How to make fertilizer for a herb garden: cooking methods. How to make green manure from grass and apply it in the garden

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Dear subscribers, today I will tell you how to make liquid plant food from grass. Liquid top dressing is an infusion or extract from herbs. This infusion is also sometimes referred to as liquid compost.

Any grass will do, even weeds. Not everyone uses it, because of the very persistent specific toilet smell. Meanwhile, liquid top dressing can successfully replace almost all fertilizers in the country.

The procedure for preparing liquid top dressing

To prepare liquid compost, you will need a barrel. Preferably plastic. Since it is not subject to corrosion. But iron will do. True, it will only last a couple of seasons. Choose a sunny location that is not blown by the wind.

Store weeds, grass from the garden in a barrel. Don't worry about weed seeds. Everything will perepreet in our barrel. When the barrel is about three-quarters full of plant matter, it is filled to the top with water. After that, a film is used as a cover.

If the barrel was with a lid, then the film can be wrapped over it. We pay attention to the fact that it is required to make several holes in the lid to remove gases - the products of grass fermentation.

Three days after laying the herbal mass in the barrel, the fermentation process will begin. Bacteria will begin to actively multiply and convert grass into compost.

Some gardeners advise adding kefir to the barrel to speed up the process. It works. As a rule, the entire fermentation process takes place in a week and a half. It will already be usable.

Dilute liquid feed with water at a ratio of 1 liter of feed to 10 liters of water. Do not water the plants with liquid from the barrel immediately. You risk burning your landings.

Most often, top dressing is simply added to the water when watering. You can do the same. Add about one small bucket of liquid feed to a watering can. The optimal proportions per liter of top dressing are 10 liters of water.

After all the liquid from the barrel has been used, you can again fill the plant mass with water and leave for several days.

Grass still contains enough nutrients. which can be reused. After the water from the barrel has been used twice, the herb can be removed and placed on compost heap. And put a new portion of the plant mass in the barrel.

If you want to organize a continuous process for the production of liquid fertilizer-top dressing, then we recommend placing several barrels at once. And pour herbal mass into them at intervals of a week. To use liquid fertilizers continuously.

For dressing pumpkin

use slurry diluted with water (1:3 or 1:4). The first top dressing is given 7-10 days after planting seedlings or when sowing seeds in the ground in the phase of 2-3 true leaves after thinning and weeding.

Further top dressing is carried out as needed, but not more than once every 7-10 days, so as not to disturb the growth-flowering balance. If there is no organic fertilizer, you can use mineral fertilizers for top dressing, including foliar fertilizers (watering from a watering can). Pumpkin responds well to foliar feeding with urea at a dose of 30 g per 1 sq. m.

In wet weather, it is better to feed with dry organic (mineral) fertilizers, retreating from the plant stem by 15 cm.

bushes berry crops, if they have a lot of fruits, they need to be fed.

Liquid top dressings from fresh cow dung (2 parts to 8 parts of water) or bird droppings (1: 9) are more effective. In such organic top dressing, it is desirable to add 50-60 g of superphosphate and 100 g of wood ash, which can be replaced with 14 g of potassium salt. One bucket of liquid top dressing is applied per 1 sq. m of the near-stem circle of the bush.

Each owner of a dacha or garden has many ways to deal with weeds. Some fight it more successfully, others less successfully. Mowed weeds can be successfully used in the garden.

For example, make fertilizer from grass, which will bring many benefits to the soil and plants.

Firstly, decomposed weeds are good organic matter, which improves soil composition, structure, increases its friability and breathability.
Secondly, during the growth and development of weeds, along with cultivated plants weeds draw microelements from the soil, and their further use in the garden will return these elements back.

Many simply throw the cut grass in a landfill, while others make compost beds and fertilizer out of it. Composting takes a lot of time. It is necessary to gradually form a ridge and it will be ready only in a few months or for next year. The rate of decomposition depends on the composition of the ridge. It is much faster to prepare liquid grass fertilizer. In terms of value, it is not inferior to composts, and in terms of cooking speed it has an advantage.

How to make fertilizer from fresh grass

Fertilizer is prepared from fresh grass by soaking it in a barrel of water. It is necessary to allocate a large barrel for fertilizer. Then the grass is put into the barrel. The grass must be mowed or cut, that is, without roots.

weed fertilizer

Can be used weeds, nettle, wheatgrass, quinoa are especially useful. Any amount of grass can be laid. It is best to add a little nitrogen to the grass.

Grass with fertilizer is poured with water.
The container is covered with a lid.
So that the microorganisms in the fertilizer do not die, you should take out the old soaked grass every two weeks and lay a new one.
The readiness of the fertilizer can be recognized by the smell of ammonia and the appearance of many bubbles in the water. In this case, the color of the fertilizer will turn brown-green.

