Planting With Home Made Fertilizers?

Question

Okay I'm Growing Fruits And Vegs. Is Coffee And Eggs Good To Put In The Soil? Why Don't Ya'll Tell Me What You Think Is Good To Put In The Soil. Let It Be Home Made Please!

Answer 1

N-P-K values
Coffee Grounds 2-0.3-0.2 Highly acidic, best for use in alkaline soils.

Eggshells 1.2-0.4-0.1 Contais calcium plus trace minerals. Dry first, then grind to powder.

Crustacean Shells 4.6-3.52-0 Contain large amounts of lime. Should be ground as finely as possible for best results.

Rabbit manure 2.4-1.4-0.6 Most concentrated of animal manures in fresh form.

Worm castings 0.5-0.5-0.3 50% organic material plus 11 trace minerals. Great for seedlings, will not burn. Is a form of compost, so doesn't need composting.


SPRAY PROGRAM
Compost tea Label directions or if homemade 1 cup/gallon of water
Blackstrap Molasses 2 tablespoons/gallon
Seaweed 2 tablespoons/gallon
Natural apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon/gallon
(Optional ingredients)
Fish emulsion 2-3 tablespoons per gallon (may not need when using compost tea)
Garlic tea 1 cup/gallon or label directions
Baking soda 1 rounded tablespoon/gallon
Liquid biostimulants per label (Agrispon, AgriGro, Medina, Bioform or similar product)

Raw seaweed can be collected, rinsed and chopped; it can be dug into the soil immediately, but is even more effective in compost, since the primary component is alginic acid, which is easily attacked by bacteria, making seaweed an excellent compost activator. Processed seaweed/kelp meal can be found in nurseries and through agricultural suppliers; formulations vary, so follow the manufacturer’s directions for application. Don’t overdo it.

Alfalfa, (as in cow or horse feed)While at first glance it would appear that nitrogen is the big benefit from alfalfa (Meal: 5-1-2; Pellets: 14-4-8), with a good dose of iron and trace elements, the real benefit comes from a fatty acid alcohol called triacontanol, which occurs, naturally in the waxy surface of the plant’s leaves. Triacontanol is a root stimulant which, when used in small quantities, can increase yields in garden plots by 30 to 60%. It can be applied to roses straight out of the bag or box, or applied in an "alfalfa tea."
For direct application, sprinkle up to a cup of pellets, a half-cup for miniature roses, around each bush and water. The pellets then swell up and break apart. Then scratch the alfalfa into the soil or cover with mulch. If you leave the alfalfa on the surface, it will mold, and, when it dries, it will turn hard and crusty…work it in. Don’t use more than a cup, or its effectiveness will drop.
For alfalfa tea, add 10 to 12 cups of alfalfa pellets to a 32 gallon garbage can, add water, stir and steep for 2 or 3 hours to a couple of days. You can add 4 to 6 cups of Epsom salts and 8 ounces of fish fertilizer as a "fortifier", if you wish. Apply a gallon per bush, 1/3 gallon per miniature. Stir often to keep it mixed. You can pour the slurry on the bottom of the garbage can onto some of the roses, or add it to your vegetable garden.

DO YOURSELF HOME MADE PRODUCTS
Here is a homemade product called Herbal Tea Plant Food. The formula is:
1 t Comfrey leaves
1 t Alfalfa leaves
1 t Nettle leaves
1 Qt boiling water

Steep for 10 min. and let cool until luke warm. Drain the leaves out and add the luke warm tea to your plants to keep them healthy and vibrant!

The reason for adding slightly warm tea (or water) to your plants is that they will be able to absorb the needed nutrients more easily by keeping the root pores open verses cold tea (or water) will have a tendency to restrict the pores, meaning a much slower process of absorption.

Comfrey is called knitbone or healing herb. It is high in calcium, potassium and phosphorus, and also rich in vitamins A and C. The nutrients present in comfrey actually assist in the healing process since it contains allantoin.

