Fertilizers you can make yourself

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FERTILIZER RECIPES

Foliar Feed Recipe #1

2 TB. fish fertilizer
1 TB. liquid seaweed
1 Ts. blackstrap molasses
1 gallon water

Mix all ingredients well, pour mix into spray bottle and spray on plants, be sure to get the undersides of leaves as well. Can be used on annuals, perennials, roses, vegetables and fruit trees. Can be used as soon as first set of true leaves develop throughout life of plant. We recommend using this method and formula once weekly.

Foliar Feed Recipe #2 (best for transplants)

1/2 cup fish fertilizer
1/2 cup liquid seaweed

Mix together in a jar. Seal and label, store in a cool, dark place. To use, add 3 TB. to 1 gallon water. Spray after transplanting, and again 2 weeks later. Can also be used to water plants directly after transplanting.

Alfalfa Tea Spray

5 gallon pail
1 large bag alfalfa hay coarsely chopped (available at pet supply stores)
Cheesecloth or pantyhose

Fill the bucket half full of hay, add water. Allow to sit and brew for 10 days. Strain the mix through cheesecloth or pantyhose. To use, dilute 1 cup strained liquid with 1 gallon water.

Organic mix #1 (ideal for flowering plants outdoors)

2 cups blood meal
3 cups bone meal
1 cup kelp or powdered seaweed

Mix all together. Apply around the base of established perennials, trees and roses. Can also be mixed into the soil prior to planting annuals in a flowerbed.

Compost Tea

5 gallon pail
compost
1tb molasses

Fill the bucket 1/4 with compost. Fill to the top with water, add molasses. Allow to brew for 4 days. Strain, then dilute with water until it is the color of iced tea. Water plants or can be used as a foliar spray.

Bulb Fertilizer

2 lbs. blood meal
2 lbs. bonemeal
2 lbs. wood ashes from fire pit or fire place

Be careful when mixing so you don't inhale dust particles. Wear a mask! Mix all ingredients together well. Topdress bulb beds in early spring when foliage starts to emerge. There is no need to work it into the soil. Please note that some animals, such as dogs, will be attracted and try to eat this. In this case you might want to rake it into the soil lightly.

Rabbit Manure Tea (excellent for Roses)

5 gallon pail
composted rabbit manure

Fill pail 1/3 with composted rabbit manure. Add water to fill the pail. Allow to brew for 3-4 days, stirring occasionally. Strain and apply 1/2 gallon (undiluted) around the base of each rose bush. Work the sludge from the bottom of the pail into the soil around plants as well.

We hope you've found useful recipes here, if you have some of your own let us know and we'll list them here, with credit to you. Please feel free to print this page for your reference.

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