The spent grass can be used in the garden as mulch, but first it must be rinsed in a barrel of infusion so that the decomposed particles are washed off. For the preparation of liquid fertilizer, it is best to use a container made of plastic or wood.

liquid fertilizer nettle

Nettle infusion is rich in nitrogen and many other trace elements.

To prepare it, you need to take a plastic container.
Then fill it with nettles to two-thirds of the volume and pour water.
Nettles are infused for about two weeks, and then used as root dressings and leaf dressings.

For watering plants, the finished fertilizer is diluted in a ratio of 1:10, and for spraying leaves 1:20.

If the infusion withstand more long time and ferment it, then there will be more trace elements in it, but it is recommended to add a little wood ash or mullein. Nettle is widely used in independent form. The recipe for adding its leaves to the wells when planting tomatoes is especially common.

Soaked nettles are used to spray crops affected by aphids. The shelf life of such a fertilizer is no more than two weeks, and then you need to make a fresh infusion.

Compost

Most often, mowed weeds are used for laying in a compost ridge. Depending on the weeds, composts can decompose with different speed. Some composts can be ready in as little as 3 months, and some in as little as a year and a half. Such compost can be added to the beds, holes when planting seedlings or make warm ridges for cucumbers from them.

Most suitable plant lupins are considered for composting. It well accumulates nitrogen, which will then be used vegetable crops. The advantage of lupine is that a large bush grows from one seed, that is, it forms a large number of green mass. Lupine should be mowed at the beginning of flowering, it must not be allowed to form seeds.

Before laying a compost bed of lupine, its stems must be soaked in water for 1-2 weeks. This will speed up the compost ripening process.

There are other ways to compost garden weeds. Dig a trench or hole in the garden. Soddy soil, grass, manure, leaves and various waste from the kitchen are laid at the bottom in layers. The total share of green mass should be about 60%. To make decomposition go faster, earthworms are placed in the trench. The maturation period of such compost is about 1.5 years. After this time, it can be used. In order for the compost not to turn sour, it must be periodically turned and mixed with a pitchfork.

You can use grass from the garden in different ways, make liquid fertilizer, compost or spray infusion. Any of them will effectively fertilize the soil and contribute to good growth cultures. In addition, the use of grass as a fertilizer will allow you to get rid of it and not take it to a landfill.

Not every gardener can boast fertile soil on the site, so fertilizers are needed. As fuel, you can use something that is always abundant in the country - weeds! It will take time to feed the land, to make it fertile, ready for planting.

But what if there is no time to wait? Then you can start a garden reactor for the express production of liquid fertilizer!

How to make green manure:

To prepare green fertilizer, you will need a barrel: you can use any, but preferably a plastic one - the iron bottom quickly rots. If there is no choice, put an iron barrel on any stand, so it will last longer. Place the container on the very sunny place, closer to the garden, so that it is convenient to feed the plants. Fill the container about half or two-thirds with any fresh plants. Everything is used: weeds, cut grass, tops. The only thing is that it is not recommended to use horse sorrel and buttercup for liquid fertilizer - in addition to being useful, they also contain harmful substances that inhibit crop growth.

To speed up the fermentation process, add 5-6 tbsp. l. carbamide (urea) or several caps of any humate fertilizer. It remains to fill the barrel with water, but not to the top, because during the fermentation process the volume of the solution will increase and a cap of foam will appear. cover the barrel plastic wrap and tie the film with a rope, having previously made several holes for the exhaust gases.

After a few days, the green mass will begin to bubble - carbon dioxide is released. This is a sign that the process has begun. Very soon, the infusion will acquire a specific smell of a cowshed. There is nothing to be surprised here - we just copy the natural processes that go on in the stomach of herbivores! If it is difficult for you to come to terms with this specific aroma, add not: how many drops of valerian to the infusion. They will tell you about the readiness of vegetable fertilizer external signs: the infusion will stop foaming and acquire a rich brown-brown color.

The conveyor in the barrel must work continuously, supplying the summer resident with liquid fertilizer all season, so you need to properly dispose of it. Before use, the green mass must be stirred so that the decomposed particles sink to the bottom, and the tops remain at the top. Then pull out the tops with a pitchfork, but do not throw it away, but put it under garden crops (pumpkin, zucchini, cabbage, cucumbers), and use the liquid solution for top dressing. A couple of buckets can be left at the bottom of the barrel: there are a lot of microorganisms, and this is a ready-made sourdough for the next batch, which will speed up the process. It remains to fill the barrel with plants again and repeat the steps.

What are the advantages of green manure:

Top dressing in liquid form is quickly and well absorbed by plants.

The solution has an alkaline reaction, which will help reduce the acidity of the soil.

The soil will be saturated with living beneficial microorganisms that will improve its structure and protect plants from diseases.

