Why experienced gardeners increasingly refuse to use manure: this fertilizer is 10 times better

23.01.2023 13:18
Updated: 13.04.2023 14:33

Preparing the soil for the next sowing campaign for summer residents begins with deciding where to get manure.

For many, it is still the #1 fertilizer, but more and more gardeners are abandoning manure in favor of one additive that is 10 times better than living organic matter in many ways.

We'll tell you what could be better than manure.

For progressive gardeners, manure is nothing more than a relic of past years, which infects the soil with various diseases and serves as a source of spreading weeds and insect pests.

At the same time, one natural fertilizer allows you to get rid of these problems and even destroy all pests. As for the qualitative impact on the soil, the effect is no worse.

Fertilizer
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Mustard cake

This is the additive we are talking about. Note that it is much easier and simpler to add it to the soil than to rake up unwieldy piles of heavy organic matter.

This additive copes well with the task if you need to improve the soil structure and drive away pests. It is known that wireworms and gastropods simply chronically do not tolerate cake.

As for diseases, it is possible to significantly reduce the risk of plant infection with root rot, late blight, fusarium, and at the same time damage by nematodes.

When to apply

Unlike manure, which is preferably applied in the fall, mustard cake can be applied in the fall or spring.

It is added to the holes during planting or to the ground during digging, and then embedded into the soil to a depth of 5 centimeters.

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor

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