Hi Everyone.
I was on the internet doing family history research, and I found an article my ancestor posted in 1899 about gardening. I am posting it because I thought it was interesting and I wanted to see if it would still work.
According to the article, my ancestor from Austria had MASSIVE plants, grew cucumbers 40 cm long, and grew heads of cauliflower that you couldnt even fit a bag big enough to go around it. He even left his secret in the article. It goes like this:
"He had lots of big barrels and a little stream. He saw a plant called "Nettles," (Not sure what that is, all I know is that its a plant that burns your skin,) he pushed basketfulls of nettles into the barrels and brought 30-40 liters of stream water into the barrels to fill them up. he put a lid on and let the nettles ferment. when the fermenting was done, he took 2 1/2 pints of it and put it into a watering can. he diluted it with pure stream water. The ratio was one part nettle water to ten parts stream water. He poured it around the stem of the plant and was careful not to put it on the leaves, or it would burn the plant."
According to the article he fed a family of 12 every day just from his garden, and had plenty to spare.
Me and my mom, (Yes, my mom is interested in this,) just want some opinions on this tactic. Do you think it will still work?
Thanks!
Jared
