Eco-friendly Fertilisers That Will Help Your Garden Plants

The most important thing that your plant must have in order to grow healthy is a good nourishing soil. You can buy all sorts of fertilisers and other artificial substance to help the development of your plants. You can also prepare them yourself using simple eco-friendly methods that are equally beneficial for your plants and your garden wildlife. Here are some easy to follow recipes and ingredients that you might use to fertilise and nourish your beautiful garden.

Fertilise Your Garden With What You Have in Your Kitchen

You don't have to spend money and time on buying specialized fertilisers filled with ingredients you can't pronounce. Your daily life offers enough possibilities to collect and make your own fertilisers. They will be chemical-free and much more beneficial for your plants in the long run.

Banana peels

Bananas contain a lot of potassium which is the main ingredient in most chemical fertilisers. After making a banana milkshake don't throw the peel. If you have flowers that need to be planted, you can use it to give them a little boost.

• Choose the right spot for your new plant.
• Dig a hole.
• Place the banana peel in the hole.
• Put the new plant on top of the peel and place the rest of the soil. Make sure to not leave air pockets.
• Now while growing and developing its root system your new plant has a hidden resource of nourishing substances.

Eggshells

They have, great fertilising qualities and can enrich the soil of your garden flowers as well as your vegetables. The calcium in the eggshells will help your plants grow stronger and healthier.

• Collect your eggshells in a paper bag.
• Leave the bag in a place with direct sunlight in order to dry them.
• After they are dried completely, crush them until you make an eggshell powder
• Put the powder around the garden plants and mix it with the soil.
• You can water the plant afterwards.

Gelatine

Yes, you can not only use gelatine to make amazing pastries but you can also fertilise your flowers with it. Gelatine contains many nitrogen and calcium which are great for your garden soil.

• Grab one package of gelatine from your kitchen cupboard.
• Dissolve it into a cup of hot water.
• Pour 2-3 cups of cold water into the newly made mixture.
• Water your plants with it once every few weeks.

Time to Cook for Your Garden

If you have some free time you can do impressive things for your garden plants. There are a lot of recipes for making a different type of fertilisers that are fast and effective. Here are two of the simplest to make, but some of the most beneficial to the plants.

Seaweed

If you live near the coast in Dorset, for example, you are amongst the lucky gardeners who have access to one of the best natural fertilisers - seaweed. You can go and collect everything your garden needs directly from the beach and without spending any money. Here is what you need to do:

• Go to the beach and gather around five-six jars of seaweed.
• When you come home, fill a bucket halfway with water. You can use rain or tap water.
• Cover the bucket and forget about it for the next two and a half three weeks.
• Strain the seaweed water and keep it. It will be good for about a month.
• Mix 1 part seaweed water with one part regular water and you can start watering your plants with it.

Grass

You can literally use whatever you have laying around after you finish mowing the loan. All nutrients that help your grass to grow are contained in it, so it's only natural to be able to return them back into the ground.

• Collect a bag of grass clippings.
• Put them in a bucket and fill it halfway with water.
• Leave it for a week.
• Strain the water.
• Make a solution of one part grass water with ten parts regular water and water your garden;