Dandelion and Yarrow

MistaRasta

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hey guys, bought a few cups of these today at the store.

Just wondering how much I should use in say a 5 gallon brew and how long youd brew.

I started incorporating comfrey into my alfalfa/kelp teas at 1/4 cup per 5 gallons of water. Should I use more?
 

greasemonkeymann

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hey guys, bought a few cups of these today at the store.

Just wondering how much I should use in say a 5 gallon brew and how long youd brew.

I started incorporating comfrey into my alfalfa/kelp teas at 1/4 cup per 5 gallons of water. Should I use more?
bought dandelion?
You know I love ya brother, and maybe, it's different here... but dandelion is EVERYWHERE... I just pulled them outta the ground and threw them in a bucket of water. You don't have random ass dandelions everywhere where you are?
Never used yarrow before, is the dandelion fresh?
Did you get the roots? That's where the money is at..
Comfrey is some good shit for sure, I prefer to use it dried and shredded as a topdress or even in a soil mix.
 

greasemonkeymann

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hey guys, bought a few cups of these today at the store.

Just wondering how much I should use in say a 5 gallon brew and how long youd brew.

I started incorporating comfrey into my alfalfa/kelp teas at 1/4 cup per 5 gallons of water. Should I use more?
oh, and forgot to add, for a nutrient tea, it's not needed to brew for any particular amount of time, you are simply dissolving them in water to feed hydroponically.
Brew times are more for AACTs and such.
That being said, i'd bubble them all together for maybe 3-4 hours or so, if you want. Honestly I can't see how it'd be beneficial if you did it longer, once it's soluble it's there..
 

MistaRasta

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bought dandelion?
You know I love ya brother, and maybe, it's different here... but dandelion is EVERYWHERE... I just pulled them outta the ground and threw them in a bucket of water. You don't have random ass dandelions everywhere where you are?
Never used yarrow before, is the dandelion fresh?
Did you get the roots? That's where the money is at..
Comfrey is some good shit for sure, I prefer to use it dried and shredded as a topdress or even in a soil mix.
I'm right in the city and just can't bring my self to pull any of the dandelions. I'm in the Midwest and people here laugh at the term organic. Every yard is sprayed with "Scott's this" and "Scott's that". Just don't trust it.. If I still lived out in the country I'd have been using them years ago. The store had the roots and I knew I should've gotten them. I'll get them next time, they also have comfrey root, I bet that'd be good.

Let me ask you Grease, do you think these teas are only necessary in the beginning when starting your mix? I ask because I never see much about these awesome plants. I love my alfalfa/kelp and would like to keep things simple. Maybe I should throw these in my (future) worm bin. My compost would be golden! If I were to do a mix it'd go something like this:

1 cup/cuft kelp
1 cup/cuft neem
1 cup/cuft comfrey
1/2 cup stinging nettles
1/2 cup golden yarrow
1/4? Cup dandelion

Whatcha think?
 

greasemonkeymann

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I'm right in the city and just can't bring my self to pull any of the dandelions. I'm in the Midwest and people here laugh at the term organic. Every yard is sprayed with "Scott's this" and "Scott's that". Just don't trust it.. If I still lived out in the country I'd have been using them years ago. The store had the roots and I knew I should've gotten them. I'll get them next time, they also have comfrey root, I bet that'd be good.

Let me ask you Grease, do you think these teas are only necessary in the beginning when starting your mix? I ask because I never see much about these awesome plants. I love my alfalfa/kelp and would like to keep things simple. Maybe I should throw these in my (future) worm bin. My compost would be golden! If I were to do a mix it'd go something like this:

1 cup/cuft kelp
1 cup/cuft neem
1 cup/cuft comfrey
1/2 cup stinging nettles
1/2 cup golden yarrow
1/4? Cup dandelion

Whatcha think?
to be honest I have messed with all these in the past, but found them to be probably not needed, granted I have dialed in my compost to have essentially everything you could want in it.
I still use comfrey, haven't used anymore dandelion since I made my bucket full of them and water, BUT I still have some leftover (it goes a long ass way)
I don't really do teas as much as I used to, I do a AACT only if I feel I need to (if it gets too dry or something).
I do however like SSTs, and I like an aloe and silica "tea" but it's just aloe gel and protekt
All those dynamic accumulators in your compost certainly couldn't hurt a damn thing.
Whether or not it'd net you any discernible difference at the end is hard to say.
For many, many years i have been tryint ot do alllllll the little tiny things to optimize my herb, and growing techniques. For the last 3-4 yrs I've been seeing what I can SUBTRACT to get the same results...
I just don't have the time needed to do all the nuances that I used to, but damnit my herb keeps getting better and better... so I do the LEAST amount needed to achieve optimal results.
 

hyroot

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I'm in the same boat. I have to drive 3 hours to find dandelions growing wild like that. They don't grow enough in the desert. I've actually asked around at nurseries to buy some or even seeds. They all look at me like I'm crazy. Except for one nursery. I wasn't the only one looking for them that day.
 

Smidge34

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I live on 5 acres in west Kentucky and it is covered in dandelion and plantain. My entire yard and small pasture are nearly solid white in early spring with dandelion flowers. Crazy man! If anybody wants to pay the shipping I'll UPS you all the dandelion and plantain you want lol.
 

Midwest Weedist

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I'm in the same boat. I have to drive 3 hours to find dandelions growing wild like that. They don't grow enough in the desert. I've actually asked around at nurseries to buy some or even seeds. They all look at me like I'm crazy. Except for one nursery. I wasn't the only one looking for them that day.
Hahaha I can just send you a zip lock full of dandelion seeds. Those things are literally EVERYWHERE in the Midwest right now. All our rain has made our weeds take over.
 
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