Organic gardening can be done without using synthetic fertilizers in the garden, but organic fertilizers are a great sidekick to organic gardening.
Here are 7 ingredients that can become organic soil improvement treasures!
1. Grass Clippings
Did you know that if your lawn is not mowed and the clippings don’t get raked back into the blades, they can fertilize it? Clippings are an excellent way to keep your grass looking healthy and green.
They also help conserve moisture in dry weather, so you can use them without worry! They are also great for preventing those annoying weeds in your garden!
You might be wondering how to measure the N-P-K scale. The answer depends on what type of grass clippings you have, and their age! Fresh ones can be 5% in nitrogen while old ones are more like 2%.
2. Banana Peels
Are you one of those people that keeps throwing banana peels away? Not only does the peel of banana contain potassium, phosphorus and calcium but it will also make your garden more vibrant.
You can bury whole or cut up into chunks at base for planting in soil that’s four inches deep; alternatively you could soak them before pouring their juice onto plants directly.
3. Egg Shells
Egg shells are a great way to add calcium, not just in your garden but for the environment. When you break an egg open on top of some soil- amend its nutrients with these particles and watch how strong it becomes!
You can also put crushed up eggshells at bottom when planting new seeds or bulbs because snails will avoid that area if they think there’s eggs around – perfect pest control too!
4. Wood Ash
The potassium in your fireplace is useful far more than you can imagine. It can help improve the quality of your soil by raising pH levels.
National Geo reports that if you mix urine and wood ash together- according to ancient tradition!–you’ll get an ideal fertilizer which will increase productivity in gardens both small or large alike!
5. Cooking Water
You might be surprised to know that when you boil or steam veggies, some of their nutrients can actually make them healthy for your plants.
Just make sure not to use water with added salt or sugar in it and use the fresh cool down H20 immediately after cooking starchy vegetables like potatoes for example.
6. Fish Waste
Fish waste might require a bit more inventiveness than the others on this list, but it’s really cool. You can grow plants without soil in your fish tank because you get tons of nutrients from them.
7. Coffee Grounds
Coffee grounds are a great way to get that nitrogen your plants need. You can spread them directly into the soil or mix in with other compost ingredients like leaves and grass clippings for extra nutrients!