Green slurry for plant nutrition: properties and how to prepare

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Green liquids are undeservedly forgotten by gardeners, and in the meantime, they are excellent vegetable fertilizers for feeding absolutely all horticultural crops. There are many ways to prepare green slurry: some gardeners recommend using only weeds for this purpose, others argue that slurries are prepared from absolutely any plants, others advise using certain herbs for making such dressings, insisting on their exclusivity.

Properties of green feed liquids

A good way to “soft” fertilize the garden is to apply enzymatic green manure. Natural vegetable slurries for top dressing are not only a source of “food” for plants.

They help strengthen plants, increase their resistance to diseases and pests . They are most often prepared from nettles, but horsetail, comfrey, tansy, fern are also suitable. You can even use a mixture of common weeds.

Each plant has certain valuable properties. During fermentation, substances containing nitrogen, vitamins, silicic acid and protein are released from nettles.

Nettle slurry is used to fertilize and strengthen cultivated plants. Green plant fluid made from horsetail contains a large amount of silicic acid, and made from tansy or comfrey is an excellent source of potassium.

In addition to nutritional properties, green plant nutrition liquids also have an insecticidal effect, ideal for protecting crops from insect pests and disease-causing fungi.

How to make vegetable slurry

Before preparing the liquid, you need to prepare any dishes, except for metal ones, since harmful substances can be released during fermentation. The container should not be filled to the brim.

The fermentation process begins after 3-4 days, which is accompanied by the appearance of bubbles on the surface.

Fermentation continues, depending on the weather, from two to three weeks. The container must remain open until the process is terminated.

For the preparation of vegetable slurry from nettles, 1 kg of freshly cut young plants is taken and 10 liters of water are poured. The mixture was stirred daily for two weeks.

When the fermentation process is over (gas bubbles on the surface cease to stand out), the vessel can be covered. Before watering or spraying plants, the slurry must be diluted in a ratio of 1:10, since a more concentrated composition can cause burns.

The rest of the nettle is thrown into the compost heap.

Fermented slurry from horsetail, containing a large amount of silicic acid, protects plants from fungal diseases and repels aphids and spider mites. 0.5 kg of green leaves are poured into 5 liters of water and left to ferment. The resulting liquid is diluted (1: 5) and plantings are sprayed.

Wormwood slurry is a good remedy for aphids, insect larvae and ants. Ferment 300 g of flowering shoots, filling them with 10 liters of water.

Plants and soil are watered with undiluted liquid.

We must not forget about such a natural fertilizer as ash. It contains most macro- and microelements.

In addition, ash significantly improves the structure of the soil, favorably affects the acid-base balance of acidified soils.

And another advantage is that ash is always at hand, because most gardeners have no shortage of cut branches, uprooted trees , etc.

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