tommy gibbs
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Any recipes for adding nutrients safely, naturally, and effectively? ive heard the egg shells, molasses, even some beer. More ideas and thoughts will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
DIY nutrient recipes? +rep for all answers
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Like all living things, plants require food to survive, and there are commercial varieties of plant food available that meet the nutritional needs of every outdoor plant. Although commercial food is the best source of
balanced nutrition for flowers, fruits, and vegetables, there are a number of homemade fertilizers you can use. Homemade garden fertilizers provide many of the beneficial vitamins, minerals and nitrogen that outdoor plants require.
The following homemade fertilizers are easy to make and easy to apply to plants, fruits, and vegetables. These homemade fertilizers are safe, and they are very inexpensive. Consider these homemade fertilizers to give your garden flowers, fruits and vegetables the boost they need.
Powdered Eggshell Fertilizer
Next time you use an egg, don't throw away the shell. Eggshells provide a rich source of potassium and calcium, and eggshells are fantastic when used in homemade fertilizer. Making powdered eggshell fertilizer is simple. Dry out empty eggshells, and crush them into powder. Work approximately five crushed eggshells into the soil around every plant. Outdoor flowers, fruits, and vegetables will benefit greatly from this homemade fertilizer.
Liquid Eggshell Fertilizer
If you'd rather feed your plants with homemade liquid fertilizer, make a batch with empty eggshells. Simply boil twenty eggshells in a gallon of water for several minutes. Allow the eggshells to steep for eight hours before removing the shells. Store the homemade liquid fertilizer in a covered container, and apply an adequate amount to outdoor plants, fruits, and vegetables once each week.
Milk is said to do a body good, and milk is also good for plants. Milk contains the nitrogen-building protein that plants require. Give your plants a healthy dose of nutrient-rich milk by mixing one part milk and four parts water. Feed plants approximately one cup of this homemade fertilizer once a week for best results.
balanced nutrition for flowers, fruits, and vegetables, there are a number of homemade fertilizers you can use. Homemade garden fertilizers provide many of the beneficial vitamins, minerals and nitrogen that outdoor plants require.
The following homemade fertilizers are easy to make and easy to apply to plants, fruits, and vegetables. These homemade fertilizers are safe, and they are very inexpensive. Consider these homemade fertilizers to give your garden flowers, fruits and vegetables the boost they need.
Powdered Eggshell Fertilizer
Next time you use an egg, don't throw away the shell. Eggshells provide a rich source of potassium and calcium, and eggshells are fantastic when used in homemade fertilizer. Making powdered eggshell fertilizer is simple. Dry out empty eggshells, and crush them into powder. Work approximately five crushed eggshells into the soil around every plant. Outdoor flowers, fruits, and vegetables will benefit greatly from this homemade fertilizer.
Liquid Eggshell Fertilizer
If you'd rather feed your plants with homemade liquid fertilizer, make a batch with empty eggshells. Simply boil twenty eggshells in a gallon of water for several minutes. Allow the eggshells to steep for eight hours before removing the shells. Store the homemade liquid fertilizer in a covered container, and apply an adequate amount to outdoor plants, fruits, and vegetables once each week.
Milk is said to do a body good, and milk is also good for plants. Milk contains the nitrogen-building protein that plants require. Give your plants a healthy dose of nutrient-rich milk by mixing one part milk and four parts water. Feed plants approximately one cup of this homemade fertilizer once a week for best results.
tommy gibbs
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milk, wow thanks alot. big +rep just what i was looking for.
tommy gibbs
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Any other ideas out there riu'ers? step up to get your rep up
|B3RNY|
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I realize that this is old news, but I am bored and have been surfing the RIU threads. I personally grow hydroponically and in soil as well as inside and out. I wouldn't ever use these homemade fertilizers myself but I have heard a lot about them.
I've heard of many people using human urine (diluted in water) as a good source of nitrogen and other nutrients/minerals; I've also heard of such things as Coca Cola (??), fish, sugar cane, molasses (of course), guano, cat turds (seriously- I've heard this), eggshells and all kinds of other stuff. Any of these things are cheap enough to come by but none of them could be consistent in their mineral content. You'd be much better off going with the Jungle Juice or GH's 3 part base nutrient, they're plenty cheap enough at less than 30 bucks for a 1 liter bottle of all 3 base nutrients (grow, micro & bloom, of course); that's a lot of nutes if you aren't a commercial grower!! And these nutrients are much more reliable, consistent and fail-proof (assuming all other aspects of your grow are in good condition.) I typically only use 50-80% of the suggested amounts of these nutrients, making them last even longer (I get a 4 liter bottle of grow, micro & bloom from advanced nutrients- 75 bucks for all 3!!) GH's base nutrients are good too.
If you must try these homemade nutrients then I'll be back with a link in a little while, a thread that had several homemade fert recipes.. Anyways, good luck & good growin'.
GanjaGod420000
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Man, I mix my soil with feather meal, alfalfa meal, bone and blood meal, N- and P- rich bat guanos, worm castings, fish emulsion(the non-stinky kinds), kelp, greensand, dolomite lime, Rock phosphorus, peat moss, perlite, cotton burr, rice hull, etc... I use more N-rich recipes during veg, and then add in the P-rich stuff later on in flowering... I also recommend using diluted liquid sea weed for weekly waterings, as well as diluted black strap molasses during flowering for weekly waterings... U just can't go wrong when u feed your living soil, because it will feed your plants, and make them big and knarley...
GanjaGod420000
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Ok, I was actually researching milk for watering earlier, wondering if it would transfer any of it's calcium to my plants... I would like to know more about this actually...
scroglodyte
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compost teas
hmmmmm.....
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potatos, apples, tomatoes and pearl barley, crab shell or sea weed...
