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Why experienced gardeners put potato peelings near currant bushes: gardening tricks
26.02.2023 21:00
Updated: 14.04.2023 08:16
A thrifty gardener will find a use for any waste, even potato peelings will not lie idle and will not be simply thrown into the trash.
The waste is sent to currants, gooseberries, raspberries and other bushes, which, according to summer residents, bear fruit twice as well after this.
How does this work
The peel does not directly improve the yield. It feeds not the bush itself, but the microorganisms living in the soil. They work for the benefit of the plant, making chemical elements more accessible to their roots.
For example, phosphorus is the basis for a luxurious currant harvest. There may be a lot of it in the soil, but the macroelement is in a form that is inaccessible to the plant. It turns out that there is nutrition, but the bush cannot use it.
Potato peelings stimulate the development of a special microflora that helps currants absorb nutrients.
How to use cleanings
The easiest way is to lay the waste around the bush. As it decomposes, add new scraps. Or you can dig a trench up to 20 cm around the bush and pour the accumulated waste there, and then bury it.
Potato peelings cannot be used to feed shrubs that grow near beds with nightshades (potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants).
