The Hovel Brew Handbook
The Hovel Brew Handbook is the essential potions book for any household witch or wizard wishing to brew themselves some helpful everyday need to know potions.
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Helen Demeter'S Plant Growth Potion
Chapter 7
Helen Demeter's Plant Growth Potion
Helen Demeter's Plant Growth Potion is great for giving your magical and non magical plants a boost when they need it. Capable of speeding up months of plant growth Helen Demeter's Plant Growth Potion is a nice potion to have in your satchel especially if you grow magical plants or just don't feel like waiting months and months for results from your plants.
Equipment Required
Measuring Scale |
Standard Cauldron |
Mixing Rod |
Mortar and Pestle |
Dropper |
3 drams Bone meal |
2 scruples Caterpillars |
1 gallon Castor oil |
3 drops Urine |
1 drop Salamander Blood |
1 dram chopped Mandrake Root |
2 scruples Thyme picked during the full moon |
1-2 bags standard potting soil |
250 floz. standard pootioning water |
Note: Most potent if brewed outside under the light of a full moon, however this is not a requirement.
1. Pour castor oil into cauldron and begin to slowly heat but do not let boil.
2. Add urine and slowly begin to mix together trying to avoid circular mixing motions.
3. Add one drop of salamander blood then let sit for one hour making sure it does not boil.
4. In a mortar mix the bone meal, caterpillars, and thyme until you have a white paste.
5. Then add the mandrake root into the mortar and mix but don't crush.
6. Tap mortar with wand before taking the mandrake root and adding it the the cauldron.
7. Then let boil for five minutes before removing from heat and filling the cauldron with soil.
This soil is now ready to fertilize any plants you desire. Simply fill this dirt in around the base of the plant and watch as your plant grows to adulthood in a matter of days or even hours.
Note: Don't use to much a couple ounces will do per plant or you might end up like Helen Demeter.