This is not only a nutritious top dressing, but also a healing procedure for the soil. Even before planting, you can shed clean beds with herbal infusion.

Even the fallen fruits of currants and gooseberries can be thrown into the barrel, everything will be processed into valuable fertilizer.

Gardeners should beware who once put plant remains in a barrel and use the same infusion all season, occasionally topping up with water.

If the fertilizer is infused for more than a month, too much ammonia will accumulate in it, the vapors of which are detrimental to all living bacteria. The infusion will retain its nutritional power, but will be “dead”, without beneficial microorganisms. Try to use the fertilizer within 3 weeks of being ready.

If the volume is too large, pour the solution into plastic bottles and store it for a month in a dark place.

Green fertilizer is too concentrated: it can burn the roots and leaves. Therefore, in the case of root dressing, dilute it at the rate of 1:10, and for watering the leaves -1:20. The volume of a standard barrel is 200 liters, which means that from one batch alone you will get 400-500 liters of top dressing!

How to properly feed plants with green fertilizer:

Root top dressing for any crops is recommended to be carried out 1-2 times a week, preferably after rain or after the main watering. Foliar top dressing (spraying on the leaves) is carried out 1 time per month.

Feeding rates depend on the individual needs of each culture. Under cabbage and cucumbers, you can add 1 bucket of diluted top dressing under a bush, for strawberries - 1-2 liters per bush. Suitable tincture for fruit trees and berry bushes: when watering for 1 bucket of water, add 1 liter. infusion.

Do not forget that nitrogen prevails in green fertilizer, and it is applied only in the first half of summer, during the active growth of green mass. In the second half, during fruiting, fertilizing with vegetable infusion should be stopped.

The combination of herbs in green fertilizer can be different, but it is desirable to add nettle to any assortment - it is the champion in nitrogen content and attracts worms.

Here are just a few recipes:

*Harvest nettles before they begin to form seeds. Grind, add comfrey, wormwood, dandelion, stepsons of tomatoes. Crumble the rest of the bread into the barrel, add a little yeast. A week later, the fertilizer is ready. Great for top dressing tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, leafy greens.

* As a basis, take stinging nettle. The second ingredient is common dandelion, which is harvested before seeds are formed. Add 1 tsp to the mixture. humate solution per 10 liters. water.

*Mix legumes, nettles, 3 kg bone meal, 1-3 kg dolomite flour, any microbiological preparation with beneficial bacteria.

To get a rich harvest, gardeners resort to a variety of fertilizers that can be purchased or made. with my own hands. One of the components for the preparation of fertilizer is grass and weeds that grow on each site.

After all, if you figure it out, then during the season, gardeners on the site break out a bunch of weeds from which you can cook organic fertilizer. By its properties, of course, it will not replace, for example, humus, but in combination with other top dressings it will make a significant contribution to obtaining a good harvest.

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There are several ways to get herbal humus:

Composting , this is the process of rotting grass and additional components in a special container or pit. The fundamental component of compost humus is weed grass, but other elements should also be included in the composition to avoid obtaining an unsuitable mixture.

Compost composition

green grass or weeds;
hay or straw;
small branches, leaves, both dry and green;
sawdust;
food waste (vegetables, fruits);
manure;
ash.

All of the above elements may not be present in full, but there should be a large part of them, especially for manure. There are elements that can spoil the quality of humus:

remnants of food of animal origin;
faeces of animals and people;
elements that are not subject to decay and decomposition;
infected crops (pests, fungi);
weed seeds.

How to make a compost bin

Composting process

Having filled a pit or a special container (box) with all of the above elements, the compost is mixed and watered. Obtaining compost fertilizer is a long process and the layers of constituent parts can be added gradually, but at the same time one must remember to constantly moisten the pit or box, so that the lower deeply fermented layers get out and speed up the process of preparing the fertilizer.

The process of preparing green manure from weeds will take from 3 to 5 months, depending on some factors that affect the rotting process.

Factors affecting the cooking time:

This is temperature regime and moisture content of the compost. It is necessary to maintain their performance at the proper level.
Another important factor is the structure of the constituent elements, the smaller it is, the faster it will rot.
In order to insulate the compost, chicken manure is added to the composition.
By mixing the composition of the compost at least once a week, there will be a rapid multiplication of bacteria, which also affect the process of decay.

How to determine the readiness of fertilizer

The color of the finished humus is dark brown.
The smell of a quality fertilizer should be slightly pleasant, reminiscent of dry leaves, mushrooms, or woods. If there is a smell of mold or rot, this means that the composting process has been disturbed. In such cases, the pit must be opened, the humus dug up, thereby enriching it with oxygen, since the main cause of damage may be its lack. If these actions did not bring results, then it is better to throw away the humus, as it can harm the plants.
The texture should be crumbly and loose. The degree of readiness can be determined by making a solid ball out of humus, if possible, then readiness is 100%.
The presence of worms in a pit or box is also a sign of readiness.

