Gardeners and gardeners consider weeds are the worst enemies and lead them to a relentless struggle throughout the summer season. The grass growing along fences and under trees, waiting for the same fate. Say, if you cannot destroy the enemy, you need to make him a friend. The grass can be successfully used as fertilizer, which is natural and therefore harmless.
How to make liquid fertilizer from grass
So, to make fertilizer from grass is possible in this way:
- chop or cut the grass;
- fill the crushed grass wooden or plastic barrel into 1/3 of the third part;
- add water, close the lid, tie a plastic film;
- add manure to speed up the fermentation process;
- put the barrel in the sun for 2 weeks away from vacation spots;
- to mix fertilizer every day.
Foam, the characteristic pungent smell of the swamp and the color will tell you what fertilizer is ready. Top dressing is prepared from 1 part of fermented herbs and 10 parts of water. One plant is sufficient from 1 to 3 liters of feeding depending on his size and age. Fertilizer should be used on very moist beds.
How to make compost from grass
To make fertilizer from grass by composting. In a pre-dug hole or trench mound of grassy earth, put on top of the slightly dried grass, then manure, leaves, food waste. The finished compost mixture should consist of 60% grass clippings, 20% land, 20% waste and manure in equal amounts. The mixture must be periodically stirred. Earthworms that were started in the pit, will contribute to the process of maturation of compost. Fertilizer will be ready in a year and a half. The thus prepared dry bedding to lay in the beds in the spring.
How to fertilize chicken manure
Many gardeners have been breeding chickens on their plots. For best growth and fruiting of plants, you can make fertilizer from chicken manure. For this third part of the barrel needs to be filled with litter, the rest of the volume is filled with water. Fertilizer must be infused for 4 days with occasional stirring. To enhance the process of decomposition to help preparations "Baikal M" or "Tamir", one tablespoon of which is diluted in a bucket of water. Ready-made fertilizer needs to be diluted with water at the rate of four parts water to one part fertilizer. This team watered the beds, per 1 square meter of 1.5 liters sufficiently premixed.
The gardeners certainly know how to make fertilizer from dry chicken manure. This litter is brought into the ground during pereopisanie. To break it is not necessary. 1 square meter of soil need to take 500 grams of dry litter. This fertilizer contains many trace elements beneficial to the plants substances to increase their productivity.
How to make fertilizer from the needles
Experienced vegetable growers who care about their harvest, use pine needles for fertilizing vegetables and root crops. To make fertilizer from the needles as follows:
- start harvesting sprigs of pine needles immediately after the holidays, using served the service tree;
- just cut branches to withstand a week in a cool place;
- cut branches with needles into pieces not more than 1 cm and fill them a large container almost to the brim;
- pour the contents with cold water, bring to a boil over medium heat, then boil for 10 minutes on slow fire;
- leave the pot open for 6 hours, then cover and infuse for 3 days;
- ready, drain the broth, pour into bottles and store in a cool and dark place.
For basal irrigation 1 liter coniferous fertilizer must be diluted in a bucket of water, to water, and then loosen the soil. This food is suitable for cucumbers, turnips, eggplant, cabbage, carrots, daikon, tomatoes, radishes and zucchini.
To make this fertilizer easy, the main thing – to stock fir branches after celebrating the New year.