can i make a plant food out of household ingredients? such as soap, beer, etc.?

Answer 1

No, you will just kill those poor plants.

Answer 2

Cyndi b is right, egg shells are a good source of calcium, great for tomatoes. You can make an eggshell "tea" by saving half a cup of crushed egg shells from cooking, etc, put in a bucket half full with water and leave for about 5 days, then strain and pour on vegie plants. Putting crushed shells around the plants like Cyndi suggested also keeps away slugs and snails because they are too sharp to slither over. Also, cigarette butts that have been smoked are good, too. The plants can use the remaining nicotine. It's a bit stinky if you're not a smoker but you need to collect a handful (figureatively speaking!) of butts, soak in a half to a full bucket of water and leave a few days, then pour around plants. You need to strain the butts out first and then they go in the garbage.

Answer 3

The soap not a useful fertilizer, but the beer will add a few nutrients. Actually, ammonia, if well diliuted, is a very good nitrogen source. Compost , from your garden/household vegetable waste is also a source of plant food.

Answer 4

You could eat any of those foods raw if you wanted, but potato probably wouldn't taste so good. Potatoes aren't necessary on a raw food diet. I follow a raw food diet and I try to eat a balance of green, leafy, chlorophyll foods, fatty fruits (avocado, durian, olives, etc) and citrus fruits. Nuts and seeds also make up a small portion of my diet. I make my own almond milk and use the leftover almond pulp to make flour and you can make all sorts of low-heat-baked or dehydrated yummies. Just dry the almond pulp out in a dehydrator or in the oven on the lowest heat for 10 hours. Last nite I made some raw cinnamon rolls... delish! You can find all sorts of raw recipes on the internet to make it more interesting. You could also check out the Sunfood Diet Success System by David Wolfe.

Answer 5

there used to be a gardener on PBS who would make all his own household cleaners, etc... I'm pretty sure he had a number of plant food recipies. I can't find him on pbs.org though...

Answer 6

eggs shells will give your plants calcium,crushed and laid around the plant.
blood from the meats you cook will fertilize them and so will bones crushed up!you can make up a compost pile and through all of your food scraps in it along with leaves,grass clippings,and any other organic materials! all of these will for a rich soil fertilizer

Answer 7

i don't know the answer i just think its funny that you use examples like soap and beer. i have heard that sugar is good for plants. i use it in the water with stem flowers to prolong their life.

Answer 8

This has a nice recipe (and it includes beer!)
http://www.ehow.com/how_9123_make-own-fertilizer.html