After one of the last family dinners, I noticed that my mother-in-law collected all the potato peels, threw them into a box, and then took them to the basement. I must admit that it surprised me a lot. Most people just throw them away. She quickly revealed to me in secret that she had been doing this for years. If it weren’t for the potatoes, her grandchildren wouldn’t be able to enjoy the summer harvest of raspberries and currants on the plot.
Potato peels have very valuable properties, especially for fruit plants
It turned out that my mother-in-law took the peels to the basement and froze them there for the winter. When it gets warmer, they get a second life and turn into fertilizer, which is much better than all other chemicals. Peels are rich in many nutrients, including: potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, sodium, iron, zinc and manganese. Thanks to it, the bushes of raspberries, currants, gooseberries and strawberries are full of fruit. It is also well received by flowering plants and ornamental plants. However, it is better not to use them for acid-loving plants – blueberries, cranberries, rhododendrons, and for plants from the nightshade family – peppers, tomatoes.
Fertilizer prepared from dried peels has even more nutrients
To prepare fertilizer from potato peels, pour boiling water over the peels, preferably in a proportion of 0.5 kg of peels per 5 liters of water. Then just set everything aside to cool and then strain. Selected plants should be watered with this fertilizer once every 3 or 4 weeks. An alternative to fertilizer from frozen peels is the one made after drying them. This allows you to retain even more valuable nutrients. Just cut the peels into approximately equal pieces, place them on baking paper, preheat the oven to 100 degrees Celsius, and then dry them for two to four hours. – until they are brittle. After removing them from the oven, wait until they cool down and put them in an airtight container. Then it’s time to prepare the fertilizer when it’s needed.
Source: Gazeta
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