(Newswire.net — August 25, 2020) — Many organic farmers make their own liquid organic fertilizer. They do this to reduce their farming costs and to ensure that their organic farm is completely organic.
When you are an organic farmer, chemical fertilizers are not an option. You, therefore, have to find innovative ways to provide your crops with the nutrients they need.
A homemade fertilizer is the only option you have. You can make a granular or a liquid fertilizer from many natural ingredients.
A liquid fertilizer is much easier to make. This is what most organic farmers use.
Here is how you can make liquid organic fertilizer at home.
Ingredients
The most important factor of organic farming is that it uses only natural ingredients. As such, you cannot use ingredients to make your fertilizer that will go against this. Otherwise, you cannot label yourself as an organic farmer.
The main ingredients for liquid organic fertilizer can therefore be easily found around your household and garden.
The most common ingredients include, leaves, seaweed, animal droppings manure, vegetable waste, kitchen waste, plain weeds, over ripe bananas, egg shells, banana peels among other waste materials you can access.
With a wide range of freely or cheaply available ingredients, organic farmers can easily make their fertilizer at home.
How to make liquid organic fertilizer with manure
1. If you have livestock, this is the best method you can use to make liquid organic fertilizer at home. You can use cow dung, poultry droppings or manure from any other type of animal that you keep.
2. Dry the droppings in the sun for about one week.
3. You need a large container, depending on the size of your farm.
4. Put your animal manure into the container. Let it get to the quarter level of the container.
5. Add water to the brim and stir.
6. Let it rest for 3 days to a week. After this, your homemade liquid organic fertilizer is ready for use.
7. Apply the manure tea to the base of your crops. This fertilizer is full of all the nutrients that your crops need to grow and mature properly, organically.
By following this method, you can make liquid organic fertilizer with all tea above listed ingredients. When it comes to kitchen waste, you can mix everything up.
Also, the size of the container you use will be determined by the size of your farm. If you only need fertilizer for a small portion of land, you can use a small container, like a bucket, while you will need a larger container, possibly more than one, for a larger farm.
When to use liquid fertilizer
There are several instances when the use of liquid fertilizer is optimal. First, is when you are farming in containers. Container farming has become popular as more and more people seek to grow their own food naturally. When you need to add nutrients to your container grown crops, liquid fertilizer is the best solution.
You can also use liquid fertilizer with seedlings. When seedlings are in the nursery, they require lots of nutrients. Liquid fertilizer is easy to use and make. You can make a sizable amount that you can apply to your seedlings whenever they look like they need to supplement their nutrient intake. You can easily tell by the shade of green on their leaves.
Crops grown in lower temperatures do not absorb nutrients from the soil sufficiently. To boost their nutrient uptake, liquid fertilizer is the best solution. By applying it at the base of the plant, the roots are able to quickly absorb the required nutrients from the fertilizer.
Conclusion
Organic liquid fertilizer is a great crop nutrient booster. As an organic farmer, you do not have to go out and buy chemical fertilizer, you can easily make your own at home. It is easy to make, time saving and affordable. All you need is time and you have a nutrient filled fertilizer.