Home made organic fertilizer for plants

Home made organic fertilizer for plants:

Fertilizer is made up of essential nutrients that stimulate plants to grow and survive. The nutritional makeup can vary from one fertilizer recipe to another, the best homemade plant food contains a healthy dose of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K).

Without these essential nutrients, plants struggle to grow robust root systems, generate healthy leaves and unable to perform (photosynthesis).These nutrients are found in variety of house hold materials from banana peel to egg shells. 

Store-bought chemical fertilizers pack a large amount of synthetic nitrogen in their recipe, which can actually damage or kill a healthy plant when used incorrectly. If too much is fed to your plants, the soil will become overly-acidic and weaken their roots. Over-fertilized soil is also responsible for contaminating clean groundwater as well as nearby rivers, streams, and lakes. 

To protect plants and soil against these harmful effects one should use homemade fertilizers.Homemade organic fertilizers break down and release nutrients into the soil over an extended period of time. This protects the surrounding environment an gives plants the time they need absorb nutrients and grow properly. 

Coffee

Used coffee grounds are a great natural fertilizer for plants that require more acidic soil. Coffee grounds are also packed with the nitrogen your plants need to grow up healthy and strong.

if you already have ground coffee hiding in your kitchen cupboards, you can start fertilizing your plants without the added shopping trip.

How to make fertilizer :There are two ways you can use coffee grounds as homemade plant food.

Collect your used coffee grounds and lightly spread them over your plant's soil once every few months. This method helps prevent pesky slugs and snails from eating your plants.

If you have pets roaming through your garden, create a coffee-spray to deter them from sampling the grounds. Mix unsweetened, brewed coffee with water using a 1:3 ratio. (One part coffee to three parts water). Add the mixture to a spray bottle and spray lightly onto your garden soil once every few weeks.

Best Apply: Coffee grounds are best used as a homemade fertilizer for azaleas, rhododendrons, roses, African violets, cucumbers, potatoes, and blueberries.

Extra Tip: Rather than spreading a thick coat of coffee grounds around your plants, sprinkle them on like you would sprinkle salt on a meal.

Egg shells

It's commonly known that the inside of an egg is packed with protein but did you know that its shell is actually a great source of potassium and calcium carbonate?

Egg shell fertilizer works because of calcium carbonate, a key ingredient in agricultural lime. If your soil is overly-acidic, calcium in the egg shells will help neutralize its pH level.

How to make fertilizer: Crack open an egg, empty out its contents and thoroughly rinse the leftover shells. Lay the rinsed egg shells out flat to dry. Once you have collected 6-12 dried egg shells, grind them into a fine powderusing either a mortar and pestle or a food processor. Add a light top-layer of egg shell powder to your plant's soil.

Best Apply: Egg shells are a great homemade fertilizer for lilac, forsythia, clematis, broccoli and Brussel sprouts.

Extra Tip: Too much added lime may prevent your plants from absorbing the nutrients they need to grow. If you'd rather not apply egg shells directly to your plants, you can safely add them to your compost pile as they are on the list of items that you can compost. 

Grass

If you regularly mow your lawn, your plants will appreciate weed-blocking grass clippings as a natural fertilizer. In addition to keeping weeds at bay, grass clippings add a boost of nitrogen and potassium to your plants while also improving their ability to retain moisture.

How to make fertilizer: Collect fresh cut grass from your lawn to spread around your garden soil. Bury the grass clippings under a small layer of dirt to prevent them from blowing around.

Best Apply:Whether you are gardening indoors or caring for flower gardens, all of your plants will benefit from this nourishing, organic fertilizer.

Banana peel

It's no secret that bananas are a potassium powerhouse. Potassium is an essential nutrient that helps strengthen plant roots, build up their resistance to disease and enhance their ability to withstand drought (an added bonus for those of us who occasionally forget to water our house plants).

How to make fertilizer:Chop up banana peels and bury them alongside your vegetable garden. Cover the peels with a thick layer of dirt to avoid sneaky critters looking to get their own little potassium boost. If you are looking for ways to use extra compost that you may have on hand, use this instead of garden soil to coveryour banana peels.

Best Apply: Banana peel fertilizer is best used as a homemade plant fertilizer for tomatoes, potatoes, fruit trees, rose. 

Extra tip:To avoid fruit flies from congregating around your house plants, combine your banana peels with 2-4 liters of water and let soak for up to two weeks. Use the infused water to shower your indoor plants with potassium.

By applying these home made organic fertilizer we can protect our plants and soil form harmful effects of chemical fertilizers and also organic food produce as a result add numerous health benefits to our health and reduce the risk of disease. And also these organic fertilizer does no harm to our environment.