My roses love my trub!! Lol

[divrguy]

I have been experimenting with the different flowers and bushes and ornamentals in my garden and I gotta say... My rose bushes absolutely love it when I dump the trub on them. They have been growing like crazy as well as a new crepe myrtle and other small bushes. Anyone know why? I'm thinking its got to do with the bacteria in the soil now but I'm no horticulturist.

 

[TomSD]

Just a guess but it is a pretty dense organic slurry. I am betting the nutrients really beef up the soil. I would wonder about the alcohol but I guess it really isn't all that much compared to the organic content.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I just planted roses, an the planting mix was designed to be acidic. Seems they like acidic soil. Wort & beer are acidic. That could be part of it, plus all the organic material & nutrients.

 

[Nightshade]

When you say trub are you meaning the remains from your boil kettle or the remains from the fermenter (slurry)?


I would think if it is the remains from the boil that it is due to the high acidic content of the hops since roses like a higher acidity in their soil and do better with it.

 

[eadavis80]

Glad to hear you're using your trub in a cool, creative way! Maybe I'll try dumping my hop kettle's leftover crap in my impatient pots tomorrow...

 

[Lefou]

I had an idea about using some of my leftover grains to make malted barley tea and homemade vinegar and found out organic gardeners will use wort as a type of fertilizer!

I'll tell you what ... my wife getting me one of those simple beer kits as a Christmas gift opened up a can of worms for her and a brand new learning experience of a hobby for me.
It's been over 6 months now and I'm still learning things.

 

[CU_tony]

I have used spent grains to make dog treats as well as dried some out for a buddy's chickens.

I just this week used some yeast cake from a freshly bottled batch of beer and poured it over a select few container plants so I can observe any difference from the control plants. So far none have died!

 

[brewcat]

I dump mine into my compost.

 

[myerstyson]

I dump mine on my roses and grapes.

 

[JayDog]

I may be wrong but I think I remember home hop growers saying they dump the trub, and any boiled hops into the soil. Something about them being high in nitrogen or something like that.