You can make natural compost at home
In recent times we have often been talking about switching to a natural, organic system. As a result, many are now setting up terraces in their own homes to grow the vegetables and fruits they need, as much as they can. Many people who are accustomed to growing plants at home do not know how to make compost naturally. Many people think that making compost at home is a very difficult job. But the rotten vegetables and fruits that we throw away after cooking can be used as the best fertilizer if we use them properly. Compost can be made at home in two basic methods, Hot and Cold. The Gold method involves pouring fruits, vegetables, vegetable skins, distilled coffee powder, eggshells, etc. into a pot or pit and keeping it covered as it is. After about a year they all decompose and form compost. But consider that one has to wait a year for this.
Hot compost requires nitrogen, carbon, good air, and water. All of these together form the food for the microbes. They accelerate the composting time. That means the compost is ready to use for our garden in just three months. Similarly, another method used by large organic fertilizer companies is vermicompost. I.e. making compost using earthworms. Earthworms are high in nitrogen in their food waste. Not all worms can be used for this. Earthworms called red worms are best for this process.
What can be composted?
Can be used as compost for decomposing vegetable waste, fruit waste, distilled coffee powder, eggshells, greens, dried leaves, sawdust and sawdust, shredded newspapers, straw, etc. Think twice before mixing lemon peel, onion, and garlic with the fertilizer. The reason is that they are believed to destroy the earthworms that cause composting.
Which of the following should not be used as compost?
Fertilizers containing meat, oil, fat, viscous, diseased plants, processed wood, pet waste such as dogs and cats, and dairy products should not be used in fertilizers. These can ruin the garden and the bad smell that arises from it can attract animals and insects.
A simple method of making compost:
Combine the green and brown waste needed to fill the pit 3 feet deep. I.e. mix both moist and dry ingredients together. It is best to combine one part green waste with three parts brown waste to get good nutrient compost. This fertilizer should not be too wet. Whereas it should not be too dry. So spray it daily with a little water and keep it slightly moisturized. Adding too much water will kill the microorganisms in the manure. Thus instead of composting the mixture will rot. Stir once a week to get oxygen to all parts of the mixture. It is better to stir the mixture when the temperature is high. If your mixture is completely dry and turns brown, it's time to take it to the garden. Apply 4 to 6 inches of this fertilizer in your flowerpots and you will see the plants thrive.
How to make compost at home, keeping vegetable waste?
Earthworm compost can be easily made at home with our household kitchen waste such as vegetable skins, onion skins, and fruit peels. It is noteworthy that it takes 30 to 35 days to prepare this earthworm fertilizer. There will be no excessive difficulty. If the following tips are followed properly, there is no need to go to the shops and buy compost for cash. Your home rose, jasmine and marigold will bloom profusely. This fertilizer is very helpful for growing vegetable plants, fruit plants, most of which are nuts and fruits. Let's see how to prepare this fertilizer? To make this fertilizer first add 40% vegetable waste skins, 30% onion skin, salmon 15%, store-bought earthworm compost 10%, willow leaf 5%, the mixture in this ratio. A cup of fermented yogurt. All of the other ingredients in it may be a little too much or too little. If onion waste is high, earthworm manure can be prepared very easily. Fruit peels can also be added if required. Although this is the vegetable waste you use to make the compost, the fruit skins also need to be cut into pieces.
Vegetable waste
Now take a medium-size tank. The plastic tub is okay though. In it, level whether there is a proper drainage hole Also check. In that pot, first, sprinkle a layer of salmon, then pour. Sprinkle the second layer of earthworm compost. The third layer should be sprinkled with vegetable waste. Next, add a cup of yogurt to this place. Shrimp, earthworm manure, vegetable waste, once again in these layers, sprinkle all three ingredients, finally sprinkle with mistletoe, sprinkle with salmon, and finish mixing. All layers should be sprinkled to a height of one inch. Finally, a bathing jug size, let the water spray. Unwanted water will come out through the drainage hole. Take it out and pour it back into the compost bin. Do not waste that water. Place a vessel at the bottom of the tank. Now that you have this mixture ready you need to keep it in the sun for up to 25 days. Keep pouring a jug of water for 25 days. On the 25th day, put this mixture on a wire or any material you have other than stirring the soil and keep it stirring well. The mixture at the bottom should come to the top. Mix until the mixture above goes to the bottom. Then, you can see that the compost has turned black.
Leave the compost in the pot for 5 days after stirring. Pour 1/2 jug of water for the remaining five days. Then, on the 30th day, pour the mixture into a large cover and let it dry in the sun. It is noteworthy that this compost you make at home is also available in the same color and in the same maturity as the black earthworm compost is available in stores.
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