Organic tomato fertilizers - authentic, effective and healthy
You have returned to the hobby garden, the natural fertilization methods of your forefathers. Last but not least, this applies to the supply of nutrients by hand bred Tomatoes, a supreme discipline for hobby gardeners. The following organic fertilizers stood out in particular:
- Compost: garden and kitchen waste decomposed by microorganisms
- Vegetable manure: fermented vegetable stock made from fresh or dried leaves
- Horn shavings:(€ 32.93 at Amazon *) Crushed hooves and horns from slaughtered animals, rich in nitrogen
- guano:(€ 9.82 at Amazon *) Excrement of the seabirds of South America with a high proportion of phosphorus and nitrogen
- Manure: horse manure, pig or cow manure with all the important nutrients
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- Planting tomatoes outdoors - this is how it works in the hobby garden
The success of this natural fertilizer is based on constant use in the
Growing tomatoes. Allow the planted tomatoes to acclimatise for a week Outdoors. In the second week you start with the administration. Until flowering, a cautious dosage dominates so that the tomato plants do not shoot into the herb. With the start of the fruit set, the energy requirement increases, so that the amount of fertilizer is adjusted proportionally.Naturally fertilize tomatoes with nettle manure
Among the organic fertilizers for tomatoes has become Nettle manure especially deserved. The liquid can be produced in your own garden and provides tomato plants with all the important nutrients. The growth-promoting effect is intensified when using nettle manure Comfrey manure and exhausted Tomato shoots is combined. This is how you do it:
- Dilute nettle and comfrey manure in a ratio of 1:10
- Apply to the tomato plants close to the roots every 14 days until flowering
- then distribute weekly on the ground
- Mix stinging nettles and comfrey leaves and use as mulch
- alternatively erupted and cut tomato shoots into liquid manure and apply as a natural liquid fertilizer
So that the heavy eaters get enough food, experienced hobby gardeners enrich the soil with ripe compost and Horn shavings(€ 32.93 at Amazon *) at.
Tips & Tricks
Horse manure loses its effectiveness the more straw it contains. You or your children can just take over the 'scraping' from time to time in a nearby riding arena. The riders will be happy and you return home with a rich booty of pure horse manure, without the smallest straw.
