How To Make Herbal Fertilizer
You can make your own herbalfertilizer from herbs that you grow! Using the same base recipe, use from the following herbs to provide the exact nutrients your soil is lacking. Don't know what nutrients you need? Find your local Cooperative Extension Office, and have a soil test done. They are usually free or very inexpensive, yet worth their weight in gold.
Comfrey fertilizer is rich in three primary fertilizing ingredients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash. Plenty more trace elements and minerals are available in this herbal brew. More »
For potassium and sulfur, add coltsfoot to your mix before brewing.More »
Yes, the same couch grass that you may think of as a weed, is actually good for fertilizer. Adding couch grass to your mix adds silica and potassium. You can pull it up and put it where you want it: the fertilzer bucket.
Is there anything dandelion CAN'T do? Add dandelion to your herbal fertilizer if you need to add copper to your soil. More »
Dill adds plenty to the fertilizer mix. If you need potassium, sulfer and/or sodium, add some dill. We all know how prolific it can be, so here is a great use for all your extra!More »
Fenugreek seeds heads are high in calcium, for all you tomato plant loving gardeners, take note of this!More »
Silica, the same element that makes horsetail useful for herbalists, makes this herb great for herbal fertilzers.
Fermented for 3 weeks, a fertilizing brew made from nettles, is a powerhouse of iron, nitrogen and trace amounts of minerals and elements that your garden will love!More »
There seems to be no end to the usefullness of this herb. Once you have used up every part of the sunflower, burn the stalks and create a potash rich ash. Sunflower is tasty, beautiful and useful. We should all plant more of them.
Although considered an ingredient for all purpose fertilizer, it is also high in copper. If you need this nutrient in your soil, add yarrow to the mix.More »
1. Comfrey
Comfrey fertilizer is rich in three primary fertilizing ingredients: Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash. Plenty more trace elements and minerals are available in this herbal brew. More »
2. Coltsfoot
For potassium and sulfur, add coltsfoot to your mix before brewing.More »
3. Couch Grass
Yes, the same couch grass that you may think of as a weed, is actually good for fertilizer. Adding couch grass to your mix adds silica and potassium. You can pull it up and put it where you want it: the fertilzer bucket.
4. Dandelion
Is there anything dandelion CAN'T do? Add dandelion to your herbal fertilizer if you need to add copper to your soil. More »
5. Dill
Dill adds plenty to the fertilizer mix. If you need potassium, sulfer and/or sodium, add some dill. We all know how prolific it can be, so here is a great use for all your extra!More »
6. Fenugreek
Fenugreek seeds heads are high in calcium, for all you tomato plant loving gardeners, take note of this!More »
7. Horsetail
Silica, the same element that makes horsetail useful for herbalists, makes this herb great for herbal fertilzers.
8. Nettle
Fermented for 3 weeks, a fertilizing brew made from nettles, is a powerhouse of iron, nitrogen and trace amounts of minerals and elements that your garden will love!More »
9. Sunflower
There seems to be no end to the usefullness of this herb. Once you have used up every part of the sunflower, burn the stalks and create a potash rich ash. Sunflower is tasty, beautiful and useful. We should all plant more of them.
10. Yarrow
Although considered an ingredient for all purpose fertilizer, it is also high in copper. If you need this nutrient in your soil, add yarrow to the mix.More »
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