Why you should store potato peelings until spring: summer residents reveal the secret

28.01.2024 09:08

At first glance, the desire to save potato peelings may seem strange. But not for gardeners.

Still, potato scraps are rich in useful elements: iodine, iron, calcium.

All this serves as an excellent fertilizer for plants in the garden, vegetable garden, and this fertilizer is also suitable for indoor flowers.

It is enough to save the peelings, and with the onset of the summer cottage season, they only need to be buried in the ground to improve the condition of shrubs, trees and other plants on the site.

In addition, you can make a decoction from such waste. It is perfect for watering raspberries or black currants.

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The seedlings will like this product.

It is also worth emphasizing that you can safely add peelings to the compost bin.

Here you should also remember one important condition, which is that at least half of the volume of the barrel must be occupied by water.

Previously we told you how to make fertilizer for orchids from potato peels.

Author: Olga Kotova Internet resource editor