf mold?

  • @jamestyrer6067
    @jamestyrer6067 6 місяців тому

    THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO. 👍 I DO ENJOY ALL YOUR VIDEOS

  • @gretchenrodriquez7633
    @gretchenrodriquez7633 Рік тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @fishlovme
    @fishlovme Рік тому

    Can you put the fermented, gross looking weeds spread onto the harden somehow or do you have to toss that when you strain the water? Just wondering what to do with it when the process is done

  • @zan4110
    @zan4110 6 місяців тому +1

    Will be making some...!

  • @itowmyhome797
    @itowmyhome797 Рік тому +2

    Thank you

  • @paulbraga4460
    @paulbraga4460 6 місяців тому

    see Learn Permaculture doing this differently and no bad smell - take a large drum and make holes at the bottom, put a basin or whatever to catch leacheate, put in the weeds and wet them up a bit and wait for the nutrient-rich drip at the bottom...blessings

  • @delucastudios3097
    @delucastudios3097 4 місяці тому +1

    i don't recall you mentioning in the video, but how often do we use this weed tea?

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  4 місяці тому

      Just like with watering, there is no universal feeding schedule. Way too many variables to construct a hard fast set of rules. I use it when my plants need it or at certain times of planting, days to harvest, etc. I will say though that unlike chemical fertilizers, this one cannot be over-used. It'll never kill or burn your plants.

    • @delucastudios3097
      @delucastudios3097 4 місяці тому

      @@TheRipeTomatoFarms can it be used everyone i water my plants or every other?

  • @simangelemariemkhize5831
    @simangelemariemkhize5831 8 місяців тому

    Love it! Thanks for sharing.

  • @jonathan_r_lee92
    @jonathan_r_lee92 Рік тому +1

    Merch Idea: a bucket with your logo on it. That way we can make our own Ripe Tomato Farm Weed Fertilizer.

  • @LeftEarth2
    @LeftEarth2 8 місяців тому +2

    I clearly misread the video title. 420 😅

  • @TheSturdy1
    @TheSturdy1 8 місяців тому +1

    I have a bunch of dándilions bumping up now I guess I have a use for em

  • @MamaCARINGSGarden
    @MamaCARINGSGarden Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing😊

  • @charmainemrtnz
    @charmainemrtnz Рік тому

    Does it smell bad? How about Comfrey ? ?

  • @stephenhope7319
    @stephenhope7319 Рік тому +1

    Nice video, I use this method constantly. Maybe I missed something in the video? But I always pour the left-over slurry into a compost pile for further reduction. Thanks.

  • @tec9cz6l7b
    @tec9cz6l7b 7 місяців тому

    Can I use this for weed?

  • @SpringNotes
    @SpringNotes Рік тому +1

    Isn't this pretty much the same concept popularized by JADAM liquid fertilizer ?

  • @staffylover1950
    @staffylover1950 Рік тому

    Thanks 👍🏼

  • @CmdrSoCal
    @CmdrSoCal Рік тому +4

    3:57. Dandelion, chicory and amaranth are food. Most weeds are food for chickens.

  • @heidi22209
    @heidi22209 Рік тому +2

    Do you need a lid?

  • @Rosemary-lg8sf
    @Rosemary-lg8sf Рік тому +4

    Oh no😮😮😮😮 wild lettuce is a medicine 😢

  • @CollinCook-em4qg
    @CollinCook-em4qg 5 місяців тому

    So what you’re saying is I don’t need kelp, shit, lemons, ash or any of that extra shit in there?

  • @TheTruth-l8z
    @TheTruth-l8z Місяць тому +1

    You makin it to feed weed or making it out of weeds?

  • @vansgardens2304
    @vansgardens2304 Рік тому +1

    I do the same thing. I call it revenge juice

  • @lafuriashorts
    @lafuriashorts 8 місяців тому

    GREAT!!

  • @TheOneLifeRider
    @TheOneLifeRider 7 місяців тому

    That looked like groundsel, not dandelion btw :)

  • @coldslugger8219
    @coldslugger8219 10 місяців тому +1

    Comment number 100!

  • @gnawbabygnaw
    @gnawbabygnaw 10 місяців тому

    Ohhh. THAT kinda weed.

  • @CJShortsOfficial
    @CJShortsOfficial 3 місяці тому +1

    With boiling water u will safe time waiting

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  3 місяці тому

      @@CJShortsOfficial I wonder if it would extract the same level of nutrients?

  • @gelatinous6915
    @gelatinous6915 11 місяців тому

    I could smell that thumbnail through my computer. Something about liquid weed fertilizer sounds so uniquely awful that I can't even describe it.

  • @johnroehsler6440
    @johnroehsler6440 5 місяців тому

    You need to the solution with NPK test kit as I did and there was no N or P just a tad of K by the darkness of the test kit. The mixture is chlorophyll.

  • @steve5013
    @steve5013 Рік тому +3

    My weeds are growing good, they don't need any fertilizer

  • @photon434
    @photon434 Рік тому +2

    Great Quickie Jeff! I learned all kinds of stuff. I was wondering if you could compare and contrast weed fertilizer vs. compost tea. A big pro for compost tea is that it only takes a few days. Thanks! 🥬

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms  Рік тому +2

      Thanks so much. I'm my mind, they are two different beasts. Weed Fertilizer is for nutrients, whereas compost teas are for microbes. Two very different goals when using each.