How to Measure Fertilizer Accurately: A Life Hack Without Scales or Tablespoons

Not every gardener will dare to measure fertilizers with tablespoons - the reasons are clear.

However, mineral fertilizers need to be measured with precision, and a tablespoon with or without a slide gives some error. Not everyone has kitchen scales at their dacha either.

An expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh told about one clever method.

So, if you need to accurately measure the required amount of bulk fertilizers, but you don’t have scales, then a matchbox will come to the rescue.

Every beginning gardener should remember that a matchbox is an ideal measure for bulk fertilizers.

Fits here:

ammonium sulfate or potassium chloride - 19 grams;

ammonium nitrate - 17 grams;

granulated superphosphate - 22 grams;

urea - 13 grams;

double superphosphate - 20 grams;

potassium sulfate - 26 grams;

wood ash - 10 grams.

The good thing about this method is that any gardener can find a box of matches and you don’t have to worry about the measurement being inaccurate.

Previously, we talked about which plants can be harmed by manure .