Conditions for the correct placement of the pit

The compost pit (box) should be located away from the source (well or well) of drinking water.
In case of uneven ground, the pit should be below the water source.
The location of the pit or box should not be under the direct rays of the sun, as in the process of overheating, the fertilizer may lose its useful qualities.

The next way to prepare green top dressing is liquid. Liquid grass fertilizer is a herbal infusion that can be fed to plants when ready.

How to make compost in a bin

In fact, liquid top dressing is the same as compost, only the process of its preparation takes from two weeks to two months.

The finished liquid top dressing will contain all the substances, trace elements, minerals necessary for the growth of plants, which were pulled out by weeds from the soil and due to the addition additional elements. There are many options for preparing fertilizer from grass with water, depending on their ingredients and preparation time. Let's consider some of them:

Herbal infusion, preparation technology:

two hundred liter barrel(or other suitable container) must be filled garden weeds while not compacting them. You don't need to fill to the top.
Weeds should be uprooted or mowed before seeds appear on them.
In the same container, you need to pour 3-4 kg of ash or dolomite flour.
Cow dung is added from about half a bucket or chicken manure 1–2 kg.

After that you need:

All this is poured to the base of the barrel with water and covered so that there is air access and good heating of the composition. Top dressing is prepared from 10 to 15 days.

How to prepare an herbal infusion for plant nutrition in a barrel

Nettle infusion, preparation technology

The technology for preparing this infusion is similar to the above:

The barrel must be filled with nettle vegetation by about 2/3 of the total volume.
Cow or chicken manure is added, 2–3 kg per barrel.
Mineral agrochemicals or trace elements can be added to the top dressing.
An obligatory element is ash.

All this is poured with water and infused for one to two weeks.

Nettle infusion - cooking on video

The readiness of liquid top dressing is easy to determine, the mixture looks like a marsh hue with numerous bubbles, as it foams during the fermentation process. It also has a specific smell.

Recipe for herbal infusion for fertilizing the garden

Why do you need additional elements

During the cultivation of plants, all gardeners resort to different kind dressings, which, in turn, accelerate growth, enhance flowering, help the fruit ripen as soon as possible. For these purposes are used complex fertilizers, which combine all the listed tasks into one view.

It is also possible to create such a fertilizer with your own hands, and what will be the fundamental element is not so important, the main thing is to respect the proportions so that there is no overkill or shortage.

To do this, consider what affects plant growth and what elements it contains.

Nitrogen- Promotes rapid growth, growth of foliage and vegetative parts. Found in cow and chicken manure.
Potassium- contributes to the accumulation of sugar in plants and starch, and also gives resistance to various diseases. Located in the ashes.
Phosphorus- necessary for enhanced flowering and fruiting. Ash is the main source of phosphorus.
Calcium- used when fruits ripen. Found in bone meal or eggshells.

Also, when fertilizing from one herb, no one knows exactly how many useful trace elements are contained in it, since it depends on the soil, its saturation, therefore, additional ingredients are used for cooking.

For the preparation of humus, you can use not only grass, but also hay. Hay fertilizer has many beneficial microorganisms, these are bacteria, seminal bacillus, fungi, and so on.

The main advantage of grass fertilizer is its availability, since even if it is not enriched with special, purchased microelements, it will be enough to add elements such as various waste, ash, hay, eggshell, trembling, which is available in almost every person.

Some varieties of greens can be used as top dressing without pulling them out of the soil. Such plants are called, they do not let root shoots when they are mowed and safely go through the process of decay and decomposition, while enriching the soil with nitrogen. And the aboveground part is used for compost.

To use herbal fertilizer in the garden, you must first prepare it.

The first thing to do is to get the herbal mass and squeeze it well, after stirring everything. The resulting cake is suitable for mulching plants and trees. If further laying of grass is planned, then you need to leave a little herbal mass for better fermentation of the next batch.

The resulting concentrated top dressing must be diluted with water before use, in a ratio of 1: 2.

It is necessary to fertilize in the same way as with any fertilizer, pouring small portions under the base of the plants.

Compost can be used not only by sprinkling it under garden crops, but also during the preparation of beds, or when digging, in the autumn.

Top dressing is suitable for all types of plants, shrubs and trees.

Summarizing, we can say that green fertilizer is the most affordable type of top dressing, since its manufacture comes from the elements that every gardener has, these are grass and various kinds of waste.

To obtain better humus, it is recommended to add specialized fertilizers, but even in this case, the process is cheaper. When plants are used to nourish the soil, the natural natural process. After all, throwing away the cut grass, they leave the garden and useful material, which the weeds have absorbed in the process of their growth.