Do-it-yourself green fertilizer (weed infusion) - questions and answers
GREEN FERTILIZER BY ALL RULES
It's no secret that the so-called. green fertilizer (infusion of weeds) is one of the most popular among gardeners. Despite the fact that it is easy to prepare it, readers still have questions. The most popular ones are answered by the candidate of agricultural sciences Alexander GORNY.
Can grass and water be added to the infusion barrel all summer long?
Lyudmila Shchup, Kiev
- The herbal infusion in a barrel must be kept for a week and a half. During this time, the bulk of the nutrients from the green mass will pass into the water and become available to plants. However, if you keep the fermented mass in a barrel for a long time, it will become harmful to them. Therefore, take out the remaining cake and put it in the compost heap, and send a new portion of chopped weeds into the barrel.
Does it make a difference in which barrel to prepare liquid herbal fertilizer - iron or plastic?
Alevtina Zubareva, Sovetsk
- I recommend using plastic drums, as rust from a metal container can get into the fertilizer. It is of no benefit to vegetables and degrades the quality of the mash.
Do you need to remove seeds and roots from plants before placing in a barrel? When is the best time to harvest seeds?
Stanislav Zhilunets
- Weeds should be picked at the beginning of flowering, when they have accumulated the maximum amount of nutrients. Perennial roots
(runny, dandelion, thistle) it is better to cut off, and if left, then strain the infusion before use so that the pieces of roots do not get into the soil. As for the seeds, they must be removed without fail.
Is it possible to prepare infusions of wheatgrass, flowering celandine and dandelion with foliage? What to do with herbal cake after use?
Valentina Lavrentieva
- Wheatgrass is not good for infusions. Its rhizomes remain viable for a long time, including in water and compost heap. Therefore, it is better to dry and burn wheatgrass (ash can be collected and used to feed the vegetable garden). The rest of the plants you named are fine. After the herbal cake, it can be dried and composted or used for mulching.
Some green manure barrel is closed with a lid, while others are not. How is it correct?
Evgeniya Silaeva
- During the fermentation of herbs, carbon dioxide, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide are released. The last two contain batteries. Under a lid or foil, they return to the water infusion and are fixed there. Therefore, it is better to cover the barrel.
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I, like most housewives using canned food, until recently believed that nothing could be done with the liquid remaining in them, and, without thinking twice, poured it into the sewer. But now I try to use these brines, dressings to the last drop.
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BURDOCK AGAINST PESTS
From burdock, I prepare an infusion to combat pests and diseases. I take 5 kg of fresh burdocks with a root per 10 liters of water, insist 3 days, filter. I spray apple trees and other fruit trees with this infusion every 10 days since mid-June. This helps in the fight against codling moth butterflies, as well as other pests.
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INfusions FOR SPRAYING TOMATOES
At home, we grow tomatoes exclusively for ourselves and try not to use modern pesticides. We use infusions of onions, garlic and chicken manure.
Cooking like this: 100 g of garlic and 100 g of onions are passed through a meat grinder, then put in a 3-liter jar and filled with 3/4 water. We close the lid; and hold for 24-36 hours, periodically < shaking the jar.
We take a bucket and put 200 g of litter there (preferably pigeon), fill it with water, leave it (for 24-36 hours, stirring occasionally.
Before pouring into the sprayer, both solutions are filtered and mixed. Spray with a backpack sprayer.
Onion-garlic-litter infusion is sprayed every 7-10 days.