Before you open the kitchen cabinets in search of a home solution, we will tell you a secret: “homemade” does not always mean effective. It doesn’t always mean safe either. So which ingredients of homemade fertilizers should you avoid? And which home solutions will benefit your lawn?
Compost tea is a real hit for plants. You can make it at home
Compost tea is not a warm drink to be enjoyed over a crackling fire. But your lawn (and garden plants) will enjoy drinking it. According to the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, applying compost tea to your lawn helps spread beneficial microbes to the soil and plants.
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You can make tea by pouring kitchen scraps wrapped in tights or a diaper and leaving it in the sun for a few days. Then water the lawn and plants.
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Avoid watering your lawn too often. You are harming him with this
This advice goes against our instincts. We assume that a green lawn needs a lot of water. It’s quite the opposite. Watering your grass lightly but often will weaken it by promoting a shallow root system, making it completely dependent on you. Infrequent but deep watering of the lawn (an inch per week) ensures deep roots and green grass blades.
Coffee grounds will nourish your lawn brilliantly. It will be green and thick
Coffee grounds contain nitrogen, carbon and other compounds that nourish organisms in the soil. Coffee grounds may contain compounds that help fight certain microorganisms that cause plant diseases. This simple recipe is to mix coffee grounds with your chosen amount of water to spray on your lawn. You can also manually sprinkle the lawn with coffee grounds and then rake them into the soil.
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Source: Gazeta
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