Not weeds: Three herbs that you can use as fertilizer
Created: 04/29/2022, 15:31
By: Franziska Kaindl
Comfrey can be very useful in the garden.
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A lot is growing in the garden, which is a thorn in the side of hobby gardeners.
But some weeds can be used wonderfully as fertilizer.
Why shop expensively at the hardware store when you can simply use what the garden has to offer?
While weeds may seem like a lot of tedious work - after all, most home gardeners want to remove greens immediately - some can be used to provide your vegetables with enough
nitrogen as a nutrient
.
Manure can be made from the weeds for fertilization.
These weeds can be processed into a manure
nettles
field horsetail
goutweed
dandelion
Report
Comfrey
chamomile
How to create the plant manure from weeds
For the production of liquid manure, there are usually around
one kilogram of plant cuttings for ten liters of water
.
Standing water or rainwater is best.
The plants used should not yet bear seeds.
How to proceed:
Place the trimmings and water in a plastic, clay, or wooden barrel or container.
Fill the jar only three quarters full to avoid overflowing while foaming.
Depending on the outside temperature, leave the mixture outside for two to three weeks, stirring daily.
When the weather is warm, the manure is ready faster.
Put a lid on it to keep animals from falling inside.
Then sift out the solid components from the liquid manure.
Dilute the manure
with water in a
ratio of 1:10 .
Now you can use the manure to fertilize your garden vegetables.
The broth can be used for a few months.
The best time to start is between June and August, as this is when the temperatures are at their highest for rapid fermentation and there is enough plant matter.
The heavy consumers in the garden benefit most from the liquid manure, including cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes or celery.
During the main growth period, these are fertilized every week or every two weeks.
(fk)