#plant fertilizers

[balkanradfem]

I have important question, what do you use as fertilizer for plants? I don't really want to buy one and I read there are options, like veggie broth or tea, but I am unsure what works best. I read some use a bit of menstrual blood diluted in water, which I am tempted to try, but wonder how weird it is.

I use menstrual blood diluted in water every time! But there's not enough of that to be a consistent fertilizer, or to work for the entire garden. Here's stuff that I have tried out:

urine dilluted 1:10 with water! It has a great amount of nitrogen and trace amounts of other minerals, do not use it more than two times a month, and not on tiny plants. It's the best for green growth

fermented nettle: for this, fill a plastic container that you can close, with big nettles, and then pour water on them, all the way to the top, and close it up. Leave in hot sun to ferment for 10 days. Once it's done it will stink, and I mean, stink badly. Dillute 1:10 before watering your plants with! Don't use on peas, beans and other legumes, they do not like the nitrogen.

fermented comfrey: same as nettle, has so many good nutrients in there, has tons of calcium, will help your plants a lot!

menstrual blood diluted with water: safe for all plants, plants absolutely love blood

if you suspect your plants are lacking in some minerals you can use egg shells, or even crushed shells from the beach/river, and put them in your soil to make sure there's enough calcium in it! I didn't do a lot of this but the plant lady is always doing it

Mulch: it means putting organic material on top of the soil, this can be hay, straw, cut grass, dried leaves, pine needles, cut off tree branches, plant cuttings or leftovers, whatever has fallen off a plant or a tree is in this category. Now what will happen is these materials, exposed to the sun and elements, will start to degrade and compost themselves into your soil, and you will have fresh organic compost on top of your soil. Once your mulch degrades to compost you can add more material! Endless fertilization and fixing the soil and making sure you little worms have food to eat.

Stuff I've only heard of:

coffee grounds: apparently they're very good for soil and feeding the plants!

if you have leftovers of food in the forms of fish or bones, those are great for fertilization! There even are specific fertilizers called 'bone meal' or 'fish fertilizer' because plants really love that kind of stuff. It's better to compost them first though or add them in crushed form, they need to be reduced to the elements before plants can absorb them

Mushrooms: if you can get any fungal growth in your garden it's extremely healthy for your plants! If you're only looking for potted soil disregard this. But garden plants love having mushrooms around and if you have any mushroom growth it means your soil is super healthy

compost tea: I am sure this one is amazing because 'Roots and Refuge' farm used it to rejuvinate their soil after it's been poisoned by herbicide. I'm not sure how I would do it with my outside compost pile but the idea is to put your half-composted leftovers into water, leave it there for some hours, and strain it out, so the water has taken tons of nutrients from it, and then you water your plants with it! In general, whatever you use dissolved in water will have immediate effect because your plants will draw that water in immediately. It takes a bit to absorb stuff you put in the soil!

I guess I shouldn't leave out the 'traditional' fertilization methods, which is animal poop, just in case you have like, chicken or bunnies or something making a lot of poop, that can be used as fertilizer. Do look up what poop needs to be composted for a while first though! Some animals like cows produce poop so nitrogen-rich it would fry your plants if used immediately, it needs to sit for a year first.

Good luck to your plants, you never have to buy fertilizer because there is so much of nutrients in nature you can always get it for free, with just some basic knowledge of how to get to it :)

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[gardening-guy]

oli's homemade fertilizer tea recipe

@tomorrowsgardennc mentioned in their holy grail garlic post my homemade banana peel soup fertilizer, and i wanted to elaborate more on it!

the original idea comes from my art mentor, who practices home witchcraft and is a beautiful artist & photographer (check her out here). she taught me to soak banana peels in water in a sunny spot for a day and then to compost the banana peels (or let the critters get them) and use the liquid afterwards to water my plants. it gives them a great boost of potassium!

but!!! i took it a step further! i won't show pictures bc it gets kinda gross looking, but i have this big jug (used to make alcoholic drink mix in it for parties but now it's for gardening) that i fill with banana peels, crushed eggshells, used coffee grounds, old tea bags, and little houseplant clippings (mostly extra basil tbh) and water most importantly. i let it steep as a fertilizer tea for at least a day, shaking occasionally. when a plant needs fertilizing, i strain out a bit of the liquid, adding the strained bits back in, and mix it with a bit of water (or just this fertilizer tea itself).

up above is a photo of a cup of the strained fertilizer tea that i was using to fertilize a pothos houseplant today :) this fertilizer is my ride or die, it has yet to fail me!!! and it helps incorporate a bunch of my most used kitchen scraps (being coffee ground, tea bags, eggs, and lil fresh herb bits) into something for my plants! the coffee grounds provide nitrogen, eggs provide calcium, banana peels provide potassium, and there are other benefits.

i use this for my houseplants, my outdoor plants, my crops, literally everything :)

lmk if you try out my homemade fertilizer tea!!!

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September 2024: The Days Leading To Our Nineteenth Anniversary

Wednesday harvest:

We cleared out the summer vegetables to make room for the cool season vegetables:

If no one else does, he wants to hear what is on your mind:

We're still working on this bed but the goal is pollinator magnet:

It came in the mail:

Anniversary flowers:

Sunday harvest:

Cool season plantings.

Kale:

Cabbage:

Swiss chard, brussels sprouts, bush beans, broccoli & cauliflower:

Spinach:

Swiss chard & peas:

Anniversary day dinner:

Lost soul:

We trekked over to Arkansas to check out a lake at a wildlife refuge. The road to the lake was out so no photos of the lake but have these photos of crossing the Mississippi River back into Tennessee:

Tuesday back at the house:

My queen working magic:

Tuesday on the grill:

Tuesday dinner: