2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
In order to properly fertilize the soil, gardeners and gardeners sometimes have to put a lot of effort. And a lot of money is also invested in growing a good harvest, because from year to year the prices for fertilizers are growing along with inflation, and I really don't want to get a meager harvest. To save both energy and money, it will not hurt to pay attention to a very unusual fertilizer - potato peelings, of which during the off-season you can collect not just a lot, but a lot
Cons of standard fertilizers
The most popular fertilizers at present are manure, as well as peat and, of course, nitrates with phosphates. Moreover, the first two types belong to the class of organic fertilizers, and the last two - to mineral fertilizers. Perhaps their main disadvantage is their rather high price. In addition, peat with manure tends to heavily clog the beds, and any mineral dressing can easily accumulate in the forming fruits, which in turn may not have the best effect on human health.
How are the cleanings procured?
It is easy to guess that potato peelings are classified as organic fertilizers. By the way, they are perfect not only for systematic feeding, but also for protection from a wide variety of pests!
Collecting cleanings during the cold season, they are dried as they accumulate in a well-heated oven. Dried potato peelings are perfectly preserved until the very moment of their introduction into the soil. Moreover, they will not be a source of various fungal ailments, or a provocateur of the ill-fated phytophthora - heat treatment will quickly "neutralize" them!
Pest cleaning?
In the spring, before tiny sprouts begin to appear from the soil, pre-prepared potato peelings are laid out in the beds between the rows - this simple measure will help get rid of harmful Colorado beetles and slugs climbing to the surface. And when the harmful parasites massively "clung" to the cleaning proposed by them, they are immediately collected in a sufficiently deep container and promptly destroyed. If you want to save yourself from the need for the subsequent destruction of gluttonous parasites, you can scatter thoroughly etched cleanings over the area.
Good fertilization is the secret of cooking
In order to feed your garden crops, you can simply dig potato peelings next to them, but the best option is still to prepare a full-fledged fertilizer.
Having poured well-crushed raw materials into a container (that is, cleaning), they are poured with boiling water for literally a few hours (maximum - twenty-four). The liquid infusion is used for watering flowers, fruit trees and growing seedlings, and the mushy mass must be dug in the immediate vicinity of the growing crops - in the process of decay, careful cleaning will begin to give them various nutrients. Crushed and thoroughly soaked cleanings are good because the process of their decomposition is much faster. By the way, decomposing potato peelings are also an excellent food for worms and all kinds of soil organisms.
You can place a thick infusion on the very bottoms of the holes dug out for seedlings. A small layer of soil is poured over it, then both layers are repeated once more, and only then they begin to plant seedlings.
Cucumbers, cabbage and pumpkin are very fond of this "potato" fertilizer. But it is better not to offer this treat to tomatoes with eggplants.
To feed berry crops, dry cleanings must be buried around the entire perimeter of the trunk circles - by autumn, the roots of berry bushes will begin to receive all the nutrient compounds they need. Potato peelings are also suitable for feeding indoor plants.
But it is not recommended to water green pets with an infusion in which pieces of cleanings float - it is best either to water the garden with drained liquid, or to distribute thick fertilizer over holes with grooves, followed by dropping it. Pieces of cleaning that fall on the soil surface not only do not bring any benefit, but also give the site a very untidy look.
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