Gardening???

Question

There's an article on the internet that says grass cuttings provide all the nutrients that plants need without any other fertilizers. Is anybody experienced in growing vegetables with grass cuttings only (please state dry grass or fresh grass)?

Answer 1

I think what the article is referring to is that grass clippings should not be bagged, but allowed to fall back on the lawn. The clippings have all the nutrients the grass needs.

Compost is a great way to use grass clippings in the garden. Never, ever put fresh clippings on tender plants, as the heat generated while the grass decomposes will kill the plants you sought to fertilize.

You can take all veggie scraps, grass clippings, and other organic waste and pile them up, add a cup or so of bagged fertilizer to get it cooking, water the whole thing well and have a good start on a compost heap. Turn it every week or so and in no time you will have 'home-made organic fertilizer' for your veggies!

Answer 2

I don't think you are talking about fresh grass. What you need are composted grass clippings. Save you vegetable and fruit pealings and you grass clippings (leaves etc) Start a compost pile. Remember you must turn the compost pile often so it will "rot" evenly. Also remember if you use grass it should have no chemicals. In other words don't use weed killer on your grass, mow it, and then use those clippings in your compost pile.

Answer 3

As I understand composted lawn clippings make great fertiliser. However new ones actually remove nutrients from the soil in order to break down. Also if the law clippings have seeds in them I can tell you for certain that you are introducing a lot of weeds into your vege patch.

Answer 4

Organic material, adds nitrogen to the soil. Think the article was referring to composted grass clippings.