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Making Your Own Liquid Organic Fertilizer

Now maybe you’re wondering how you can give your organically grown food plants a little pick-me-up, from time to time?

Liquid fertilizers can give your plants certain trace elements that they may be unable to draw up from the soil.

What you’re making your liquid organic fertilizer from will determine which nutrients that you’ll be providing your plants. For example, if you’re making your organic fertilizer from deep rooted weeds or plants, such as dandelion or dock, they will provide nutrients that they have mined from deep in the soil. On the other hand, if you were to use animal manures as the base for your liquid fertilizer, it would be high in nitrogen.

You could make a liquid fertilizer of comfrey leaves which would be high in potash. You would use this to encourage any fruiting plants.

Liquid organic fertilizers are quite quick and simple to make. Essentially you just take your base ingredient, add water and let it mature (best to have a tight lid to keep the smell sealed up!). A few weeks later you have a wonderful tonic for your plants. Make sure you dilute it enough that it looks like weak tea or you could burn your plants.

For more information on liquid organic fertilizers, take a look at the Organic Food Gardening Beginner’s Manual.

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Liquid Compost

Soak mature compost in a tub of water to produce a nutrient-rich liquid for foliar feeding (spraying on plants) or for watering gardens, landscapes, or potted plants.
Dilute to the color of weak tea before use.