Homemade Fertilizer

[crooked-creek-farm]

@flowerbug

Thank You.

Different area, I'm in NE Ohio.

The Coorked Creek name comes from the creek that runs through most of the farms around here.

 

[CrealCritter]

manures, compost, trench composting, mulch, wood ash, and i used to make aerated rabbit manure tea.


my idea is if your soil is healthy you dont need fertilizer, so i feed the soil.

Wood ash, my understanding it's a substitute for lime, used to raise the soil PH and aid in the breakdown of organic matter. Am I correct?

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[FarmerJamie]

I've been laughing at how some of the new gardeners here are frantically trying to source llama poo- somehow they think it's more magical than goat poo, which is a lot easier to get hold of here.

Magic for weeds, in my experience! Lol

 

[CrealCritter]

I've made liquid nitrogen with fresh chicken poop and a bucket of water. Stir well, let settle and pour into a sprinkler watering can with the sprinkler off. Walk down the row and pour as you go.

You mean like a manure tea?

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[CrealCritter]

i wonder if epsom salts is any good? i always hear about it for tomatoes

Have a read through the article I posted in the first post. It talks a little about Epsom salt.

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[Mini Horses]

The magnesium helps prevent blossom end rot....Epsom salts. Other help? Probably.