A flower lover's homemade fertilizer exploded at home, leaving the balcony in a mess
A flower lover posted a picture a couple of days ago that nearly made Huahua die laughing, because she was fermenting fertilizer at home, and the bottle exploded, spraying fertilizer liquid all over the glass, and that sour smell almost brought the neighbors knocking on her door! So, for those flower lovers who like to ferment fertilizer, Huahua is here today to give some tips: what exactly should you add when fermenting fertilizer so it never stinks again?
This flower lover said she used the okara left over from filtering soy milk that she normally drinks, originally intending to compost it into flower fertilizer, but instead it exploded all over the balcony, spraying onto the glass too!
And another flower lover's homemade apple enzyme, as soon as the lid was opened, not only sprayed directly onto the flowers, but also sprayed down to the floor below!
So, what exactly should you add when fermenting fertilizer to prevent it from stinking?
Add brown sugar to your fertilizer and it will never stink again!
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If you want your fermented fertilizer not to stink, the simplest thing is to add some brown sugar. That's because brown sugar can noticeably speed up fermentation, so the stinky period of the fertilizer is shortened.
When fermenting fertilizer normally, you can directly put in 1-2 spoonfuls of brown sugar, or you can simmer the brown sugar over low heat for a few minutes, let it cool, then pour it into the fermentation bucket and seal it up to speed up fermentation!
Add EM bacteria to your fertilizer and it will never stink again!
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If you want your fermented fertilizer not to stink, the simplest method is actually to add some purchased EM bacteria. EM bacteria can speed up the fermentation of the fertilizer and also keep it from stinking - killing two birds with one stone!
When fermenting fertilizer, decide the amount of EM bacteria to add according to the size of the fermentation bucket, especially when fermenting fish intestine fertilizer, where adding EM bacteria is the best!
Add orange or pomelo peel to your fertilizer and it will never stink again!
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If you want your fermented fertilizer not to stink, and you have leftover orange or pomelo peel at home, you can add a bit. That's because orange peel contains essential oils that can reduce the stench of fermentation.
When fermenting fertilizer, cut the orange peel into pieces or put it in whole, then seal it up to ferment. When it's done, open the bottle and you'll smell a faint scent of orange peel.
Add distiller's grains to your fertilizer and it will never stink again!
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If any flower lover at home brews alcohol, Huahua wants to tell everyone about a great thing to prevent stench, and that's distiller's grains!
Distiller's grains are themselves the leftover product of fermentation, containing lots of microbes. Mixed into the fermentation bucket, they can not only speed up fermentation but also give the resulting fertilizer a faint smell of alcohol - killing two birds with one stone!
Add essential balm to your fertilizer and you'll never fear bugs again!
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Besides stinking, another thing that often happens with fermented fertilizer is that it easily attracts bugs, especially in summer, so we can add a bit of essential balm when fermenting fertilizer to solve this problem!
At the very start of fermentation, drip about 3-5 drops of essential balm into the fermentation bucket, then seal it up to ferment. About every 10 days, you can add a bit more essential balm to the bottle, so it keeps killing bugs continuously!
Add oleander leaves to your fertilizer and the bugs will all die off!
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If any flower lover finds adding essential balm too troublesome, then why not try a once-and-for-all method: at the start of fermentation, add 1-2 oleander leaves to the fermentation bucket!
Oleander leaves contain toxins and are something bugs normally avoid at all costs. Once added to the fermentation bucket, during the fermentation process the bugs won't dare show up again!
That's all Huahua has to share today.
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