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Nettle tea for clematis?

manwithspademanwithspade Posts: 11
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Hi

would my homemade nettle brew fertiliser be ok for spring use in clematis? Or has it got too much nitrogen. I'd say my nettle tea is quite a strong batch!

thanks in anticipation for your advice

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  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 24,333

    It is mostly nitrogen so save it for leafy plants.  Clematis need food to encourage flowers too so comfrey tea would be better.

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  • manwithspademanwithspade Posts: 11

    I have comfreybtea too but assumed you'd save it till it was about to flower. Should I use it now or something else whilst the clematis are just putting in growth?

  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 24,333

    Now and later.  It encourages flower production.

    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • manwithspademanwithspade Posts: 11

    Thanks!

  • raisingirlraisingirl East Devon, on the Edge of Exmoor.Posts: 4,202

    You can always dilute it image

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