Feeding Your Plants for Free - How to Make Fertilizer for Your Vegetable Garden
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Creating good nutrient rich soil for your plants to grow in will greatly improve their health, but it's also important to understand when they may need feeding too. There are many commercial products available to feed your plants with, but you can't beat making your own organic fertilizer, at home and for free. In this video we explain the basics of plant nutrition, how this differs from plant to plant and what to look for when buying commercial feed. We demonstrate how to make your own fertilizer, and show how to use wood ash and grass cuttings to boost soil health. If you've noticed any pests or beneficial insects in your garden recently please report them via http://bigbughunt.com If you love growing your own food, why not take a look at our online Garden Planner which is available from several major websites and seed suppliers: http://www.GrowVeg.com http://gardenplanner.motherearthnews.com http://gardenplanner.almanac.com and many more...
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Those are some short fingers
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Wouldn't a high speed blender (vitamix) break down the comfrey better?
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...Urine. Cover crops don't over feed.
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i use my own urine. this simple method has worked verry well in my garden
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I started using the recipes from the unconventional farmer website and master cho's natural farming handbook pdf from the natural farming website. I am really liking them. My grandmother says she hasn't had tomatoes as good as the ones I grew this year in 30 years. The past few years when I was just using compost and kelp meal she would say they were the best she has had in about 10 years.
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good video, and good accent.
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Good
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is it just me or does this dude look baked?
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I feed my veggies egg and chips. They love it.
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My husband is a fisherman, so it's easy for me to get really good garden fertiliser- fish heads, bony bits. Soak 'em in water in a CLOSED container and let it ferment. Now apply clothes peg to nose (seriously, it doesn't smell good, but neither does comfrey) and dilute it roughly 1 to 10 or 1 to 15, or use your intuition. Makes things grow like mad.
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I ain't growing vegetables.
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would any plant material be useful to make liquid fertiliser? or only nettle and comfrey?
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ok🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿
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Thank you for the tips!
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very informative 👍👍👍
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Neat.
Advice from personal experience: be STINGY with the wood ash. I put too much (far too much) on a compost heap once and it completely shut down decomposition. I had green leaves in the pile that were months old. But a few dashes here or there add some vital nutrients. (I suppose this is old hat for veteran composters, but I just started making my own a year and a half ago.) -
You can make it yourself, just loook and learn from woodprix .
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There are 2 oak trees at our house that are 12 years old. they sprouted 12 years ago and grew after a building was put in. They were fertilized regularly by "sprinkled" urine applied several times a week, from the source. They are now over 30 feet tall, very full canopy and 8 to 10 inch trunk and have survived several gypsy moth infestations. Can't help every tree on property, but it sure helped with the growth of these 2.
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When your comfrey begins to flower, cut it down to 3 inches above the ground and use all of it - stems and all.
You should get 3 to 4 cuts per year. I wouldn't use the spent leaves as a mulch unless you have no sense of smell!
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