Fertilizer from kitchen scraps: how to turn garbage into nutrients for plants without spending money
The composition of all purchased fertilizers is similar to each other.
At the same time, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients are also contained in kitchen waste.
Let's figure out what kind of garbage you really shouldn't throw away so as not to deprive your garden of natural fertilizer.
What waste is suitable?
The following are suitable for preparing fertilizer:
- potato and carrot peelings;
- eggshell;
- tea leaves;
- fruit peel;
- garlic and onion peels, etc.
The waste can be collected and dried during the winter so that when the summer season comes, you will have enough ingredients to fertilize the entire garden.
They are used as follows: before planting seedlings of cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, cabbage and other agricultural crops, it is worth adding a handful of natural ingredients directly into the hole.
Crushed crackers from stale bread, tea leaves, eggshells and other ingredients will help the plants grow strong.
You can also scatter the waste mixture on the bed, mix it with soil and sow the seeds. This is enough to forget about fertilizers for the entire season.
Onion and garlic peels, rotting in the soil, repel some pests, such as cruciferous flea beetles, aphids and whiteflies.
