Grass Clipping Tea?

is it possible to make one with just grass clippings for high N rates without the grass being composted?

notoriousb said:

is it possible to make one with just grass clippings for high N rates without the grass being composted?

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NotoriousB..... It is possible to make fertilizer tea from grass clippings, provided you don't use any kind of herbicide or insecticides on the lawn. The key is to set you lawnmower blade height so you only cut off the top inch of the grass. These smaller pieces breakdown quicker.
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Grass clippings contain about 4 percent N, 2 percent P and 1/2 percent of K.
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To make a tea from them, mix them in a 1 to 10 ratio with water. Example: one cup of fresh grass clipping, ten cups of water.
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Put your fresh grass clippings in a bucket, pour in your water, cover and set in a sunny spot. In ten days, you will have a mild fertilizer tea.
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Strain prior to use, put the left over stuff in your compost pile for later.
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If using it for soil, a pH adjustment will not really be necessary. For hydro, you will have to adjust the pH, prior to use.
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For this tea, one quart per plant, provided they are in at least one gallon of soil. & no more often than once every 10 days, or you will send you pH out of range. For a plants in the ground, 1/2 gallon each every 10 days works well.
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Hope this helps....
Keep it Real....Organic.......
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thanks Oh. this is awesome! I didn't think you could make a tea out of grass clippings without composted them first. I have an aquarium pump with airstone tho so should I use that in the process at all or just let it marinate for 10 days before use?

notoriousb said:

thanks Oh. this is awesome! I didn't think you could make a tea out of grass clippings without composted them first. I have an aquarium pump with airstone tho so should I use that in the process at all or just let it marinate for 10 days before use?

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NotoriousB..... The lid needs to be on your bucket for this process, it's the heat that makes it work. So, in this case, no air pump or air stone is actually better.
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Ohsogreen said:

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NotoriousB..... The lid needs to be on your bucket for this process, it's the heat that makes it work. So, in this case, no air pump or air stone is actually better.
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would it help if I aerated with my pump for a day or two after the initial 10 days of letting it sit?

notoriousb said:

would it help if I aerated with my pump for a day or two after the initial 10 days of letting it sit?

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NotoriousB..... Yes, bubbling it for an hour first, then dropping in some well aged compost would improve the mix (give 24 more hours of bubbling to ramp up the micro tribe numbers).
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Hope this helps....
Keep it Real....Organic.....
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definitely helps. thanks Ohso. excited to use my pump for the first time