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organic DIY organic fertilizers for chili/tomato.

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Chilidude

You can make some organic fertilizers for your chili/tomato plants using various cheap materials.
 
Some useful tips:
http://greensideup.ie/how-to-make-comfrey-nettle-fertiliser/
 
Videos:
Egg boiling water sounds something that is very useful in my fertilizer mixture and is very easy to add in there.
 
I eat a lot of eggs, bananas and drink coffee. I will start adding that boiled egg water in the fertilizer mixture from now on for the extra calcium. :rolleyes:
 
SavinaRed said:
Nice I've been using coffee grounds for years but will start using the egg shells and banana peels as well. 
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I have Nettle and Comfrey growing all over the place behind the apartment forest area if i wanted to start brewing my own organic fertilizer.
 
After watching the videos, there was a mention about using epsom salt to water the chilis as it improves the absorption of calcium. So calcium and magnesium are two sides of the same coin, but there is pretty much no need to buy the calmag stuff if you could make your own calmag mix for the plants.
 
Edmick said:
The egg shells usually aren't beneficial til the following year though right? Because of the time they take to break down?
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Did you watch the video, where the woman grinded the eggshells and tried out banana peels to a fine dust. I dont know how long that would take time to start breaking down, but it should not take too long at all.
 
There is only one way to find out how long it would take and i am not much of a organic grower myself.
 
Heres the article I read about it. Basically, egg shells will release calcium into the soil in small amounts but even then it's pretty minimal and takes a while. And if your soil Ph is higher than 6.8, it stops decomposing altogether. They even tested the boiling water method and the amount of calcium released into the water was very minimal also.
https://www.gardenmyths.com/eggshells-do-they-decompose-in-the-garden/
 
Edmick said:
Heres the article I read about it. Basically, egg shells will release calcium into the soil in small amounts but even then it's pretty minimal and takes a while. And if your soil Ph is higher than 6.8, it stops decomposing altogether. They even tested the boiling water method and the amount of calcium released into the water was very minimal also.
https://www.gardenmyths.com/eggshells-do-they-decompose-in-the-garden/
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Well i got a lot of calcium in my drinking water already, but saving the egg boiling water for the plants is not a bad idea. Slowly breaking calcium doest sound too bad to me and it is always better to use the stuff to make something grow.
 
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