Comments on: Homemade fertilizer

By: Buddy Garden

Buddy Garden — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:32:58 +0000

Joy- thanks for the great tip with coffee grounds.

By: Joy

Joy — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:10:09 +0000

Hi Louise.. Yes ! egg shells are supposed to discourage slugs too .. and I save my coffee grounds as an acidic fertilizer for those types of plants that like that ph level. Great tips girl !

By: Buddy Garden

Buddy Garden — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:58:58 +0000

Jen - it's not necessary to crush the eggshells, they're just better absorbed if they are in powder form. Rowena - I didn't crush them last year and I've read from other gardeners that it's better to do so. David-Thank you for the good tip.

By: David

David — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:19:12 +0000

Great post. I have read you have to be careful with milk because it will also kill beneficial fungi in the soil.
I think diluting it as you do is probably the best way to use it.

By: Rowena

Rowena — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:32:58 +0000

Good tip on the eggshells…we just chuck them into the compost and it never occurred to me that we should crush them first.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:43:37 +0000

I do save the eggshells but noticed they don’t break down too well in the compost, so maybe I’ll try grinding them up like you do!

By: Buddy Garden

Buddy Garden — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:33:26 +0000

Blossom - thanks for stopping by! Fern - Milk is one of those things that I've been told that will do good to the plants but I never really look into why. I don't think there are any scientific research whether it is helping the plant. But I've been using this trick and the plants are doing well. I also did read that it's supposed to help the plant fight fungus and those nasty disease that attack only tomato plants.

By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony

Fern @ Life on the Balcony — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:45:41 +0000

Interesting. What does the milk spray do for the tomatoes?

By: Blossom

Blossom — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:36:32 +0000

Can’t think of any at this moment. But appreciate yours. Thanks.