>Before going into aquatic sciences, I >ran some BD market gardens and made some nettle tea in >a spakle bucket (filled the bucket with pre-flowering >nettle and covered with water; a light stir every day >or two) and the stuff turned a red color (and stunk >low hell - but not sulfidic). I removed the nettle >and used the strained red ferment. Everything it >touched flowered virtually overnight (including, >unfortuneately, the spinach). I have not repeated >this brew, but am convinced that that red liquor is >the goal in nettle tea fermentation. Let me know if >anyone has the same result and try to remember how you >did it.
OK. I'm at the red point now, 1 week after starting the 5gal brew. The sink is that of vinegar, not manure. The question: spray it straight on or 1/10 -or- D5? Since I only have approx 5 gallons and have runout of fresh nettle (another logn story), I want to make this spritz count. I was making this to rejuvenate the kale, but, boy, it sounds like from chris' experience that I should not spritz the kale...
