You’ve heard about
nutrients, haven’t you? Nutrients are foods and drinks that provide energy and
protect the body. They give food to your bones, muscles, organs, hormones and
blood. It is known that people couldn’t survive without essential nutrients such as fats,
saturated fats, sugars, sodium, proteins, carbohydrates, fibbers, vitamins &
minerals. Organic fertilisers do the same kind of favour to plants. If you’ve
ever wondered what the catch with organic fertilisers is, keep on reading and
you may find some interesting facts on how to fertilise your garden.
Which Organic Fertiliser is the Best?
The answer is – they all are. This
is a game where everyone wins. However, it is true that various organic
fertilisers contain different amounts of useful substances. Cottonseed meals,
bone meal, blood meal, fish meal, hoof and horn meals are considered organic
fertilisers. This also stands for all kinds of manure.
Fertilisers vary in percentages of
nutrients they possess such as nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, magnesium,
potassium and calcium. The best and the cheapest organic fertiliser is compost,
which I highly recommend and frequently use myself.
How to Use Organic Fertilisers
Heavily-armed with organic fertilisers
you enter your garden. And then what? I admit that every gardener has a
slightly different approach to the matter of how to fertilise a garden. My
strategy goes like this - after growing/harvesting my plants I cover my garden
with a layer of compost. I’ve noticed that regular composting helps my tomatoes fight against pestsand keeps my basil safefrom diseases.
Saving money while doing gardening
sounds interesting, doesn’t it? In order to accomplish that I like to use free
stuff like grass clippings, coffee grounds and leaves as mulch at least once a
year. Trust me on this, decomposition of organic materials that comes afterwards
makes my plants the happiest plants on Earth. I advise you to use organic
fertilizers and bring happiness to your plants as well.
Be sure to let me know about your
experience with using organic fertilizers! Green thumb up!
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