juicer machine to extract nutes?

tigrower · Oct 16, 2023

I saw on a u-tube video some guy using a juicer machine to extract juice from broccoli, kale and other supermarket veggies. I thought to myself, why pay $$ for perfectly good veggies and then grind them up to feed my weed plants? Why not use the leafy weeds growing everywhere that are free?

If I follow the guy on the vids logic, the juice extracted from the leafy greens are a direct source of organic macro nutes, especially nitrogen.
Since the nutes are liquefied, my girls would absorb the nutes quicker?

Wondering if anyone has tried this method of using a juicer to make liquid fertilizer.

the rrock · Oct 16, 2023

why feed it veggies,I would just liquefy some male plants and old trim and maybe some roots also,get the recycled juices flowing

budsofgeorgia · Oct 16, 2023

tigrower said:
I saw on a u-tube video some guy using a juicer machine to extract juice from broccoli, kale and other supermarket veggies. I thought to myself, why pay $$ for perfectly good veggies and then grind them up to feed my weed plants? Why not use the leafy weeds growing everywhere that are free?

If I follow the guy on the vids logic, the juice extracted from the leafy greens are a direct source of organic macro nutes, especially nitrogen.
Since the nutes are liquefied, my girls would absorb the nutes quicker?

Wondering if anyone has tried this method of using a juicer to make liquid fertilizer.

the rrock said:
why feed it veggies,I would just liquefy some male plants and old trim and maybe some roots also,get the recycled juices flowing

and THE ROCK SAYS

Homesteader · Oct 17, 2023

No offense but a total waste of time and energy. Just bury the stalks in rich dirt with worms and microbes and they will break it all down for you. Start a compost pile or get some rabbits and chickens. The dirt in my chicken coop has about 100 worms per shovel full. That is a scary amount but rich AF for plants.

tigrower · Oct 17, 2023

Homesteader said:
No offense but a total waste of time and energy. Just bury the stalks in rich dirt with worms and microbes and they will break it all down for you. Start a compost pile or get some rabbits and chickens. The dirt in my chicken coop has about 100 worms per shovel full. That is a scary amount but rich AF for plants.

I hear you... the thought is instant fertilizer, vs waiting for the compost to break down. Can't use "green scraps" in the container, so juicing would make it readily available? I'm not saying it works, it's a question if it does work.

tigrower · Oct 17, 2023

the rrock said:
why feed it veggies,I would just liquefy some male plants and old trim and maybe some roots also,get the recycled juices flowing

I smell what your "growing". Trim is a good idea, exact nutes the plant needs.

alpha.ganjaguy · Oct 17, 2023

tigrower said:
I hear you... the thought is instant fertilizer, vs waiting for the compost to break down. Can't use "green scraps" in the container, so juicing would make it readily available? I'm not saying it works, it's a question if it does work.

as far as I know the juice would feed the microbes in the soil which would in turn feed the plant or make the juice into a usable form for the plant

it would also attract all types of bugs to contend with

Deadstill · Oct 17, 2023

tigrower said:
I saw on a u-tube video some guy using a juicer machine to extract juice from broccoli, kale and other supermarket veggies. I thought to myself, why pay $$ for perfectly good veggies and then grind them up to feed my weed plants? Why not use the leafy weeds growing everywhere that are free?

If I follow the guy on the vids logic, the juice extracted from the leafy greens are a direct source of organic macro nutes, especially nitrogen.
Since the nutes are liquefied, my girls would absorb the nutes quicker?

Wondering if anyone has tried this method of using a juicer to make liquid fertilizer.

Homesteader is correct and this is a complete waste of time and energy. Not only that it will likely introduce bad pathogens to your biome that you do not want.

You will have much better results and much more nutrients available to the plant with a proper compost.

If you're into YouTube videos, look up Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web School. She has a lot of free information on her channel and a legit online school for no-till, regenerative growing and composting. I am currently enrolled, as a matter of fact. Worth every penny so far. It's not cheap, either, but occasionally you can catch the program on sale. Usually like once per year, and they just had a sale in the early summer, so probably not likely again until next year.

But check her channel out anyway, there's a lot of free information she gives right there if you have the will, and interest to learn.

Natep · Oct 17, 2023

tigrower said:
I saw on a u-tube video some guy using a juicer machine to extract juice from broccoli, kale and other supermarket veggies. I thought to myself, why pay $$ for perfectly good veggies and then grind them up to feed my weed plants? Why not use the leafy weeds growing everywhere that are free?

If I follow the guy on the vids logic, the juice extracted from the leafy greens are a direct source of organic macro nutes, especially nitrogen.
Since the nutes are liquefied, my girls would absorb the nutes quicker?

Wondering if anyone has tried this method of using a juicer to make liquid fertilizer.

Look into Korean natural farming. You can make fpj. It is a great nutrient. However I think broccoli is not what you want to make it out of. I would do aloe.

Neuro · Oct 17, 2023

the rrock said:
why feed it veggies,I would just liquefy some male plants and old trim and maybe some roots also,get the recycled juices flowing

Bob Hemphill does this. Seems to work for him.

juicer machine to extract nutes?

juicer machine to extract nutes?

tigrower

the rrock

budsofgeorgia

Homesteader

tigrower

tigrower

alpha.ganjaguy

Deadstill

Have Dick, Will Travel

Natep

Neuro

If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.

juicer machine to extract nutes?

juicer machine to extract nutes?

tigrower

the rrock

budsofgeorgia

Homesteader

tigrower

tigrower

alpha.ganjaguy

Deadstill

Have Dick, Will Travel

Natep

Neuro

If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.

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