used mash and a vegetable garden

AdScot17 · May 16, 2012

Does anyone know if the used mash from making beer would help in a vegetable garden? And what values it would give to the soil

dataz722 · May 16, 2012

I am not positive but I would think it would need to be composted first.

spearko520 · May 16, 2012

if you don't compost, it gets rank and buggy.

Yooper · May 16, 2012

spearko520 said:
if you don't compost, it gets rank and buggy.

Yes, we compost ours. It would be a stinky wad of "stuff" until it's composted. It doesn't take long, though, if you stir your compost pile and add some other organic material.

TyTanium · May 16, 2012

If you spread it thin enough, it'll dry out before it stinks. But it's a rodent magnet, so my vote is composting.

Homercidal · May 16, 2012

Composting FTW!

I hope I can get caught up around the house to get back on that composting barrel project I started.. oh a few YEARS ago...

david_42 · May 16, 2012

Mix it with some grass clipping and compost it. Spent grain is very high in protein (AKA nitrogen).

Gregscsu · May 16, 2012

I usually till some into the ground in the fall after pulling the garden and again in the spring prior to planting.

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