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What to plant on a compost heap: both a ripening harvest and fertilizer
22.02.2023 15:22
Updated: 14.04.2023 06:08
Experienced gardeners offer a very practical way to use space in the garden.
You can save a lot of planting area if you plant individual vegetable crops on a compost heap for at least one season. This way the harvest will ripen and the fertilizer will be ready.
There is nothing special about planting vegetables on a compost heap. They take root well, bear fruit wonderfully, and you can save on fertilizers.
But not all plants take root in this place.
Benefits of Planting on a Compost Heap
There are special crops that will grow and develop well, but at the same time will have the most positive effect on the maturing fertilizer:
- there will be no need to add additional fertilizers for vegetables;
- you won’t have to loosen the soil and turn over the ripening fertilizer again;
- you won't have to weed another bed;
- plants will get sick less;
- the harvest will grow more delicious and healthy.
What to Plant in a Compost Heap
1. The ideal option is pumpkin. The fruits will be weighty, aromatic, and tasty. At the same time, large pumpkin leaves will protect the ripening fertilizer from drying out, and the roots will loosen the future compost.
2. Planting zucchini will be no less effective. They also retain their varietal and taste qualities, the roots help the fertilizer ripen, and the mixture does not become less nutritious due to the growth of vegetables.
3. Watermelons and melons will not grow the largest, but the taste will be excellent. An option suitable for those who are used to choosing between taste and size.
4. Onions and greens. Not only pumpkin and melon crops are planted. Small greens and onions grow well, which turn out large and juicy.
5. You can also plant squash and cucumbers, which will delight you with a harvest on the compost heap thanks to the abundance of nutrients.
And the last thing that can be planted in this place is cabbage, but you will have to add 1 teaspoon of calcium nitrate to the hole when planting the seedlings.