Alfalfa is one of the most powerful nitrogen-fixers of all the legumes. It is strong in iron and is a good source of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and trace minerals.

Nettles are helpful to stimulate fermentation in compost or manure piles and this helps to break down other organic materials in your planting soil. The plant is said to contain carbonic acid and ammonia which may be the fermentation factor. Nettles are rich in iron and have as much protein as cottonseed meal.

N-P-K values
Nitrogen:
(For producing leaf growth and greener leaves)
Compost manure 0.5
Dried blood 12-15
Cottonseed meal 7
Cocoa bean and peanut shells 1
Bone meal 4
Weeds and grass clippings 0.9

Phosphorus:
(For proper seed development; hastens maturity; increased seed yield and flower production; fruit and vitamin content; increased resistance to winterkill and diseases)
Phosphate rock 30-32
Bone meal 21
Dried blood 3
Cottonseed meal 2.5

Potassium:
(For promoting early growth; improves stem strength and cold hardiness; better color, flavor and keeping quality of fruits and vegetables; good for root system)
Potash, plant residues 0.5
Manures and compost 2.7
Granite dust 5
Greensand 5
Basalt rock; wood ashes 7
Hay 2
Leaves 0.6
Seaweed (kelp) 5

From Master Gardener Jerry Baker's Files
"The Master's" All Purpose Fertilizer

*1 can beer
*1 can cola (any kind, NOT diet)
*1 box or cup apple juice
*1 cup lemon scented liquid soap
*1 cup ammonia
*1 cup liquid lawn fertilizer
Mix together all ingredients. If you buy liquid lawn fertilizer with a hose sprayer attachment, you can use the attachment with any 1 liter bottle to make a 50 gallon sprayer. Spray your lawn and garden with the above mixture every 3 weeks, early in the day.
For houseplants, mix 4 shot glasses of the above mixture to 1 gallon of water and add 1/4 tsp knox gelatin.

All-Season "Green-up" Tonic
Feed your yard in the morning once every three weeks during the growing season with my All Season "Green-Up" Tonic:

1 can beer (not light—I like Shiner Bock for this)
1 cup ammonia
1/2 cup shampoo
1/2 cup liquid seaweed
1/2 cup molasses

Mix and apply with a 20 gallon hose-end sprayer.

Basic Feeding mulch 2-4” deep
1 part Compost
1 part Rotted Dairy Manure
1 part Shredded Leaves

General Purpose Booster Feed
Use as top dressing at root zones then cover with mulch
1T/small plant
1/4C/med plant
1C+/Mature tree or Shrub
8 parts cottonseed or soy meal
2 part dolomite lime
2 part rock phosphate
1 part kelp meal

Make your own Compost Tea

Answer 2

Homemade composts are good and bad. First, if it is homemade alot of people don't know what to use and what not to use. The good thing is that it is a little cheaper than going and buying compost. You can just use what you would normally put in the garbage. Coffee is very good (it traps moisture), but not so much eggs unless you like foul odors. I think what you are meaning is egg shells. I personally like leftover grass clipings because as they decay they leave behind their own stored nutrients.You can also used ashes from a fireplace if you have one. Most people just dump all of this into a bin and then mix it together when it is done. Kudos for using your own organic products and eliminating waste! Have fun!

Answer 3

yes the coffee is GREAT to put in the soil cause it is filled with lots of good nutrients for the fruits and veggies.

the egg yoke is not a good thing to use because it will give the plants the second half of salmonella called ...well I'm not sure what desies it is called but it will poison your plants.but the egg shell alone (crushed up) is a great sorce of calcium for the plants

Answer 4

I always put dry egg shells and used coffee in my flower pots with the soil and they always do well. But to find out what would really make you plants and trees to well, send a soil sample in, and they can tell you what your soil is lacking and what kind of fertilizers would work best.

Answer 5

I use what my grandmother referred to as "polish tea"
get a 5 gallon bucket with a lid add a couple of piles of cow poop and fill with water let it sit for a day or two before you use it the first time. water base of plants once a month with it..works great!