How to turn pine needles into quality fertilizer: not all gardeners know
If you live in close proximity to a pine forest or have the opportunity to visit such a forest, then you have an excellent opportunity to prepare high-quality fertilizer.
In most cases, you can hear that pine needles are used as mulch.
But this is far from the only option for using plant material, reveals the secret of the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti" Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an agronomist and landscape designer. Yes, you may have to wait a long time, but it is definitely worth the effort.
How to make fertilizer from pine needles
To do this, you will need to prepare a compost pit. It is recommended to mix the pine needles with regular soil from the site. To do this, you need to create layers of pine needles, other plant products and soil.
Each of them needs to be treated with a special composition. To prepare it, you will need to take two hundred grams of urea per bucket of water.
Also, one should not forget about the use of microbiological preparations.
The fertilizer will be ready in a year and a half. Before direct use, it is worth adding 200 ml of ash per bucket of the product.
