Make Tomato Plant Feed

Tomato plant feed can be expensive and difficult to get hold of so try this simple way making nutritious tomato feed.

Steps

 * 1) Find a plastic bag, thick gloves and some scissors or hedge trimmers.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 1.jpg|center]]
 * 2) Go to a local park or field.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 2.jpg|center]]
 * 3) Look for any stinging nettles.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 3.jpg|center]]
 * 4) Cut the stinging nettles, whilst wearing the gloves and place them in the bag.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 4.jpg|center]]
 * 5) Find a 2 L bottle.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 5.jpg|center]]
 * 6) Fill the bottle with water and squeeze all the stinging nettles inside it.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 6.jpg|center]]
 * 7) Leave the water and stinging nettle filled bottle outside and allow the contents to decompose.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 7.jpg|center]]
 * 8) Wait until the mixture roots down.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 8.jpg|center]]
 * 9) Put this plant feed on your tomatoes.[[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 9.jpg|center]]
 * 10) Enjoy healthy tomatoes![[Image:Make Tomato Plant Feed Step 10.jpg|center]]

Tips

 * Warmth, oxygen and water are essential for the bacteria to rot down the nettles so this will speed up them rotting down
 * The stinging nettles may take a while to rot down so be patient

Warnings

 * Be care when handling stinging nettles. As the name suggests they sting!

Things You'll Need

 * Plastic Bag
 * A place where you could find stinging nettles
 * A large plastic bottle (2 Litre is ideal but you could use lots of small ones)
 * Scissors, hedge cutters or shears
 * Thick gloves

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