10 Of The World's Best Homemade Organic Fertilizers To get started, let’s take a look at the basic elements that make up a good fertilizer, as well as the trace nutrients needed for more specialized plant food. 1. The Fertilizer Formula Unless you’re fairly new to gardening, you’ve likely seen the three numbers listed on the label of the majority of premixed fertilizers. If you aren’t familiar with what they mean, the numbers represent nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium or N – P – K. These vital nutrients are needed for strong aerial growth, root development, and overall plant health, respectively. A good way to remember N – P – K is by using the phrase “Up, down, and all around.” Knowing these three main components is essential to creating the perfect food for your garden. 2. Trace Nutrients Just as humans need more than proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in their diets; plants cannot survive on N – P – K alone. There are thirteen additional chemical elements that contribute to the health and productivity of your garden. 3. Tomato Fertilizers Of all of the plants in your garden, nothing loves calcium more than a tomato vine. Furthermore, because excessive leaf growth discourages blossoming and fruiting, these plants do best when offered a healthy amount of nitrogen early on. (Try using rabbit manure for a quick easy N-boost!) Then, once the vines are established, you should switch over to a fertilizer high in phosphorus and potassium, but low in nitrogen. 4. Rose Fertilizers There are scarce few gardening endeavors as rewarding as growing the perfect rose. There are also few as difficult. Roses require constant attention – weeding, pruning, pest-treating, training, and of course feeding. Getting your rose fertilizer just right can have a huge impact on the appearance and quantity of blossoms your bushes unfurl each year. 5. Up-cycling Fertilizers There are several common household items which make much better fertilizers than waste bin-fillers. The next time you go to toss one of these items in the trash, consider feeding it to you garden instead: 6. Epsom Salts Hydrated magnesium sulfate, aka Epsom salts contain two important elements that plants need to maintain optimum health. Magnesium plays a vital role during photosynthesis and is required by plants for the proper functioning of many enzymatic processes. Seeds also need magnesium to germinate. Sulfur aids plants with several functions including amino acid production, root growth, and the formation of chlorophyll. This mineral also gives cole crops and Alliums their signature flavors. 7. Vinegar Fertilizer Plain white vinegar is an inexpensive and effective fertilizer for acid-loving plants like roses, hydrangeas, and berries. Simply mix a tablespoon of vinegar in one gallon of water. Use this solution in lieu of your regular watering about once every three months. Remember to test your soil before altering the pH. 8. Composting An excellent practice for recycling waste materials and feeding your garden at the same time, composting is becoming more and more popular with organic gardeners. Ingredients that make a successful compost mix include: Air and water to sustain the bacteria responsible for decomposing organic matter, Dry “brown” material (carbon) such as dead leaves, straw, and other dried garden and yard waste. Wet “green” material (nitrogen) like rabbit or chicken manure, grass clippings, and other fresh plant matter. Try to avoid adding weed seeds to the mix. Your compost may not get hot enough to kill them. For successful composting, you want a ratio of carbon to nitrogen somewhere around 30:1 and 40:1 – read more about balancing compost in this 9. Compost Tea Once you have finished compost available, you can add it straight to the garden or turn it into tea for your plants. Fill a five-gallon bucket about a third of the way with finished compost. Add water until the bucket is almost full – about an inch or two from the lip. 10. Grass Clipping Tea Grass clippings also make an excellent nitrogen-rich fertilizer all by themselves. To make grass “tea” for your garden, fill a five-gallon bucket about two-thirds of the way with fresh clippings. Source - http://www.naturallivingideas.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ➜ Please Share This With Your Friends And Family. ➜ Subscribe : https://goo.gl/8qbbjV ➜ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/EverydaySimpleHealthTips/ ➜ YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/EverydaySimpleHealthTips ➜ twitter : https://twitter.com/HealthTipssssss ➜ Google Plus : https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EverydaySimpleHealthTips ➜ Blogspot : http://everydaysimplehealthtips.blogspot.com

• published: 03 Oct 2017
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