Create the perfect companion for your garden with homemade fertilizers! Utilize readily available kitchen resources to nourish your green oasis.
'Green' is the word on the streets and it is all aboutditching chemicals for the sake of the environment. Homemade fertilizers are the idealsoul mate for your green garden and are available in plenty in your kitchen!
Makeyour own small contribution to Mother Nature by using homemade fertilizers over the toxic ones available in the market.
Banana Peel
Banana peels contain potassium that helps plants grow organicallywhen used as fertilizer. Just take a peel and place it near the roots or in the top soil to allow it to decompose naturally. You can alsoliquefy the banana peel by adding 4 cups of water and blending, before mixing the liquid into soil. Liquefying the peel will help to keep pests, animals and insects at bay which may be attracted to the decomposingpeel.
Banana peel help in supplying potassium to plants
Coffee Grounds
Just the way you need your morning coffee to give you a boost, your plants could use a coffee boost too! Coffee grounds have copious amounts ofnitrogen and minerals that can enhance the life of your plants. Coffee byproductscontain calcium, copper and potassium that are also great for the plants. Dry usedcoffee grounds and start with one tablespoon per plant.
Coffee grounds spread on soil
Egg Shells
The calcium from egg shells can enhance the growth of your garden.Dry egg shells and powder in a blender, then sprinkle the egg shell powder over soil inthe garden as a natural fertilizer.
Crushed egg shells in the plant soil
Fish Tank WaterFertilizer
Used fish tank water is full of nitrogen and other nutrientsthat plants need. Water plants using fish tank water for healthy plants.Remember not to use the water from a salt water fish tank.
Fish tank water can be used as a plant fertilizer
Vinegar For Acidic Soil
The acetic acid present in vinegar works wonders for plants thatthrive in acidic soil. Water plants with a mixture of 1 cup vinegar to 4 liters water once every three monthsto maintain an acidic pH of soil.
Mix water and vinegar in a 1:4 ratio to water plants
Grass Clippings
Grass clipping are naturally rich in nitrogen and as grassbreaks down over time, it enhances the life of soil. Collect grass clipping in a bucket, add waterand allow to soak for at least 2 days to make a grass based compost tea. Waterdown your grass tea by mixing 1 cup of liquid grass with 10 cupsof water and apply this mix to the base of plants and allow it to seep into soil.
Make a compost tea from grass clippings
