How to make homemade organic fertilizer? Detailed methods and steps
The decomposition of organic fertilizer works through the activity of microorganisms, causing two kinds of changes in the organic fertilizer. On one hand, organic matter breaks down, increasing the available nutrients in the fertilizer; on the other hand, the organic matter in the fertilizer goes from hard to soft, its texture changes from uneven to uniform, and during decomposition the weed seeds, pathogens and insect eggs...
1. Homemade nitrogen-based organic fertilizer Milk, soy milk, tofu, hair, spoiled fish and meat, eggs, and the water used to wash fish are all excellent materials for brewing nitrogen-based organic fertilizer. In addition, if you have rapeseed cake meal or soybean cake meal, so much the better. The specific method is: put the above materials into a large bottle, clay jar or other container, add an appropriate amount of tap water, with a water-to-dry-material ratio of about 5:1, then seal the container tightly, place it in a warm spot and let it ferment. When the fertilizer liquid turns black, pour it out and dilute it with 20-30 times its volume of water, then use it to water your plants.
2. Homemade phosphorus- and potassium-based organic fertilizer
You can brew this from fish and meat bones, eggshells, fish scales and similar materials, using the same method as above. If using large meat bones, it is best to boil them until tender in water, crush them, and brew them together with the water they were boiled in.
3. Homemade milder nutrient water
You can chop up watermelon rind, winter melon rind, outer leaves of vegetables, fruit peels and so on, put them in a container, add water, seal the opening with plastic wrap, and brew in the light. Once the raw materials have turned into a mushy state, draw off the clear liquid and apply it.
4. Burning wood ash
Collect dry branches, fallen leaves, dry grass and so on, pile them together and light them, then immediately press a layer of fine soil on top, let it burn out slowly, and the ash is ready to use.
How to remove the bad smell from homemade organic fertilizer
(1) Add a few drops of vinegar to the liquid fertilizer
(2) Put orange peel into the liquid fertilizer to be used 2-3 days in advance
(3) When applying, add a few drops of baijiu (Chinese liquor) to the liquid fertilizer
(4) When brewing the fertilizer, add 2-3 liang of ferrous sulfate to every 50 jin of liquid fertilizer