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HOMEMADE FERTILIZERS

You already use natural medications for your body, why not for your garden. Help protect the environment and your family, with all natural alternatives to chemical fertilizers. Make your own homemade fertilizer concoctions for your garden. You will be amazed at how much money you save green you can save on your greenery. The good thing about going all-natural is that you can’t over-fertilize, so you don’t have to worry about burning your beautiful flowers with harsh chemicals. Here are several great homemade fertilizer recipes to try:

Fish Tank Water

Save the dirty water from your fish tank.
Then, use it to water your house plants.

Your fish tank water is full of nitrogen and many other nutrients that plants need to thrive. Try it on your plants and you'll be amazed at the results from this simple product that used to get thrown down the drain.

"The Master's" All Purpose Fertilizer

1 can of beer
1 can of cola (any kind, NOT diet)
1 box or cup of apple juice
1 cup lemon scented liquid soap
1 cup ammonia
1 cup liquid lawn fertilizer

Mix together all ingredients. If you buy liquid lawn fertilizer with a hose sprayer attachment, you can use the attachment with any 1 liter bottle to make a 50 gallon sprayer. Spray your lawn and garden with the above mixture every 3 weeks, early in the day.

For houseplants, mix 4 shot glasses of the above mixture to 1 gallon of water and add 1/4 tsp knox gelatin.



Non-Flowering Houseplant Fertilizer:

1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp Epsom salts
1/2 tsp saltpeter
1/4 tsp ammonia
1 gallon water

Add 5 tbsp black coffee for acid loving plants. Water your plants with this mixture once a month.



Spring Lawn Feeding:

1 cup Epsom salts
1 cup ammonia

To use with a hose sprayer, mix with enough water to equal 1 quart total volume and pour into the sprayer container. Fertilizes 2,500 square feet of lawn.



Fall Lawn Feeding:

2 cups Epsom salts
3 tbsp baking powder

To use with a hose sprayer, mix with enough water to equal 1 quart total volume and pour into the sprayer container. Fertilizes 1,500 square feet of lawn.



Fertilizer for roses, azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, hollies and blueberries:

4 cups coffee grounds
1 cup bonemeal
1 cup wood ash

Mix well. Scatter evenly over ground shaded by the plant. Use 1 pound of fertilizer for each 1 foot of the diameter.
Coffee grounds are rich in nitrogen, magnesium, and potassium, important plant nutrients that plants need. They are also acidic, and this helps to maintain soil acidity.


Garden vegetable and flower fertilizer:

1 part dried poultry manure or 5 parts dried horse manure
1 part bonemeal
1 part wood ash

Mix well and spread over garden soil before planting.

Composting Mixture For Lawn

One of the most common and effective organic lawn fertilizers is compost mixture made of plant debris and kitchen scraps.  Compost is a blend of manure, soil, and plant matter, you can make compost at home, in a loose pile or contained in a bin. When the compost is finished, the ingredients are look like rich soil and can be either tilled into the garden or just used as mulch. Ingredients for your compost are easy to find. Organic matter can be kitchen scraps, fall leaves, lawn and garden clippings are best.  You can also add a bag of manure to your compost for an extra rich mixture.