Sorry, everyone. This recipe isn’t for delicious cannabis drinks. When referring to “weed tea,” we’re talking about the nutrient-rich liquid fertilizer created from the common garden weeds. If you’re interested in boosting your plants and using all the greenery you can get your hands on, take a look!
What exactly is Weed Tea?
Before we dive into the amazingness of marijuana tea, we need to define what we are referring to by “weeds.”
A herb is either an undesirable plant or one that shows out in an area that isn’t desired. A good example is sweet, healthy dandelions ( Taraxacum spp.), a frightening plant that appears on the perfect green on a golf course.
As it is evident, many plants in the category of weeds can be helpful in myriad ways. Most people do not want those species appearing in their rose gardens, or they carefully maintain vegetable gardens.
Many species are edible and medicinal and may be used for both. The ones that aren’t, however, aren’t harmful to humans can be changed to “tea” to nourish other plants.
What’s the difference between this Material as well Compost Tea?
The distinction lies in the contents and preparation.
You use the previously mentioned aged, well-decomposed plant matter for the compost tea. You then include water and amending substances like Molasses. After stirring it for a few seconds, you can use it to nourish your plants.
Contrary to that, marijuana tea is made from the fresh matter of plants. Preparing it to make it suitable for use as plants as food is necessary. It takes several weeks to ferment and is easily made with the things you already have. It doesn’t require a compost pile or expensive amendments. All you need is weeds and water.
This material will indeed take some time to break down. Try to have it be at least a month before you anticipate that you’ll need it.
What is the best way to make Weed Tea?
It’s an easy process that isn’t difficult to do anything wrong.
What You’ll need:
- A bucket made of non-metal with a tight lid (plastic is an ideal choice)
- Garden weeds
- Water
Get enough weeds in the ground to complete the bucket 1/3 of the way. Don’t pack or cram the plant matter. Lay everything within it.
Then, make sure to cover the plants by about an inch. The lid should be secured, and then store your bucket inside an excellent location that is not in direct sunlight. A garage or shed is an ideal location.
Let it rest for between four and six weeks, and stir it at least twice weekly. Be aware that it will begin to smell sour within a couple of weeks. You might need to wear an eye mask when stirring it, as you’ll start to gag.
The odor of a rotten smell is a positive thing because it indicates that the plants are breaking down well. They’ll release their nutrients in the water around them, creating a pleasant mild “tea” that you can give other plants.
How to Make Use of Your Tea:
After breaking it down for four to six weeks, you’ll need to strain it. Place some cheesecloth in an old colander that will never be used for pasta again. Please put it in a different bucket and pour the fermented tea.
Make sure you wear old clothing, gloves, and even goggles as you perform this. The mixture will stain everything it comes into contact with. It will also be boiling when it’s in your eyes. It will require a significant amount of scrub to remove the smell of your body.
The Tea you’ve extracted is a highly concentrated liquid fertilizer. Don’t ever, ever use it at full strength in any garden. It can damage the ripe veggies and greens that are leafy and healthy and could cause plant growth to be affected in bizarre ways.
You can instead dilute it to a 2:10 ratio of water to weed Tea. That means that if you’re using 2 cups of Tea, you can add 10 cups of water to make a total of 12 cups. See? Fifth-grade math was constructive.
Suppose you’re in the correct position to provide your plants with food; use this drink to deliver water at the ground level. It’s recommended to do this during periods of dry weather. The nutrients will disappear if it’s been raining or is forecast to rain shortly. This means that they’ll be deposited elsewhere within the water table. If you notice that the tomatoes of your neighbors appear to be a lot lusher, they’re likely leaking off your land.
Which species of plants are suitable for this?
It is possible to use a broad range of garden weeds to make Tea. You’re safe if you’re using a species that could harm others or you. To make your weed tea, you should not use nightshade, foxglove, or any other poisonous species.
The best choices are ones that you do not intend to consume as medicine or food. For instance, some species (like curly Dock and plantain) can be eaten when the leaves are soft but turn bitter and woody as they age. Other species, such as crabgrass, could be invasive and unsuitable for anything else.
Here are some of the common herbaceous plants that you could make into tea weeds:
- Plantain (entire plant)
- Dandelions (whole plant)
- Burdock (roots and leaves)
- Buttercups (whole plant)
- Crabgrass (roots and leaves)
- Curly Dock (roots and leaves)
- Creeping Charlie/Ground Ivy (whole plant)
- These tales as well as Nettles (roots, as well as leaves ):, Wear gloves when picking these)
- Japanese Knotweed (whole plant)
- Ox-Eye Daisies (whole plant)
- Vetch (whole plant)
- Lambsquarters (whole plant: all you’ve eaten that you don’t have)
- Pigweed (roots, stems, leaves, and roots)
- Shepherd’s Purse (whole plant)
- Purslane (like Lambsquarters, it’s delicious, but it’s also fantastic for Tea made from weed)
Final Notes
Apart from being an excellent fertilizer rich in nutrients, This Tea also comes with a benefit. Let’s say you’ve pulled off a tonne of weeds and dumped them in your compost pile. If there were seeds inside and you’re planting them in the conditions they require to flourish.
Contrary to that, using them in marijuana tea will ensure that they aren’t reproducing. Instead of fighting a new generation of weed babies, you’re absorbing all their valuable nutrients.
Please mUse your weed tea during the same season you made it. This Tea can go “off” very quickly, so try to create smaller batches of Tea that you are sure you will use. Feed your plants every month. Then clear the buckets thoroughly before storing them in the winter.
If you’ve got leftovers after the season, use them to grow your house plants. You can dilute it even more by a 1:12 ratio of Tea to water. Feed it at the root too. If you’ve got far more food leftovers than we’re expecting, don’t hesitate to feed your tree and bushes the rest of the food. They’ll be thankful for the additional nutrients and will increase their growth next year.