Start making nettle vulture yourself

Nettle vulture is a natural food source for plants and a pesticide against lice, fungi and uninvited guests.

You can probably find a lot of information about it. I will tell you here what I have used it for in recent years and how you can make it very simple yourself.

You make it in the spring, as soon as the Nettles become more vigorous (higher, darker, firmer). But before they start producing flowers (and therefore seed). Because then you spread the seeds in your garden.

You cut the young buds from this (they digest faster than the tough old leaves at the bottom). And you cut these small in a (plastic) bucket. You need about a kilo for 10 liters (1 in 10). Depending on the garden and plants that live there, you make more or less. When it is ready, use 1 liter to 10 liters of water, so a large watering can full. That quickly runs out in our garden, so I make about 20 liters. You can use it all summer long. And give to your plants weekly if you want.

But first in the bucket. It is supposed to ferment. That's why I add sugar myself. Also because the alcohol that is created as a result is not really appreciated by the bugs. About half a kilo of sugar on 10 liters. But it is also possible without sugar. The fermentation creates bubbles and if you have a lid on it you may have to put it on top or put another bucket upside down. A lid bulges, but I have not yet seen it jump off. Stir well every day. And I also add a scoop (handful) of lava flour or other rock flour. This makes it richer in minerals and smells less. Because it does ...

After two to four weeks of stirring, the fermentation process is complete and you can strain it and store it in bottles.

You use 1 liter of slurry on 10 liters of water which you can pour on the soil around your plants or spray on the leaves with a sprinkling thing.

Onions and legumes are not very fond of it. But tomatoes, cabbages, leeks, fruit and berry bushes like it for growth. It prevents fungi and disease because it increases the resistance of the plants. And last year the Colorado potato beetle disappeared faster than it came when I sprinkled the potato plants. Lice also get wings because they fly quickly. So I also give the rose and other perennials a nice shower (mehhhh, don't think about it ...).

Have fun creating and if you have any questions about it please let me know! Cindy