A AdScot17 Member Joined Mar 10, 2012 Messages 7 Reaction score 0 May 16, 2012 #1 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
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 Well-Known Member Joined Oct 10, 2007 Messages 37,114 Reaction score 3,064 Location Middletown May 16, 2012 #2 I am not positive but I would think it would need to be composted first.
spearko520 Well-Known Member Joined Dec 16, 2011 Messages 1,021 Reaction score 67 Location allentown May 16, 2012 #3 if you don't compost, it gets rank and buggy.
Yooper Ale's What Cures You! Staff member Admin Mod HBT Supporter Joined Jun 4, 2006 Messages 75,140 Reaction score 13,292 Location UP/Snowbird in Florida May 16, 2012 #4 spearko520 said: if you don't compost, it gets rank and buggy. Click to expand... 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.
spearko520 said: if you don't compost, it gets rank and buggy. Click to expand... 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 Well-Known Member Joined Nov 9, 2011 Messages 3,976 Reaction score 612 May 16, 2012 #5 If you spread it thin enough, it'll dry out before it stinks. But it's a rodent magnet, so my vote is composting.
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 Licensed Sensual Massage Therapist. HBT Supporter Joined Feb 10, 2008 Messages 33,269 Reaction score 5,709 Location Reed City, MI May 16, 2012 #6 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...
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 Well-Known Member Joined Oct 8, 2005 Messages 25,581 Reaction score 196 Location Oak Grove May 16, 2012 #7 Mix it with some grass clipping and compost it. Spent grain is very high in protein (AKA nitrogen).
G Gregscsu Well-Known Member Joined Apr 2, 2010 Messages 451 Reaction score 16 Location St. Paul May 16, 2012 #8 I usually till some into the ground in the fall after pulling the garden and again in the spring prior to planting.
I usually till some into the ground in the fall after pulling the garden and again in the spring prior to planting.